how to create and manage professional newsletters using mailchimp
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How to Create and Manage Professional Newsletters using
www.aimdynamicvp.com
is an email marketing software designed to manage and create emails easily and
effectively.
It was based on the three main functions of email
marketing.
1. You can create beautiful professional email campaigns.
2. It allows you to manage your growing email contacts or
subscribers.
3. It provides you email reports to keep track your campaign performance.
Over 12 million people are using MailChimp as their email
marketing service provider.
What is great about this application that it has
millions of users?
Let’s find out.
MailChimp is loaded of Features that work best for
you and your business.
Ease of Designing & Launching Email Campaigns
Automate Email Campaigns
Inbox Preview & Testing
Geotargeting Your Campaigns
Email Beamer
RSS to Email
Top Notch Analytics
Growing Your Lists & Getting More Subscribers
eCommerce Integration
Accessing Your Campaigns on the Go
Let’s start exploring MailChimp.
Creating account in MailChimp
Creating and Importing a Lists
Creating Campaigns
Creating Sign up Forms
On this tutorial, you will learn the following:
Go to your browser.
Type in www.mailchimp.com
Welcome to MailChimpHomepage!
Creating a MailChimp Account.
Click Sign Up Free.
Type your Email, Username and Password.
Click Get Started.
Kindly check your email account.
MailChimp sent you something.
Click Activate Account button.
Confirm Signup and prove you are human!
Log in to your Account.
Type in your details.
Click Continue.
MailChimp requires a Website URL.
No Website?
Don’t worry, they have alternatives.
Go to your chosen social network account.
For this tutorial,I chose my LinkedIn
account.
After logging in, copy the URL.
Paste it in the designated box.
Click Continue.
Fill in the needed information.
Click Continue.
Your MailChimp Account is Ready!
This is your MailChimpDashboard.
Creating and Importing a Lists
Click Create a List.
Fill in all the details needed.
There are three ways to import subscribers to
the lists…
CSV file or tab-deliminated
text file
Copy/paste from excel file
Integrated service
Choose copy/paste from excel file.
Open your excel file and copy the list.
Copy/paste the subscribers’ information.
Your Subscribers’ have been imported!
Name each column properly.
It will look like this after naming all columns.
You have now Subscribers!
If you want to add people on your lists…
Click this button.
And just fill in the details.
Creating Campaigns
Click Create Campaigns.
Select Regular campaign.
Choose to send to entire list.
Fill in the necessary details.
One of the coolest features of
MailChimp is…
they can help you write a good subject
line.
Click this.
Write one term/phrase per line.
Click Search.
5 Stars are the best!
Fill in other information.
Set up your email tracking.
Click Next.
Choose the template for your Campaign.
Time to design your campaign!
Select the part you will change.
Type and edit your message here.
Click Save and Close.
Do the same process in editing other sections.
You can drag or upload your photo.
To preview the campaign you made.
Click Preview and Test.
Select Enter preview mode.
Let’s send a test email.
Select Send a test email.
Click Send Test.
Click Ok.
Check your email.
Click Next.
You can choose either to send it or set a
Schedule.
Click Schedule.
Type the delivery date and select time.
Click Schedule Campaign.
Now, your campaign has been scheduled!
Creating Sign up Forms
Click Lists.
Click this.
Click Signup forms.
Choose General forms.
Customizing signup forms.
You can build it,
design it,
and translate it.
Let’s add an extra field in our signup form.
Click Birthday and Date.
Birthday and Date fields are now included in the form.
If you want to edit the added new fields…
Select the Birthday field.
The edit settings are located on the right side.
Don’t forget to save!
and we’re done!
Now, it’s your turn to
explore MailChimp.
Have fun learning!
Thank you for reading!
Visit
www.aimdynamicvp. com
for other dynamic tutorial guides
I would love to hear
your comments!
Sources: http://mailchimp.com/resources/guides/getting-started-with-mailchimp/html/
http://kb.mailchimp.com/campaigns/previews-and-tests/best-practices-for-email-subject-lines?
http://kb.mailchimp.com/lists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MailChimp