# How do I actually start my campaign?

**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-actually-start-my-campaign/21256
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [October 13, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-actually-start-my-campaign/21256 "2021-10-13T18:54:24Z")
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### Author: ![pinehosting](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/pinehosting/32/5827_2.png) [@pinehosting](https://forum.mautic.org/u/pinehosting)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-actually-start-my-campaign/21256/1 "2021-10-13T18:54:24Z")

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So I’ve built my test campaign with emails and everything but when I set the campaign to published nothing happens, my test emails send my campaign just doesn’t do anything.

I’ve tried a lot of things to kickstart the campaign but it won’t send any.

Does anyone know why this might be?

Thanks in advance!

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### Author: ![EJL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ejl/32/12155_2.png) [@EJL](https://forum.mautic.org/u/EJL)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-do-i-actually-start-my-campaign/21256/2 "2021-10-13T20:46:36Z")

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You have to setup cron jobs to execute campaign actions. Check this out

[Cron jobs | Mautic](https://docs.mautic.org/en/setup/cron-jobs)