We’ve just secured a date for our next Mailchimp class in Southport on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Our classes are small and personal so please book early to avoid losing out. This training is perfect for beginners through to those that already use Mailchimp and want to use it even better. You’ll leave training […]
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What are Mailchimp Contact Ratings?
One of the most useful metrics in understanding your Mailchimp subscribers is their member rating (also called contact rating). Unfortunately this incredibly useful data is little understood or known by Mailchimp users. The member rating is a quality score for each of your subscribers. To explain simplistically, the member rating shows how active the contact […]
Quick Shortcut to the Mailchimp File Manager
The Mailchimp File Manager is the place where the images, attachments and other media that you’ve uploaded to Mailchimp and included in your campaigns are shown. The File Manager makes reusing images and other media very simple and quick. One issue that I often get asked in Mailchimp training however is if there is a […]
Creating more effective eCommerce email campaigns
Did you know that through a few simple changes you could substantially increase your sales from email marketing campaigns? The ROI on email marketing for eCommerce can be overwhelmingly positive by following some simple rules. First off, let’s look at where we should be starting as a minimum. The lowdown stats on email marketing for […]
Integrating Magento and Mailchimp
I frequently get asked for assistance with integrating Magento and Mailchimp so that Magento eCommerce store owners can increase sales through email marketing. Although the Shopify and WordPress WooCommerce integrations with Mailchimp are simpler to setup, the Magento integration isn’t that complicated at all. Below is what I sent recently to a customer that asked […]
5 reasons to use only one list in Mailchimp
Through my Mailchimp consulting and training I’ve met with thousands of people that use Mailchimp. A questions that I get asked often is if there is limit in Mailchimp as to the number of allowed lists. The answer is that there is no limit to the number of lists however, for reasons described below, the […]
Get one-on-one live Mailchimp help
Are you already using Mailchimp and have a few questions on how to improve your email marketing? We now offer personal Mailchimp consulting. It’s as simple as: You schedule a time with Gary. A link to an online meeting will be sent to you. At the booking time, you connect to the online meeting space […]
Mailchimp doesn’t allow sending from Gmail
I received the following question today: Hi Gary, I happened to come across an article you have written after I received the Mailchimp Omnivore update. My question is does Mailchimp accept me to use my gmail address to send out emails? I have tried everything keep getting the same response. Should I setup an email […]
Introducing Facebook Ad Campaigns by Mailchimp
Since Mailchimp introduced their easy way to advertise on Facebook (called Facebook Ad Campaigns), my Mailchimp training attendees have been very welcoming of this new functionality. In the video below I describe how to create a Facebook Ad Campaign in Mailchimp.
The Latest Mailchimp IP Addresses
Mailchimp advise their delivery IP addresses in the form of CIDR ranges. These IP addresses may be used by recipients to whitelist Mailchimp sending IP addresses which will ensure higher deliverability of email campaigns. The following are the IP addresses used by Mailchimp to send email campaigns as at February 2017. Please see the attached […]