Watch a video on setting up and using Source Materials
What are Source Materials?
A source material is a piece of information that you add to your Brand Kit so that when you generate content with that Brand Kit, Blaze has more knowledge about your business, products, and services and you can select to use it to create content with better accuracy and effectiveness.
Examples of Source Materials
Common examples of source materials include:
The history of your business
Specific information about your products
Your company's values
The benefits, features, and value of your products
Positioning documents
Industry whitepapers
Your social media accounts
Accepted Formats
Source materials can be added to Blaze via:
Social Media Accounts (via Blaze integrations)
Website URL (must be a publicly accessible URL)
Freeform or copy-and-pasted text
A document in your Blaze workspace
Uploaded files (accepted formats include PDX, TXT, and Markdown)
Note: Source materials are limited to the first 16,000 characters (~4,000 words)
How to create a Source Material
From the home screen, click on Brand Kits in the left navigation bar.
Open your Brand Kit by clicking on it.
Notice the dedicated Source Materials section in the top right corner of your Brand Kit.
If you have no source materials your section will look like the image below. Click Add New Source Material to add some.
If you have some existing source materials. your image will look similar to the image below. Click "Add New" to add more source materials.
Create Source Material using a supported source material tab:
Social Media Accounts - You can add any configured social media accounts by clicking +Add
Link Website - Website must be publicly accessible
(no logins or passwords required)
Paste Text - Paste up to 16000 characters
Select File - Select an existing Blaze Document from your workspace.
Upload File - Upload a PDF, TXT file, or Markdown file.
Once you've created your Source Material click Update Brand Kit or Analyze.
You may be prompted to give your Source Material a name. Simply choose something that is representative of the content.
Let's say for example you paste in your About Us page to your website, you could name your source material, "About [Your Business]".
Tip: Source materials are shared with every user of your workspace. Label them appropriately so any user would know what it will include.
How to use a Source Material
When creating content in a wizard, you will be prompted to select your Brand Kit. when your Brand Kit is selected, all of your Source Materials will automatically be taken into consideration when Blaze authors your content.
