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# How to Draft Your First Campaign

> Create the first referral campaign from the Onboarding Hub so you have a draft ready when you launch.

The **Draft your first campaign** step creates a campaign and a first draft version. You are not launching anything yet. Launch happens later, from the launch checklist. See [Understanding Prepare to Launch and Campaign Launch](/knowledge-app/onboarding/understanding-prepare-and-launch).

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Create Dialog">
    On the [Onboarding Hub](/knowledge-app/onboarding/overview), click **Draft
    your first campaign**. The **Create campaign** dialog opens.

    <Frame caption="The Create campaign dialog, with name and language fields.">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/mentionme/YzmAle2ncOlJS-me/images/knowledge-app/campaigns/list/create-campaign.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=YzmAle2ncOlJS-me&q=85&s=421fc81d5f9cbfe48691d370ca9fbf8a" alt="The Create campaign dialog with name and language fields" width="1024" height="808" data-path="images/knowledge-app/campaigns/list/create-campaign.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name It and Pick a Locale">
    Enter a **Campaign name** and choose the **Language** (locale) it will run
    in. The locale sets the language, country and currency for the campaign.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create">
    Click **Create campaign**. Mention Me creates the campaign with a first
    draft version and opens it in the editor.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Build the Draft">
    Set rewards, journeys and sharing in the editor. You do not need to finish
    every section before returning to the hub. You can come back to the draft at
    any time from **Campaigns**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  You cannot launch this campaign until you have prepared to launch and reached
  the launch checklist. The **Launch** button stays unavailable with a prompt to
  finish setting up your programme first.
</Warning>

If the branding step is still detecting, this row waits with **Waiting for your branding to finish setting up…**.

For the same create flow from the campaigns list, see [How to Create a Campaign](/knowledge-app/referral/campaigns/common-tasks/create-a-campaign). For the editor itself, see [The Campaign Editor](/knowledge-app/referral/campaigns/manage/the-campaign-editor).

## See Also

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Create a campaign" icon="plus" href="/knowledge-app/referral/campaigns/common-tasks/create-a-campaign">
    The same dialog from the campaigns list.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set up a version" icon="wrench" href="/knowledge-app/referral/campaigns/manage/set-up-a-version">
    Finish the draft in the editor.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Activate your first campaign" icon="flag-checkered" href="/knowledge-app/onboarding/activate-your-first-campaign">
    Launch the campaign from the launch checklist.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Onboarding" icon="list-check" href="/knowledge-app/onboarding/overview">
    Back to the hub.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
