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 […]
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Add a navigation menu to Mailchimp campaigns
Occasionally I get asked by Mailchimp training attendees how to add a horizontal menu to email campaigns. Many people like to send an email message with a navigation bar similar to those on their website. Here is one way to add a menu to your Mailchimp campaign. You’ll need some HTML skills as there is […]
How to add an inline button in Mailchimp
The basic Mailchimp templates are easy to use, effective and best of all look great across almost all devices. In Mailchimp classes I always recommend that attendees use the basic 1 column template. The problem with the Mailchimp button content block Some people however find that there is too much white space in the basic […]
Make a Mailchimp checkbox selected by default
Using groups in Mailchimp lists makes managing subscribers with varying interests simple. For example your local library may send out different email newsletters containing news of the latest library events and newest books in the library. It’s clumsy and difficult to have a list for each of the interest groups so having a single list […]
HTML numbers in Circles (the quick way)
Often, we may require to add a number with a circle around that number. For example, let’s say that we have three steps and we want the numbers to display thus; ① ② ③ Most of us immediately think that the simplest solution is to use CSS to style a number with the number centred […]