Want to learn to use Mailchimp for cost-effective email marketing? I’m pleased that my first training course for Newcastle, NSW, has been scheduled. In this training you’ll learn how to use Mailchimp including; How to setup lists the correct way. Know when and how to use list segments. The easy way to create templates. What […]
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What to do about a disabled Mailchimp account
It is seldom that Mailchimp will close an account due to Omnivore issues that have been discovered in an account. Mailchimp typically asks a customer to resolve and address any issues prior to disabling an account. Mailchimp have an interest in their clients not spamming or otherwise contravening any spam laws or ethical practices in […]
3 tips to avoid Mailchimp Omnivore
As my regular readers will know, I deliver Mailchimp training and provide Mailchimp consulting services. As such, I hear where people are having issues with Mailchimp. One of the biggest frustrations that people have is their email subscribers being rejected by Mailchimp Omnivore. Typically this involves a person importing a list into Mailchimp for the […]
How to stop Mailchimp going to spam
A common question from my Mailchimp clients is how they may avoid any of their email campaign landing in their subscribers spam or junk folders. Unfortunately there is no means of totally removing the chance that the EDMs will land up in a spam folder but the chance can be minimized. The issue at hand […]
How to add an attachment to a Mailchimp campaign
I am often asked by clients if they can send an attachment with a Mailchimp campaign. For example, a client asked this morning “can you tell us if we can attach a PDF to the EDM schedule that we are currently sending out through Mailchimp? We are trying and cannot do it”. My response to […]
Get a million Mandrill emails free per month
I’ve blogged recently about my sadness of Mandrill being integrated into Mailchimp and the associated higher costs for small volume transactional email senders. I’ve moved from sending my WordPress emails with Mandrill to Amazon SES and have finally settled on Mailgun (with their 200 free daily transactional email sends). Mailchimp have been good at communicating the various […]
Mailgun, a free Mandrill alternative for WordPress
Mailchimp recently advised of various changes to its awesome Mandrill transaction email service. The most significant change for small businesses and low volume senders is that there is now a minimum monthly subscription cost of $20. This relates to a high cost per send if your transactional email volumes are low. I’ve been using Amazon […]
How Mailchimp Boosts Eventbrite Registrations
I deliver Mailchimp training. I use Eventbrite to sell tickets for my public Mailchimp classes because it saves me masses of time; create an event and make it live and Eventbrite handles the money and bookings side of things for a small proportion of the value of sales. Eventbrite doesn’t actively promote events (yes it does […]
Get your Facebook leads in Mailchimp
Facebook Lead Ads work well in getting potential sales leads. But what if we could automatically get our leads into a list in Mailchimp. We could then set Mailchimp Automation to send a series of EDM to our new leads, all without doing a thing. Conversion rates are 53% higher when using Automation and sending […]
Awesome banner images for Mailchimp (in seconds)
I often get asked during Mailchimp training where attendees may get custom banners or images for their email campaigns. Some people choose to use a graphic designer or create the designs themselves in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. For those that don’t have the necessary graphic design skills or just want an image really quickly then fortunately […]