MAILCHIMPA newbie-friendly guide by Mafel Gorne

What is MAILCHIMP

?

MAILCHIMP IS A SIMPLE EMAIL MARKETING

SOFTWARE (EMS)

GIVES YOU A NUMBER OF EASY OPTIONS FOR DESIGNING

TEMPLATES OF YOUR EMAILS.

GIVES YOU A NUMBER OF EASY OPTIONS FOR

SENDING TEMPLATES OF YOUR

EMAILS.

GIVES YOU A NUMBER OF EASY OPTIONS FOR SAVING TEMPLATES OF YOUR EMAILS.

HELPS TRACK RESULTS SO YOU CAN CHECK RESPONSES

FROM CLIENTS

LET US BEGIN!

1.CREATE AN ACCOUNT

GO TO THEIR WEBSITEmailchimp.com

CLICK “SIGN UP FREE”

FILL UP THE NECESSARY

INFORMATIONS

TYPE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

ENTER YOUR USERNAME

AND YOUR DESIRED PASSWORD

THEN CLICK“CREATE MY ACCOUNT”

AND YOU WILL SEE THIS

YOU NEED TO “CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL”

TO “ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT”

OPEN THE EMAIL SENT BY MAILCHIMP

THEN CLICK“ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT”

CLICK AND PROVE THAT YOU ARE NOT A ROBOT

DO WHAT IS ASKED AND CLICK “VERIFY”

THEN CLICK “CONFIRM SIGN UP”

COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE

FILL UP ALL THE REQUIRED INFORMATIONS

THEN CLICK “SAVE AND GET STARTED”

CONGRATS! YOU NOW HAVE A MAILCHIMP DASHBOARD

2. CREATE A LISTS

CLICK THE MENU PAGE

SELECT“LISTS”

CLICK“CREATE LIST”

MAKE A LIST NAME ANDMAKE IT FORMAL

USE YOUR OWN CUSTOM DOMAIN EMAIL

CHOOSE“DEFAULT FROM NAME”

YOU MAY USE YOUR COMPANY NAME

REMIND PEOPLE HOW THEY SIGNED UP TO YOUR LIST

NOW, SELECT WHAT KIND OF NOTIFICATION YOU

WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE

SIMPLY CHECK THE KIND OF NOTIFICATION THAT YOU WANT TO RECEIVE

THEN CLICK“SAVE”

AND THIS WILL APPEAR

CLICK“SETTINGS”

CLICK LISTS NAME AND DEFAULTS

CHECK THE BOX TO“SEND A FINAL WELCOME

EMAIL”

CHECK THE BOX “LET USERS PICK PLAIN TEXT OR HTMLE EMAILS”

THEN GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND CLICK

“SAVE LIST AND CAMPAIGN DEFAULTS”

AND YOU WILL SEE THIS

3. CREATE TEMPLATE

FROM YOUR DASHBOARD,CLICK

“TEMPLATES”

CLICK“CREATE TEMPLATE”

CHOOSE A TEMPLATE THAT YOU WANT

CLICK“SELECT”

EDIT YOUR TEMPLATE

CLICK THE“EDIT BUTTON”TO UPLOAD EMAIL HEADER

CLICK“BROWSE”

UPLOAD PHOTO FROM YOUR COMPUTER

AND THE HEADER WILL APPEAR

AND CLICK“SAVE & CLOSE”

EDIT THE BODY OF THE TEMPLATE

YOU CAN CHANGE THE TITLE

CHANGE WHAT WILL BE THE MESSAGE

YOU CAN ALSO EDIT THE STYLE

YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS

THEN CLICK“SAVE AND CLOSE”

EDIT THIS SECTION SO SUBSCRIBERS CAN EASILY FOLLOW

YOU

ENTER YOUR ACCOUNT URL

YOU CAN ADD MORE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS

CLICK“ADD ANOTHER SERVICES”

AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO ADD

YOU CAN ALSO EDIT THE APPEARANCE BY CLICKING THE

SETTINGS

THEN CLICK“SAVE & CLOSE”

EDIT THE BOTTOM PART OF YOUR TEMPLATE

CLICK“SAVE & CLOSE”

IF YOU ARE DONE, CLICK “SAVE AND EXIT”

NAME YOUR TEMPLATE

THEN CLICK“SAVE”

4. HOW TO SEND CAMPAIGN

LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH

THE RSS CAMPAIGN

RSS CAMPAIGN IS AN AUTOMATIC EMAIL

SEND BY MAILCHIMP EVERY TIME THERE IS A NEW

POST

CLICK“CAMPAIGNS”

CLICK“CREATE CAMPAIGN”

SELECT RSS CAMPAIGN

ENTER YOUR RSS FEED URL

IF YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR RSS FEED URL,

ENTER THE URL OF YOUR BLOG

MAILCHIMP WILL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU

CHOOSE WHEN DO YOU WANT TO SEND

CHOOSE TIME

CHOOSE DAYS WHEN YOU WANT TO SEND

CLICK THE BOX TO AUTOMATICALLY FIT THE IMAGE IN THE TEMPLATE

THEN CLICK“NEXT”

CHOOSE WHICH LIST YOU WANT TO SEND THE

CAMPAIGN

THEN CLICK“NEXT”

NAME YOUR CAMPAIGN

EDIT YOUR EMAIL SUBJECT

CHECK THE GOOGLE ANALYTICS TO TRACK CLICKS FROM YOUR

CAMPAIGN

CLICK THE BOXES IF YOU WANT TO AUTO-POST

AND CLICK“NEXT”

CHOOSE TEMPLATE

YOU CAN CHOOSE NEW TEMPLATE OR FROM “SAVE TEMPLATE”

CLICK“SAVED TEMPLATES”

CLICK“SELECT”

CLICK“NEXT”

AND YOU WILL SEE THIS

FINALLY, CLICK“START RSS”

CLICK“START CAMPAIGN”

YOU CAN DELETE RSS CAMPAIGN ANY TIME YOU

WANT

CLICK“PAUSE AND EDIT”FIRST

CLICK“PAUSE”

GO BACK TO“CAMPAIGNS”

CLICK THE BOX

AND CLICK“DELETE”

CONFIRM ACTION BY TYPING “DELETE”

THEN CLICK“DELETE”

AND THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE

SUCCESSFULLY DELETED

THAT’S ALL FOR NOW!

I HOPE YOU FIND THIS HELPFUL

IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO ENJOY MAILCHIMP

CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT NOW!

ALWAYS REMEMBER:

THE SECRET OF GETTING AHEAD IS GETTING

STARTED. - MARK TWAIN

YOU CAN DO IT!

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ME!