Level 1 of 5

Get set up

Start here. Add your brand so Studio knows your colours, fonts and logo, then connect the accounts you post to and advertise on. Each connection guide says what Blackbox can read and what it will never do.

9 guides About 26 minutes in all After this: Your brand is in Studio and your accounts are connected.

The guides, in order

1. 1.1

   Set up your brand kit in Blackbox

   Paste your website and Studio reads your colours, fonts, logo and what you sell. Check what it found, add how you talk, and every post starts on brand.

   About 5 minutes 5 steps

2. 1.2

   Connect your Instagram account to Blackbox

   See how your Instagram posts perform and publish to Instagram from Blackbox. You sign in through Facebook and choose exactly which accounts to share.

   About 2 minutes 5 steps

3. 1.3

   Connect your TikTok account to Blackbox

   Track followers, views and engagement on the videos you post, and publish from Blackbox when you want to. One login covers one account.

   About 2 minutes 5 steps

4. 1.4

   Connect your Meta ad account to Blackbox

   Bring Facebook and Instagram campaign spend and results into your reporting, and approve budget or status changes from one place.

   About 3 minutes 5 steps

5. 1.5

   Connect Google Search Console to Blackbox

   See the queries, clicks and positions your site earns in Google next to your paid and social numbers. This connection can only read.

   About 2 minutes 4 steps

6. 1.6

   Connect your Google Ads account to Blackbox

   Pull Search, Display and YouTube campaign performance into your reporting, with budget and status changes still routed through your approval.

   About 3 minutes 5 steps

7. 1.7

   Connect your TikTok Ads account to Blackbox

   Bring advertiser spend and campaign results into your reporting. The one step people miss is ticking an advertiser on the TikTok screen.

   About 3 minutes 5 steps

8. 1.8

   Connect your LinkedIn Ads account to Blackbox

   Report on Campaign Manager spend and results alongside your other channels. Campaigns Blackbox creates arrive as drafts for you to finish.

   About 3 minutes 5 steps

9. 1.9

   Connect your Snapchat Ads account to Blackbox

   Bring Snap ad spend and results into your reporting. Snapchat groups accounts under organizations, and Blackbox looks across all of yours.

   About 3 minutes 5 steps

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