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How to set up the Ads & Marketing Platform

Decided you want to use our Ads/Marketing platform? Great! Check out this article on how to get it set up!

Updated over a week ago

Step 1: Tell the Chariot team you want it turned on

Once we enable the feature for your account, you’ll see a new Marketing tab under Reports → Marketing in Chariot.

(There’s nothing for you to install yet — just let us know you want access.)

Step 2: Connect Google Ads and/or Meta Ads (~1 minute)

You’ll click through a quick, secure authorization flow.
No passwords are shared with Chariot.

Connecting your accounts allows Chariot to:

  • Pull in your ad spend

  • Track campaign performance

  • Send revenue conversions back to Google/Meta

  • Launch search ads in your account (if you opt into this)

This is what powers accurate tracking and smarter optimization later on.

Step 3: Add the Chariot Tracking Pixel (~5 minutes)

This is the only slightly technical step — but it’s simple!

You have two ways to install the pixel:

Option A: Google Tag Manager (usually fastest)

  • Add a new Custom HTML tag

  • Paste in the code the setup menu gives you

  • Publish your changes


Option B: Add it directly to your website

  • Paste the snippet above the </header> tag

  • Most platforms (Wix, Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow, etc.) let you do this in Settings → Custom Code, without touching the backend

  • Developers can usually install this in under 3 minutes

We include instructions for all major website builders.

Step 4: Wait 24–48 hours for data to appear

Once your pixel is installed and connected, Chariot will start receiving data from your website and ads.

Soon you’ll see:

  • Ad spend

  • Clicks

  • Leads

  • Booked jobs

  • Revenue tied to campaigns

  • ROAS

  • Source breakdowns across Ads, LSAs, Organic, Referral, and more

As more events come in, your dashboard becomes more complete and accurate.

Step 5: Optional — Launch Google Search Ads Through Chariot

If you want to run ads directly inside Chariot:

  1. Go to the Marketing tab

  2. Click the gear icon

  3. Select “Use AI to generate a Google Ads campaign”

  4. Follow the prompts

AI drafts the initial campaign, and a human ads expert reviews and adjusts everything before launch.

Campaigns usually go live within two business days.

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