MailChimp

Website

Tutorial

What is

MailChimp?

MailChimp

is an email

marketing

service

provider. It is

a web-based

application

that is used

to create,

send and

track email

newsletters.

MailChimp

lets you

create right

email for the

right people.

MailChimp is

best to use

because

it’s clean,

intuitive

interface and

powerful tools,

it is friendly

and nice to

work with.

Some of the

features of

MailChimp are

you can sell

your wares

and track

your revenues,

make the most

of your events,

create email

templates,

manage and

custom forums,

email delivery,

analytics,

mobile editor

and social

sharing.

Here are some

of the reasons

why an email

marketing

service like

MailChimp is

a better tool

for this kind

of task:

- Approved

bulk mailer

- Greater

deliverability

- Adherence to

privacy laws

- Professional

styling

- Compatibility

- Know if

people are

reading

your emails.

Let’s

get

started!

Locate your

favorite

browser.

Click icon

In address bar,

type: www.

mailchimp.com

Press Enter

Here’s the

home page of

MailChimp

For better

experience of

using the site,

let’s sign

up for an

account.

Click

Fill this out

for details

and click

Create

My Account

button.

Click

MailChimp

will send you

an email.

Kindly check

it to activate

your account.

Click Activate

Account

button.

Click

User will be

redirected to

this page:

Enter

characters

displayed.

Click

Confirm

Sign up.

Click

User is asked

to fill out

the form.

At the lower

portion of the

page is user

can upload

photo but you

can do this

later after

clicking Save

and Get

Started button.

Please be

noted that

the following

are required:

Company,

Website,

Address, City

And Zip Code.

Click

Here’s the

dashboard of

your account.

Campaigns

Campaigns

are emails

sent to

subscriber

in a list.

Lists

Lists are where

you store your

contacts or

so-called

subscribers.

Create one

master list

then use

segments

and groups to

email selected

people.

Start Building

Your Audience

Signup forms

let people

subscribe to

your list. When

you create a

list, MailChimp

will

automatically

build a

signup form

to customize

for your

website,

Facebook,

Ipad, etc.

Account

can be

modified.

Click

Let’s create

our first

Campaign.

Click

Click

In our example,

let’s create

plain-text

campaign.

Click

A test or

sample is

provided

since there

is no

lists of

subscribers

yet.

Click Send to

Yourself

button.

Click

Fill it out

for the

necessary

information.

Click Save

and Exit.

Click

Click

Your newly

created

campaign

is displayed.

Let’s now

Create List.

Click

Click

Fill out

the details.

Choose your

desired type of

notification

and click

Save button.

Check

Click

To add a

subscriber,

click Add icon.

Click

Complete the

details & click

Subscribe.

Click

Let’s now

send a

Campaign.

Click

Click

Click Next

Create your

content on

the left side.

Create

Content

Click Next

You all set to

send news-

letter in the list.

Click Send

button.

Click

Send

Click

Email has been

received. In

our example,

I sent it in my

other email

address.

Congratulations!

You’ve just

learned how

to use

MailChimp.

It will be

of great help

in sending

bulk emails

to your

organization

members

or your

other groups.