> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mention-me.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to Create a Campaign

> Create a new referral campaign and open its first version in the editor.

A campaign runs your referral programme in one locale. Creating one gives you a first draft version to build on.

How you create one depends on the type. **Brand referral** campaigns are created from a short dialog, covered below. **Product referral** campaigns are created from a setup wizard on their own page: see [set up a product referral campaign](/knowledge-app/referral/campaigns/product-referral/set-up-a-campaign).

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Create Dialog">
    Go to **Campaigns > Brand referral campaigns** and click **Create campaign**.

    <Frame caption="Creating a campaign.">
      <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 and region 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, ready to build.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Next Steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Set up a version" icon="wrench" href="/knowledge-app/referral/campaigns/manage/set-up-a-version">
    Set up a version.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Brand referral configuration" icon="bullhorn" href="/knowledge-app/referral/campaigns/brand-referral/overview">
    Every node you can configure on a brand referral campaign.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Campaigns, versions and promotions" icon="sitemap" href="/knowledge-app/referral/campaigns/manage/campaigns-versions-and-promotions">
    New to the model? Learn how campaigns, versions and promotions relate.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
