How to Get Started with Addlly AI

Welcome to Addlly AI. This guide walks you through the first steps of setting up your brand, from your first login to your first AI-powered outputs.

As search evolves, brands need content that is not only well-written but also easy for AI systems to understand and surface. That is where Addlly AI comes in. During onboarding, the platform analyzes your website, brand guidelines, social channels, and existing content to build a clearer picture of your brand, audience, and core offerings.

This setup helps Addlly AI generate content that stays aligned with your voice while also supporting stronger AI visibility. It gives the platform the context it needs to create blogs, social posts, and other assets that reflect your positioning and support your GEO goals.

In this guide, you will learn how to:

  • Add your website and social channels
  • Upload brand guidelines and supporting materials
  • Define your goals and validate your brand setup
  • Build a stronger foundation for AI-ready content creation

Once your setup is complete, Addlly AI can begin creating content based on accurate brand signals, helping you move faster while staying consistent across channels.

Before you begin

During onboarding, Addlly AI reviews the information you provide to identify key brand signals such as your positioning, audience, tone, and core offerings. This helps the platform create a stronger starting point for content generation and supports better consistency across blogs, social posts, and other AI-powered outputs.

To start your setup in Addlly AI, please gather a few key inputs. These details give the platform the context it needs to understand your brand better and produce stronger outputs from the start.

Kindly have the following ready:

  • Your website URL
  • Links to your active social channels, if available
  • You can skip any social media channels that your brand doesn’t use.
  • Your brand guidelines or style guide in PDF or document format
  • Up to 5 images that reflect your brand’s visual style, colour palette, or aesthetics
  • A list of your core products or services
  • Your initial goals for using Addlly AI (such as improving AI visibility, creating more blog content, or keeping brand tone consistent)

The more complete your inputs are, the better Addlly AI can analyse your brand and build a strong foundation for content creation. This setup step also supports better GEO outcomes by helping the platform identify the signals, themes, and language that matter most to your business.

You can follow along with the onboarding video first, then use the steps below for more detailed guidance.

Phase 1: Set Up Your Brand

This first phase helps Addlly AI understand the core signals behind your brand. By adding the right inputs early, you make it easier for the platform to generate content that reflects your voice, supports your goals, and builds a stronger foundation for AI visibility.

Step 1: Open the Brand Analysis Dashboard

From your Addlly AI dashboard, select User Onboarding. This will take you to the Brand Analysis screen, where your setup begins.

Step 2: Enter your website and social links

Add your main website URL and any social profiles you want included in the analysis. If you do not use a particular channel, you can leave it blank.

This helps Addlly AI understand how your brand appears across platforms and gives the system more context to work from during onboarding.

Tip: Start with the channels where you post most often. You can add more later.

Step 3: Upload your brand guidelines

Upload your brand guide, tone of voice guide, or any document that helps define how your brand communicates. This can include language rules, messaging points, visual cues, and writing preferences.

Helpful materials include:

  • Voice and tone examples
  • Approved phrases
  • Words to avoid
  • Brand dictionary and spelling preferences
  • Sample posts or high-performing pages

The more clearly you define your brand here, the easier it is for Addlly AI to generate content that stays consistent and supports your AI visibility goals.

Step 4: Add your objectives

Use the Additional information box to share your goals. For example, you can publish GEO-focused blogs every week, keep messaging consistent across markets, or improve how your brand appears in AI-driven search.

These goals help guide the analysis and give Addlly AI better direction as it builds your brand profile.

Step 5: Run your brand analysis

Click Analyze my brand to begin. Addlly AI will review the information you have provided and identify key brand signals such as your positioning, tone, audience, and content themes.

This process takes a few minutes. Once complete, you will receive early insights that help shape future outputs across blogs, social content, and other brand assets.

What you’ll get:

  • A baseline of brand identity signals
  • Early insights on tone, audience, and content themes
  • Products and Services
  • Target Audience Segmentation
  • Recommendations for your next actions

Step 6: Validate your brand setup

Congratulations! You have now completed the first stage of onboarding in Addlly AI.

Review and confirm the key brand details below to make sure future outputs stay accurate and on-brand:

  • Brand identity: your name, tagline, positioning, and value propositions
  • Target audience: your key segments, markets, and pain points
  • Tone guide: your voice traits, preferred style, and messaging rules
  • Products and services: what you offer and how you want it described

These validation points are part of your onboarding checklist and help Addlly AI generate content with stronger brand alignment. This review step is important because it confirms that Addlly AI is interpreting your brand correctly before you begin generating content at scale.

Tip: If anything looks off, update it now. Small changes at this stage can improve every subsequent output.

Phase 2: Completing Your Dashboard

After validating your brand setup, the next phase focuses on expanding the information inside your Addlly AI dashboard. This step helps the platform build a clearer understanding of your offerings and existing content, enabling it to generate more accurate and relevant outputs.

Step 7: Add products and services

Next, populate the Products and Services section. This allows Addlly AI to reference the correct names, descriptions, and benefits when generating blogs, social posts, and other content.

For each product or service, include:

  • Product or service name
  • Short description
  • Key features and benefits
  • Primary URL, such as the product page
  • Target audience or use case
  • Preferred call to action, if applicable

Providing these details helps Addlly AI describe your offerings more clearly and ensures content remains aligned with how your brand presents its solutions.

Step 8: Train with your existing content

You can also help the platform learn your style by connecting or uploading examples of your existing content. This allows Addlly AI to understand better your tone, structure, and the topics you typically cover.

Helpful examples include:

  • 3 to 5 representative blog posts
  • 3 to 5 social posts with strong engagement
  • long-form content such as guides or FAQs

Adding a small set of representative content can improve how Addlly AI mirrors your voice and organizes future content.

Success Checklist

Before you start generating content in Addlly AI, make sure the key onboarding steps are complete. This checklist helps confirm that the platform has the information it needs to produce accurate, on-brand outputs and support your AI visibility goals.

Website and social channels added

Your website and social profiles help Addlly AI understand how your brand appears online. These sources provide context about your messaging, topics, and overall positioning.

Brand guidelines uploaded

Uploading brand guidelines or tone documentation helps the platform learn how your brand communicates. This makes it easier for Addlly AI to produce content that matches your voice and language preferences.

Brand identity, audience, tone, and products validated

Reviewing and confirming these details ensures the platform is working with accurate information about your brand. Validating these signals improves consistency across generated blogs, social posts, and other outputs.

Products and services populated

Adding your products and services allows Addlly AI to reference the correct names, descriptions, and benefits when creating content. This helps maintain clarity when discussing your offerings.

Training content uploaded

Providing examples of existing blogs, social posts, or long-form content helps Addlly AI better understand your writing style and typical topics. Even a small sample set can improve how closely future outputs match your brand.

Once these steps are complete, your dashboard is ready to support ongoing content creation inside Addlly AI.

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