Marketing tools
Find ads, social posts, search visibility and broadcasts in your project menu.
Your marketing tools have their own entries in the Dashboard sidebar. On a phone, tap Tools to open the same menu.
- Ads: use Connect ad accounts or Manage connections to open one panel for all ad platforms. The same compact account card stays available on every Ad network tab. Choose a network to manage campaigns. Ad spend is billed by the network.
- Social Media: create and schedule posts. Needs review holds social drafts for approval. Use Calendar to see scheduled posts and Connect accounts or Manage connections to open the platform list. Choose a platform to manage its accounts.
- Blog: create and manage articles.
- SEO & AI Search: manage search visibility.
- Images & Video: create and reuse media. Documents and audio remain in Files.
- Email & Text Broadcasts: send a one-time message to contacts or a segment.
These marketing tools keep their existing plan requirements. Start with Edit your business info under AI Receptionist > Business profile. Ads also has an Edit business profile shortcut to the same guide.
Ask Buildy to analyze your ads and social posts from your connected accounts, including content made outside Buildy.
Automated sequences are in AI Receptionist > Follow-ups. The Automated follow-ups links in Ads and Email & Text Broadcasts open that same list. See Follow-ups. Your number for calls and texts is in AI Receptionist > Business Phone Number.
- Edit your business infoEdit the shared guide that your receptionist, replies, follow-ups and marketing use.
- Connect your social accounts and publish postsIn Social Media, connect Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X or Pinterest. Then create a post and publish or schedule it.
- Fix a Facebook or Instagram connectionOpen Manage connections in Social Media and click Reconnect. Change your Facebook Page in the Page dropdown. To switch accounts, disconnect and connect the right one.
- Post to Facebook from BuildyConnect your Facebook account in Social Media, pick the Page to post to, and publish or schedule posts Buildy writes for you.
- Post to Instagram from BuildySwitch Instagram to a professional account, sign in with Instagram in Social Media, and publish photos, carousels or Reels Buildy makes.
- Post to LinkedIn from BuildyConnect LinkedIn in Social Media and publish posts Buildy writes to your personal profile. LinkedIn connections expire after 60 days, so reconnect when Buildy asks.
- Post to TikTok from BuildyConnect TikTok in Social Media, make a photo, carousel or video post, and post it directly or save it as a draft in your TikTok inbox to finish in the app.
- Post to X (Twitter) from BuildyConnect your X account in Social Media and publish short posts Buildy writes. Each post goes to one X account.
- Run Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram)Connect Meta in Ads > Ad network > Facebook & Instagram, let Buildy generate a campaign from your Business Profile, and post the ads. Meta bills the ad spend.
- Run Google Ads (Search and Demand Gen)Connect your Google Ads account in Ads, ask Buildy in chat for a Search or Demand Gen campaign, set a daily budget, and publish. Ads that link to your site need a custom domain.
- Run LinkedIn AdsConnect LinkedIn Ads in Ads, let Buildy build a campaign, set a daily budget, and publish. LinkedIn bills the ad spend.
- Run TikTok AdsConnect TikTok in Ads > TikTok Ads, ask Buildy in chat for a campaign, then review and publish it. TikTok bills the ad spend.
- Run X Ads (Twitter)Connect X Ads in Ads > X (Twitter) Ads, let Buildy build a Promoted Tweet campaign, and publish it. X bills the ad spend.
- Run OpenAI Ads inside ChatGPTSign up at ads.openai.com, connect your API key in Ads > OpenAI Ads, ask Buildy for a campaign in chat, and publish. OpenAI bills the ad spend.
- Analyze your ads and social postsAsk Buildy to read connected ad and social accounts, compare available results, and inspect the content behind them.
- Send email and SMS broadcastsSend one email or text to your whole list or a segment from Email & Text Broadcasts. Needs a verified email domain.
- Auto-replies for email, SMS and callsTurn on Answer calls, Reply to texts and Reply to emails in AI Receptionist > Receptionist. Auto-replies work on every paid plan.
- Market research and strategy with BuildyAsk Buildy in chat to research your competitors, your buyers and your niche. You get a short report with messaging ideas and next steps.
- Write and publish blog postsEnable your blog in Dashboard > Blog. Buildy sets up the blog pages and navigation so you can write and publish posts.