Unfortunately there is no means of being absolutely sure that your email messages will reach your recipients. We can do certain things like ensuring that we set SPF and DKIM DNS records but ultimately it’s best to leave bulk email sending to the experts. Particularly if you’re sending invoices or order details from your online […]
Archives for 2016
Why doesn’t Mailchimp send to all my subscribers?
There is a common misconception that when an email doesn’t reach the recipient there is a problem with the sending system. I often get asked, in relation to Mailchimp, why Mailchimp isn’t sending to some subscribers. Mailchimp email sending isvery reliable and all your email messages will get sent. Why the message may not reach […]
How Mailchimp knows if subscribers have marked emails as spam
A question I get asked regularly in Mailchimp classes that I deliver is how Mailchimp knows if a subscriber has marked a campaign as spam. Quite simply, receiving servers alert Mailchimp when a recipient marks a Mailchimp campaign as spam or junk. Spam messages are a major problem; approximately 408 billion spam email messages are […]
About Mailchimp High Abuse Complaints Warning
A client contacted me earlier today regarding not being able to send a Mailchimp email campaign. When he went to send his email marketing email he received the following message: Mailchimp’s abuse prevention system, Omnivore, has identified some issues with the addresses on your Newsletter that have never been sent to through our system. Omnivore […]
How being marked a spammer destroys your domain!
Way too often I get asked by organizations why emails that they send are automatically sent to the recipients spam (also called junk) folder. The recipient of course usually doesn’t check their spam folder therefore they assume that they haven’t received an email message from the sender. You must get your house in order before […]
What is the best browser to use for Mailchimp?
Mailchimp advise that the following internet browsers are all compatible with Mailchimp: Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Safari Microsoft Edge Microsoft Internet Explorer (10 and above) In my experience delivering Mailchimp training to many different organizations I have found that certain browsers work well with Mailchimp however some really aren’t suitable for use with Mailchimp. I haven’t seen any […]
How to use Stripe with Shopify
As I assist my eCommerce clients to integrate Shopify and Mailchimp as well as train people how to integrate the two services, I need a Shopify store on which to test and demonstrate. I have used various demo Shopify stores in the past to demonstrate to clients how they can increase sales by integrating with […]
Using Mailchimp Merge Tags for Dynamic Data
I received the following email request for Mailchimp help from a client and thought I’d share the solution: Hi Gary, Can you please help me with the following? I need to design a mail which shows dynamic data (that changes daily) in a tabular form as my quote offer for daily pricing & send it […]
How a Popup Subscribe Form Destroys Your SEO
Almost two years ago I published a post titled ‘How to get Mailchimp Subscriber Popup working in WordPress‘. That has been one of my most visited posts however things have changed and it’s important to know the danger of using a pop-up email marketing subscribe form, whether Mailchimp, Aweber, Constant Contact or any other EDM […]
Fix Excel ‘Not responding’ in Windows 10
I love Microsoft Windows 10 but one thing that was really getting on my nerves was that Excel was taking ages to open and save files. I also noticed that even when trying to add a formula, Excel would ‘freeze’ for awhile and would display the message Not Responding. What causes the slow performance of […]