If you use Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Drupal, Ubercart, LemonStand, Big Cartel, X-Cart or Miva for your Ecommerce you’re in luck. Mailchimp easily and reliably connects with these Ecommerce services and the results in terms of sales increases can be substantial. Why connect your Ecommerce with Mailchimp If you’re a small business and don’t have […]
Can I use my website font in Mailchimp?
A question I often get asked in Mailchimp training is if the font that is used on a website can be used in a Mailchimp email campaign. The simple answer is that it depends on what font-family is used on your website. Why some fonts don’t work in email Email reading software varies greatly in […]
Why Mailchimp Automation is sending to the wrong contacts
Do you plan on setting up a welcome series automation in Mailchimp? The welcome workflow is extremely popular for two reasons; it is incredibly effective in getting subscriber engagement and is just so simple to setup. There is however something very important to know before making your automation active. Will the welcome email send to […]
How to style SVG with CSS in WordPress
I use SVG files in my websites in place of image files wherever I can. I love the ease of changing the properties of an SVG ‘image’ such as the colour. In particular the small file-size (relatively to a PNG or JPEG image) and ability to scale whilst maintaining visual quality are winners for me. […]
Why you can’t import role-based addresses into Mailchimp
A role-based email address is a generic address usually shared by multiple people. Examples of role-based email addresses are [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] however there are other role-based addresses. The problem with role-based email addresses The reason that many marketing services won’t allow you to add subscribers with role-based email addresses is that these addresses […]
World’s first Mailchimp sponsored meetup
We are proud to announce that Brisbane will be the very first city to host a Mailchimp sponsored meetup. Following Brisbane will be meetups in Malaga and Chattanooga. Other cities will follow later in the year. Running a business is hard, so it’s important that we all share tips and tricks that can help our […]
How to change permalinks without losing SEO
I have been blogging using WordPress for about ten years. When I started blogging there were numerous considerations when choosing a premalink structure for posts that are no longer relevant. These included: Speed: Having the post id in the permalink was necessary as WordPress slowed down if this wasn’t included. Google news: If one wanted […]