# Act on Blackbox’s suggestions URL: https://blackbox.plus/guides/act-on-inbox-suggestions Level 5: Grow (https://blackbox.plus/guides/grow) Updated: 2026-11-04 Time: about 4 minutes You'll end with: A suggestion approved, snoozed or dismissed — and its results tracked Do it in Blackbox: https://blackbox.plus/app/plan > Each suggestion says what to change, why, and roughly what it should do. Approve it, adjust it, ask about it or put it off — nothing happens until you act. ## Short answer To act on suggestions in Blackbox (blackbox.plus), click Plan in the left menu and pick your brand. Click a suggestion on its day, or under Suggestions for now, to open its card. The headline is the change, then why, and a few numbers per week: now, and roughly what to expect if you approve. A badge says how much weight to put on the estimate. Every card's own forecast has to beat leaving things as they are, or Blackbox does not show it, and a line under the numbers says which days it is based on and that it holds for a week. Click Show the numbers and what to do for the plan, what to watch and what you can change. The main button names exactly what happens, such as raising a budget or boosting a post. Not now snoozes a card for a day or dismisses it. Nothing changes on any account until you press the main button, and Undo is on the card afterwards. ## You'll need - **An ad account connected.** Most cards are campaign suggestions, read from your ad accounts. (Guide: https://blackbox.plus/guides/connect-meta-ads) - **Instagram or TikTok connected.** For the post suggestions. (Guide: https://blackbox.plus/guides/connect-instagram) - **A little history.** Suggestions come from your own numbers, so they need some posts or campaigns to read. ## How to act on Blackbox’s suggestions 1. **Open a suggestion.** Click **Plan** in the left menu, then a suggestion under **Suggestions for now** or on a day. You'll see: Its card in the panel beside the calendar. Starts at: https://blackbox.plus/app/plan 2. **Read a card.** Read the headline, the why under it, and the numbers per week: now, and roughly what to expect. You'll see: A badge on the card: **High confidence**, **Worth a look** or **Your call**. ![A suggestion card: Put 10 dollars a day behind a post for 7 days, ringed, why — 2.3 times the account’s usual reach — spend per week now and if you approve, and the Boost for 70 dollars button](https://blackbox.plus/guides/act-on-inbox-suggestions/02-card.png) 3. **Open the details.** Click **Show the numbers and what to do**. You'll see: **What we’ll do**, **Why**, **What to watch** and **What you can change**. ![The card opened: What we’ll do, Why, What to watch, and What you can change — the daily budget and days — ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/act-on-inbox-suggestions/03-details.png) 4. **Adjust it.** Where the card has a budget or an audience, change it there. You'll see: The estimate updating as you type. 5. **Approve it.** Click the card’s main button, which names exactly what happens. You'll see: The card marked done, with **Undo** on it. ![The same card after approving, with the Undo button ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/act-on-inbox-suggestions/05-approved.png) 6. **Or put it off.** Click **Not now**, then **Snooze** for a day or **Dismiss**. You'll see: The suggestion gone from the calendar. ![Not now, ringed, open on its choices: snooze it for a day or dismiss it](https://blackbox.plus/guides/act-on-inbox-suggestions/06-not-now.png) 7. **See how it went.** Click the **Results** tab at the top of Plan. You'll see: What happened after the cards you approved. ## Good to know - The main button names exactly what happens — for example raising a budget, Boost on Instagram, Plan new ads, or planning a number of posts a week. Post plans open in Studio; nothing is posted without you. - Show › Suggested hides what is already scheduled, and Platforms narrows the calendar to one channel. Check again, at the top of Plan, looks at every channel now. - Ask about this answers questions about a card before you act. When dismissing, say why: a dismissal with no reason is read as “not this change on this campaign”, and Blackbox will not suggest it again until something changes. - Every card is checked against its own forecast before it is shown. The change has to beat leaving things as they are on what it counts — results, cost per result, spend — or Blackbox withdraws it. - Under the numbers, a line says which days the forecast is based on and that it holds for a week. After that it turns amber: the card stays and you can still approve it, or click Check again for fresh numbers. - Cards come in a few kinds: budget, pause and audience changes; new campaigns; boosting a post that beat your usual; plans to post more or less of a format; Google searches worth a post; and questions only you can answer. - The numbers are estimates from your own accounts, shown as rough ranges. Track record in the left menu shows how they have held up — see [How to measure marketing effectiveness](https://blackbox.plus/guides/measure-marketing-effectiveness). - Nothing changes on any account until you press the card’s main button. ## Questions people ask **I’m worried approving a post suggestion will post something** It won’t. It plans the posts and opens Studio, where you make them and choose when they go out. **I’m not sure how far to trust the numbers** They are estimates from your own accounts’ history. The badge says how much weight to put on each one, and Track record shows how past estimates held up. **I approved something by mistake** Click Undo on the card. For a campaign that is already running, you can also pause it in Meta Ads Manager. **I have no suggestions** Suggestions need connected accounts and some history. Click Check again at the top of Plan to look again, or start with Get Instagram post ideas from your own website. **The forecast line says its week has passed** You can still approve the card. The line only says how old the numbers are. Click Check again at the top of Plan first if you want a fresh forecast. **I dismissed a suggestion and now nothing is suggested for that campaign** A dismissal is taken as your decision on that change for that campaign; to put a card aside for a day, click Not now, then Snooze. Dismiss with a reason next time, so the next suggestion can be different, or click Check again once something has changed.