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Getting started-with-mail chimp
Getting Started
With MailChimp




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                                                                                                   1
Welcome to MailChimp.                                                            Creating A List
This handy guide will help you get your first email campaign off the             Since creating a list is the first thing you should do in your MailChimp
ground. Well also offer tips on managing your lists, viewing your reports        account, we create one for you when you fill out your account information
and making sure your email campaigns get into the right hands.                   on your first login. You can use the list we created for you, or you can
                                                                                 follow these two simple steps to create a new one.
As for our system requirements, all you need is a modern browser. Internet
Explorer 7 or higher works, but for a faster experience we recommend             Step 1: Choose Lists, then click the Create list button on the left.
Firefox 3.5 or higher, Safari or Chrome.


What to expect
In this guide, you’ll learn how to:

•	   Create your list
•	   Import your list
•	   Create your campaign
•	   Avoid spam filters
•	   Understand your MailChimp reports

If you have any questions that aren’t answered here, feel free to contact
our support staff at mailchimp.com/support or join one of our free daily
online training webinars at mailchimp.com/webinar. Now let’s get started.




                                                                                 Step 2: Fill out the setup details, making sure you’ve written a Good
                                                                                 Permission Reminder. Click Save to finish setting up your list.




                                                                             2                                                                               3
Importing Your List                                                                                                                                                 Creating A Campaign
Now that you’ve got your list all set up, it’s time to import your subscribers   Now that you list is imported, we’ll help you set the name and content             You’ve got your list ready to go, so it’s time to create your first campaign.
into the list. There are four ways to do it:                                     type for each column—we call it mapping. Use the pull-down menu above              We’ll explain how to select your list, select a template, edit your content
                                                                                 each column to set the field name and type. Once you’ve mapped your                and design your email.
1. Upload a CSV file                                                             fields, click the All done button to complete the import.
                                                                                                                                                                    From your Dashboard or Campaign tab, click the Create campaign button.




2. Copy/paste from Excel


                                                                                                                                                                    Choose the type of campaign you’d like to create. (Start with Regular ol’
                                                                                 After the import, you’ll get to review all the emails that were or were not        campaign).
                                                                                 added to your list. Just click the links to view more details. (Note that if
                                                                                 you have a large list, we’ll ask for your email address so we can send you         On Step 1 of the Campaign Builder, select the list you want to send to.
                                                                                 the notifications and report when the list is imported.)                           Once you’ve selected the list, use the Next button to move forward, or just
                                                                                                                                                                    click Send to entire list.

                                                                                                                                                                    You’ll have the options to name your campaign, set up a subject line, from
                                                                                                                                                                    name reply-to email and personalize your “To:” field with *|MERGETAGS|*.
                                                                                                                                                                    You’ll also find your options for tracking, authentication, analytics track-
                                                                                                                                                                    ing and social sharing. Again, use the Next and Back buttons to navigate
                                                                                 Frequently Asked Questions                                                         through the steps (don’t use your browser’s back button).


                                                                                 How can I add groups to my signup form?
                                                                                 If you haven’t created any lists in MailChimp, go to Lists > Create new list.
                                                                                 We’ll ask you if you really want to create a new list or if you just need to
                                                                                 add groups to an existing list. Click Create list. Fill in your information on
3. Import directly from other apps like Google Docs, Sales-                      the Set up your new list screen and save. You’ll see a list creation success
                                                                                 screen. Click to Add groups to list. We’ll expand the screen below, and
force, Highrise and more.
                                                                                 you can choose the list your groups will be added to, how you want us to
                                                                                 display your group options in your signup form, the title of your groups
4. Start a list from scratch.                                                    field and the group names.
Set up your list with the email address in one column, and any other data
you want to include in separate columns. Like this:
                                                                                 If you have a list created in MailChimp, go to Lists > Groups > Create
                                                                                 groups from the drop-down menu. We’ll expand the screen below, and
                                                                                 you can choose the list your groups will be added to, how you want us to
                                                                                 display your group options in your signup form, the title of your groups
                                                                                 field and the group names.
Just select the import option you’d like and follow the easy steps.
                                                                                 How can I add new fields to my list?
                                                                                 You can add up to 30 fields in your list area. Just go to your Lists tab, and
                                                                                 under List database, click the green plus sign (+) to add a field.

                                                                                 You can also add fields and customize them directly in the signup form
                                                                                 designer. Go to Lists > Forms > Build it, and then choose your field type
                                                                                 with the Add a field choices. You can then customize that field directly on
                                                                                 the right side of the signup form and save, duplicate, or if you don’t like
                                                                                 the changes, delete the new field.
                                                                                                                                                                4                                                                                   5
Avoiding Spam Filters
Select a template for your email by clicking Pre-designed or Start from       Edit or add content, then click Save to set the changes.
scratch (to get basic template layouts that you can fully customize) under
the Templates heading. Click Design genius if you want us to walk you
through the styling process. Templates you’ve set up and saved will live
under My templates. If you’re providing your own code, use the Paste/im-
                                                                                                                                                             There’s no sense spending all that time designing, coding and writing your
port HTML or import from URL options. If you want to create an editable
                                                                                                                                                             email newsletters, only to get them trapped in your recipients’ junk fold-
(or non-editable) template for your clients, choose Code custom templates.
                                                                                                                                                             ers. Make sure your newsletters go straight to your subscribers’ inboxes by
                                                                                                                                                             learning how spam filters think.Spam filters look at a long list of criteria
                                                                                                                                                             to decide whether or not your email is junk. The list of spammy criteria is
                                                                                                                                                             constantly growing and adapting, because spam filters learn more about
                                                                                                                                                             what junk looks like every time someone clicks the This is spam button.
                                                                                                                                                             Spam filters even sync up with each other to share what they’ve learned.
                                                                              Tips for adding content:                                                       There’s no magic formula, but these tips will help you avoid common
                                                                                                                                                             mistakes that often send email marketing to junk folders.
                                                                              •	   Type directly into the content editor. Don’t copy/paste from a word
                                                                                   processor. Only copy/paste from a simple text editor like TextEdit or     Avoid these common mistakes:
                                                                                   Notepad.
                                                                              •	   If you copied your content from a website or web-based email pro-         •	   Using spammy phrases like “Click here!” or “Once in a lifetime op-
                                                                                   gram and need to clean up the campaign, you can generally use the              portunity!”
                                                                                   eraser tool (Remove formatting tool) on the online editor toolbar to      •	   Going crazy with exclamation points!!!!!!
                                                                                   remove just the formatting and junk code brought over from the other      •	   USING ALL CAPS, WHICH IS LIKE SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF
                                                                                   program.                                                                       YOUR LUNGS VIA EMAIL (especially in the subject line)
                                                                              •	   If you copied your content from MS Word, the only way to fix it is to     •	   Coloring fonts bright red or green
Once you choose your template, you’ll remain on Step 3 of the Campaign             start a new campaign and add clean content. Word creates so much          •	   Coding sloppy HTML, usually from converting a Word file
Builder. You’ll add content and images in the Content editor. Click Show
style editor to set your design and style options.
                                                                                   junk code that the tool can’t even clean it up.                           •	   Creating an HTML email that’s nothing but one big image, with little
                                                                                                                                                                  or no text (since spam filters can’t read images, they assume you’re a
                                                                              After saving, wait for your content to refresh, then click Next. Our plain-         spammer that’s trying to trick them).
                                                                              text generator will automagically create the plain-text version of the email   •	   Using the word “Test” in the subject line
                                                                              from your HTML version. Look it over and click Next again to move to the       •	   Sending a test to multiple recipients within the same company (that
                                                                              last step of the Campaign Builder.                                                  company’s email firewall assumes it’s a spam attack)
                                                                                                                                                             •	   Designing HTML email in Microsoft Word and exporting the code to
                                                                              Step 5 of the Campaign Builder is a Pre-delivery checklist. If we see               HTML (That code is sloppy, and spam filters hate it.)
                                                                              anything missing from your campaign, we’ll alert you in red on this screen.
                                                                              Click Resolve to go back to any area that needs attention.
                                                                                                                                                             Inbox Inspector
Here, the Body tab is selected and the Body style subheading has been
clicked. This will allow you to set the line height, font size and more for   You can preview the campaign once more by clicking Popup preview. We
                                                                              recommend sending tests to several email addresses to see how the cam-         MailChimp has a spam filter checker (look for the Inbox Inspector under
this section:
                                                                              paign looks in your recipients’ inboxes. If everything looks good, schedule    your Account tab) that’ll tell you exactly what your email’s spam score
                                                                              or send your campaign.                                                         is, and what you need to change if you want to improve your chances
                                                                                                                                                             with spam filters. Inbox Inspector is free and unlimited for paid, monthly
                                                                                                                                                             customers.

                                                                                                                                                             For more information, visit mailchimp.com/add-ons/inboxinspector.




Click anywhere inside the dotted red borders to bring up the Content edi-
tor box.




                                                                              Note: If you use templates provided by MailChimp, we’ll add your postal
                                                                              address for you. If you’re providing your own code, make sure the address
                                                                              is included somewhere in the text of your campaign. It’s required by law!
                                                                                                                                                         6                                                                                  7
Understanding Your Reports
You’ve imported your list, created your campaign, written smart, unspam-
my content, and sent it to your subscribers. Now what? Take a look at your
MailChimp reports to help you analyze your campaign’s performance and
make notes for next time.

Click the Reports tab and then on the title of your campaign.




What the reports mean:                                                        8. Recipients who clicked: How many people clicked on your links.
                                                                              9. Clicks per unique open: Of those who opened, this percent clicked.
1. Total recipients                                                           10. Total clicks: The total number of clicks your email got. It’s handy to
2. Successful deliveries: Some emails bounce back or get blocked by           know how much traffic you’ll get to your website after sending.
email firewalls and spam filters. This states how many of your emails actu-   11. Total unsubscribes: If any email campaign stat can bring a tear to your
ally got through to your recipients’ servers.                                 eye, this is the one. We’ve seen average unsubscribe rates of less than half
3. Times forwarded: MailChimp lets you insert a link into your email cam-     of one percent. Anything above that means people are mad.
paign that allows your recipient to forward your campaign to a friend. This   12. Total abuse complaints: You know when you get a piece of junk email,
number only reflects the number of people who used this tool, not those       you click that button in your email program that says “This is junk” or
who forwarded from their inbox.                                               “Report Spam”? Every time you do that, a report and copy of that email is
4. Forwarded opens: Say your recipients forwarded your campaign to            sent to your ISP. We track how many complaints your recipients submit-
friends. This tells you how many times those friends opened it.               ted.
5. Recipients who opened: How many people opened your campaign. So
if two (sad and lonely) people opened your campaigns 500 times each,          Subscriber Activity Reports
that would be 1,000 total opens. This stat would show that two recipients
opened.                                                                       If you want to know even more about your customers, then check out
6. Average times email was opened: This gives you a general idea of how       MailChimp’s Subscriber activity reports, located within your Reports tab.
many times each recipient opened your campaign.                               They give you extra insight about your recipients, like who opened your
7. Total times email was opened: Don’t let this stat get to your head. Your   emails and what they clicked. See a real-time report for each recipient’s
email might have been opened 10,000 times—but what if it was just one         email activities: when they opened, what they clicked, and when they
guy who opened your email 10,000 times? It’s good to know if you’re look-     came back. You can even generate a list of people who did not open, and
ing for total impressions (for banner ads, etc.).                             send them a modified campaign.
                                                                                                                                                          8

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Getting started-with-mail chimp

  • 2. Getting Started With MailChimp ©2001-2011 All rights reserved. MailChimp® is a registered trademark of The Rocket Science Group 1
  • 3. Welcome to MailChimp. Creating A List This handy guide will help you get your first email campaign off the Since creating a list is the first thing you should do in your MailChimp ground. Well also offer tips on managing your lists, viewing your reports account, we create one for you when you fill out your account information and making sure your email campaigns get into the right hands. on your first login. You can use the list we created for you, or you can follow these two simple steps to create a new one. As for our system requirements, all you need is a modern browser. Internet Explorer 7 or higher works, but for a faster experience we recommend Step 1: Choose Lists, then click the Create list button on the left. Firefox 3.5 or higher, Safari or Chrome. What to expect In this guide, you’ll learn how to: • Create your list • Import your list • Create your campaign • Avoid spam filters • Understand your MailChimp reports If you have any questions that aren’t answered here, feel free to contact our support staff at mailchimp.com/support or join one of our free daily online training webinars at mailchimp.com/webinar. Now let’s get started. Step 2: Fill out the setup details, making sure you’ve written a Good Permission Reminder. Click Save to finish setting up your list. 2 3
  • 4. Importing Your List Creating A Campaign Now that you’ve got your list all set up, it’s time to import your subscribers Now that you list is imported, we’ll help you set the name and content You’ve got your list ready to go, so it’s time to create your first campaign. into the list. There are four ways to do it: type for each column—we call it mapping. Use the pull-down menu above We’ll explain how to select your list, select a template, edit your content each column to set the field name and type. Once you’ve mapped your and design your email. 1. Upload a CSV file fields, click the All done button to complete the import. From your Dashboard or Campaign tab, click the Create campaign button. 2. Copy/paste from Excel Choose the type of campaign you’d like to create. (Start with Regular ol’ After the import, you’ll get to review all the emails that were or were not campaign). added to your list. Just click the links to view more details. (Note that if you have a large list, we’ll ask for your email address so we can send you On Step 1 of the Campaign Builder, select the list you want to send to. the notifications and report when the list is imported.) Once you’ve selected the list, use the Next button to move forward, or just click Send to entire list. You’ll have the options to name your campaign, set up a subject line, from name reply-to email and personalize your “To:” field with *|MERGETAGS|*. You’ll also find your options for tracking, authentication, analytics track- ing and social sharing. Again, use the Next and Back buttons to navigate Frequently Asked Questions through the steps (don’t use your browser’s back button). How can I add groups to my signup form? If you haven’t created any lists in MailChimp, go to Lists > Create new list. We’ll ask you if you really want to create a new list or if you just need to add groups to an existing list. Click Create list. Fill in your information on 3. Import directly from other apps like Google Docs, Sales- the Set up your new list screen and save. You’ll see a list creation success screen. Click to Add groups to list. We’ll expand the screen below, and force, Highrise and more. you can choose the list your groups will be added to, how you want us to display your group options in your signup form, the title of your groups 4. Start a list from scratch. field and the group names. Set up your list with the email address in one column, and any other data you want to include in separate columns. Like this: If you have a list created in MailChimp, go to Lists > Groups > Create groups from the drop-down menu. We’ll expand the screen below, and you can choose the list your groups will be added to, how you want us to display your group options in your signup form, the title of your groups field and the group names. Just select the import option you’d like and follow the easy steps. How can I add new fields to my list? You can add up to 30 fields in your list area. Just go to your Lists tab, and under List database, click the green plus sign (+) to add a field. You can also add fields and customize them directly in the signup form designer. Go to Lists > Forms > Build it, and then choose your field type with the Add a field choices. You can then customize that field directly on the right side of the signup form and save, duplicate, or if you don’t like the changes, delete the new field. 4 5
  • 5. Avoiding Spam Filters Select a template for your email by clicking Pre-designed or Start from Edit or add content, then click Save to set the changes. scratch (to get basic template layouts that you can fully customize) under the Templates heading. Click Design genius if you want us to walk you through the styling process. Templates you’ve set up and saved will live under My templates. If you’re providing your own code, use the Paste/im- There’s no sense spending all that time designing, coding and writing your port HTML or import from URL options. If you want to create an editable email newsletters, only to get them trapped in your recipients’ junk fold- (or non-editable) template for your clients, choose Code custom templates. ers. Make sure your newsletters go straight to your subscribers’ inboxes by learning how spam filters think.Spam filters look at a long list of criteria to decide whether or not your email is junk. The list of spammy criteria is constantly growing and adapting, because spam filters learn more about what junk looks like every time someone clicks the This is spam button. Spam filters even sync up with each other to share what they’ve learned. Tips for adding content: There’s no magic formula, but these tips will help you avoid common mistakes that often send email marketing to junk folders. • Type directly into the content editor. Don’t copy/paste from a word processor. Only copy/paste from a simple text editor like TextEdit or Avoid these common mistakes: Notepad. • If you copied your content from a website or web-based email pro- • Using spammy phrases like “Click here!” or “Once in a lifetime op- gram and need to clean up the campaign, you can generally use the portunity!” eraser tool (Remove formatting tool) on the online editor toolbar to • Going crazy with exclamation points!!!!!! remove just the formatting and junk code brought over from the other • USING ALL CAPS, WHICH IS LIKE SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF program. YOUR LUNGS VIA EMAIL (especially in the subject line) • If you copied your content from MS Word, the only way to fix it is to • Coloring fonts bright red or green Once you choose your template, you’ll remain on Step 3 of the Campaign start a new campaign and add clean content. Word creates so much • Coding sloppy HTML, usually from converting a Word file Builder. You’ll add content and images in the Content editor. Click Show style editor to set your design and style options. junk code that the tool can’t even clean it up. • Creating an HTML email that’s nothing but one big image, with little or no text (since spam filters can’t read images, they assume you’re a After saving, wait for your content to refresh, then click Next. Our plain- spammer that’s trying to trick them). text generator will automagically create the plain-text version of the email • Using the word “Test” in the subject line from your HTML version. Look it over and click Next again to move to the • Sending a test to multiple recipients within the same company (that last step of the Campaign Builder. company’s email firewall assumes it’s a spam attack) • Designing HTML email in Microsoft Word and exporting the code to Step 5 of the Campaign Builder is a Pre-delivery checklist. If we see HTML (That code is sloppy, and spam filters hate it.) anything missing from your campaign, we’ll alert you in red on this screen. Click Resolve to go back to any area that needs attention. Inbox Inspector Here, the Body tab is selected and the Body style subheading has been clicked. This will allow you to set the line height, font size and more for You can preview the campaign once more by clicking Popup preview. We recommend sending tests to several email addresses to see how the cam- MailChimp has a spam filter checker (look for the Inbox Inspector under this section: paign looks in your recipients’ inboxes. If everything looks good, schedule your Account tab) that’ll tell you exactly what your email’s spam score or send your campaign. is, and what you need to change if you want to improve your chances with spam filters. Inbox Inspector is free and unlimited for paid, monthly customers. For more information, visit mailchimp.com/add-ons/inboxinspector. Click anywhere inside the dotted red borders to bring up the Content edi- tor box. Note: If you use templates provided by MailChimp, we’ll add your postal address for you. If you’re providing your own code, make sure the address is included somewhere in the text of your campaign. It’s required by law! 6 7
  • 6. Understanding Your Reports You’ve imported your list, created your campaign, written smart, unspam- my content, and sent it to your subscribers. Now what? Take a look at your MailChimp reports to help you analyze your campaign’s performance and make notes for next time. Click the Reports tab and then on the title of your campaign. What the reports mean: 8. Recipients who clicked: How many people clicked on your links. 9. Clicks per unique open: Of those who opened, this percent clicked. 1. Total recipients 10. Total clicks: The total number of clicks your email got. It’s handy to 2. Successful deliveries: Some emails bounce back or get blocked by know how much traffic you’ll get to your website after sending. email firewalls and spam filters. This states how many of your emails actu- 11. Total unsubscribes: If any email campaign stat can bring a tear to your ally got through to your recipients’ servers. eye, this is the one. We’ve seen average unsubscribe rates of less than half 3. Times forwarded: MailChimp lets you insert a link into your email cam- of one percent. Anything above that means people are mad. paign that allows your recipient to forward your campaign to a friend. This 12. Total abuse complaints: You know when you get a piece of junk email, number only reflects the number of people who used this tool, not those you click that button in your email program that says “This is junk” or who forwarded from their inbox. “Report Spam”? Every time you do that, a report and copy of that email is 4. Forwarded opens: Say your recipients forwarded your campaign to sent to your ISP. We track how many complaints your recipients submit- friends. This tells you how many times those friends opened it. ted. 5. Recipients who opened: How many people opened your campaign. So if two (sad and lonely) people opened your campaigns 500 times each, Subscriber Activity Reports that would be 1,000 total opens. This stat would show that two recipients opened. If you want to know even more about your customers, then check out 6. Average times email was opened: This gives you a general idea of how MailChimp’s Subscriber activity reports, located within your Reports tab. many times each recipient opened your campaign. They give you extra insight about your recipients, like who opened your 7. Total times email was opened: Don’t let this stat get to your head. Your emails and what they clicked. See a real-time report for each recipient’s email might have been opened 10,000 times—but what if it was just one email activities: when they opened, what they clicked, and when they guy who opened your email 10,000 times? It’s good to know if you’re look- came back. You can even generate a list of people who did not open, and ing for total impressions (for banner ads, etc.). send them a modified campaign. 8