Creating Yearbook Ads -Community Members
Creating Yearbook Ads
Lifetouch offers an Ad Builder tool within their yearbook website, which allows the school community to buy an appreciation ad in the school yearbook to honor their child and help raise funds for the school, or a business to promote their services and support the school's initiatives.
Before you can use Ad Builder, you must have an account with Lifetouch. You will receive a link to create an account when you purchase an ad.
Ads are not mobile compatible, must be used on a desktop or laptop computer.
Creating an Account
1. From your invite email, click the Create an Account link, if you do not have an account already established with Lifetouch.
2. Enter your First Name.
3. Enter your Last Name.
4. Enter in a unique password that meets the requirements listed.
5. Re-enter in your unique password from step 4 in Re-type Password.
6. Click Create an Account.
7. Click Continue
a. The Log In Successful dialog box displays. At this point you are logged into your Lifetouch account.
b. If you are wanting to create an ad, return to your invite email and follow the steps below in the Create Ad (Community Members/Business) section.
Create an Ad-Community Members/Business
Families and businesses can buy ads for many different students across many different schools. All the ads the family or business have purchased will display once the family or business logs into the Ad Builder website.
1. From the invite email, click on the Click Here link.
a. The Lifetouch Account Login screen displays, or you can go to yearbookads.lifetouch.com in your browser to log in.
b. The Ad Builder homepage displays the ads for each ad order you placed.
2. Click on Create under Actions to begin creating the ad.
a. The template page displays.
3. Click Select to choose the desired template from the templates available.
a. The template is marked as Selected.
4. Click Next
a. A confirmation dialog box flashes on the screen.
i. If the entry was not a success, follow the direction on the dialog box to fix the issue.
5. Depending on the template selected will determine next steps for creating an ad.
a. Template with text & photo option-click on the pencil icon to enter in the student’s name into the Student Name section and modify the text font and/or font size of the special message for the ad. To add a photo, click the + (plus icon) to add, browse for and open an image.
b. Template with text only-click on the pencil icon to make edits.
c. Template with photo option only- click the + (plus icon) to add, browse for and open an image.
Templates are set, cannot be altered, and are chosen by the school.
6. Click Next.
a. A confirmation dialogue box flashes on the screen.
7. Review the ad.
a. If the ad is done, click Submit.
i. A confirmation dialog box flashes on the screen and the ad’s status is now Submitted.
b. If the ad needs to be edited, click Back.
The adviser will receive a notification that a Yearbook Ad has submitted and ready for review. They will review and approve to ensure that ad is placed in the Yearbook.