Quick Start

Your first session in Amplefound sets up the foundation everything else builds on. Follow these steps in order and you'll have a working strategy within minutes, not hours.

Step 1: Connect Google Search Console

Search Console is Google's own record of how your site performs in search — which queries bring people to your site, which pages rank, and where. Connecting it lets Amplefound pull in real ranking and query data instead of guessing.

Go to Connectors in your dashboard, choose Google Search Console, and follow the prompts to authorize access. If you also use Google Analytics, connect that too — it adds traffic and behavior data that rounds out the picture.

Step 2: Run a Website Scan

A Website Scan reads your site and automatically builds the foundation of your account: your brand description, tone of voice, target audience, and a first set of relevant keywords and topics. Instead of filling out a dozen forms manually, you scan your site once and review what comes back.

Enter your website URL when prompted, let the scan run, and then look over what it found.

Step 3: Review the auto-generated Topics and Keywords

Once the scan finishes, check the Topics and Keywords sections. These are AI-generated starting points based on your site's actual content — not guesses. Keep what's accurate, edit what's close but not quite right, and remove anything irrelevant. This review step matters: everything downstream (Articles, Publishing Plan, Prompts) uses these as a foundation.

Step 4: Check the Overview dashboard

Head to Overview to see your starting snapshot — search performance, AI visibility, and any early signals Amplefound has picked up. Don't expect much data on day one; this is your baseline, and it's what you'll compare future progress against.

Step 5: Look at your first Publishing Plan items

Visit Publishing Plan to see the first set of recommendations Amplefound has generated for your account. These are prioritized, concrete next steps — not vague advice. Pick one or two to act on this week to get your first wins.

That's it — you're set up. From here, the platform keeps tracking your visibility and refreshing recommendations as your data grows.