I have used Dropbox for many years to share files online. I sync my Dropbox files to my Microsoft Windows PCs which typically works very well. One issue that I happened to come across today was that certain files saved to a Dropbox folder weren’t being synced to my laptop (running Windows 10). This is […]
Archives for November 2016
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 […]