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 […]
Archives for October 2016
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 […]
Mailchimp Test Email Sending Limits
Before sending email marketing to your subscribers it is important to test your campaign. The two most commonly used ways to test campaigns in Mailchimp is to enter preview mode and send a test email. Preview mode allows us to get a rough idea of how our campaign will look on desktop and mobile devices. […]
Why the Mailchimp reCaptcha option isn’t showing
I’ve been asked many times recently where people can enable the reCAPTCHA on their Mailchimp signup forms. A search of the Mailchimp support articles shows various help posts with advice such as ‘We encourage you to enable reCAPTCHA on all your embedded forms to prevent spambot signups. When reCAPTCHA is enabled, subscribers must check a reCAPTCHA […]
Boost Donations Through Mailchimp
I’ve consulted with and delivered Mailchimp training to many charities. As we know, donations often form a substantial revenue stream for charities so that they may pay their bills and deliver on their mission and objectives. There are two broad ways of attaining further donations; by getting new donors and maximizing donations from existing or […]
