Learn why your Mailchimp email campaign text may look odd when you’ve pasted from Microsoft Word. The fix is simple as explained in these instructions.
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Identify Unique Values in Excel or Google Sheets
I often work with large lists of email addresses when helping Mailchimp clients with their email marketing needs. Occasionally I need to identify unique values only in a list. For example a list of 100,000 contacts may have duplicate contacts and I need to quickly identify records where the email address isn’t duplicated. Fortunately it […]
Get contacts from Outlook to Mailchimp
One of the most widely used email readers, when it comes to desktop computers, is Microsoft Outlook. I often get asked in training how someone can get their Outlook contacts into their Mailchimp list. Exporting contacts from Outlook Copying contact details individually in Outlook and adding them as contacts into Mailchimp is an unnecessary waste […]
How to recall your Mailchimp Campaign
A question that I get asked once in awhile is how a sent Mailchimp campaign may be amended or recalled. Quite simply it isn’t possible to recall a Mailchimp campaign. Some Mailchimp customers can cancel sending a campaign Mailchimp Pro subscribers (Mailchimp Pro is a $199 p.m. add-on) have the option of stopping sending of […]
Update Mailchimp Security & Save Money
WannaCrypy has wreaked havoc on computers that haven’t been updated in ages. Microsoft repeatedly notified users of the dangers of not updating their software but in many cases the warnings fell on deaf ears. We really do need to take online security seriously and the great news for Mailchimp users is that by enhancing security […]
Fix Excel ‘Not responding’ in Windows 10
I love Microsoft Windows 10 but one thing that was really getting on my nerves was that Excel was taking ages to open and save files. I also noticed that even when trying to add a formula, Excel would ‘freeze’ for awhile and would display the message Not Responding. What causes the slow performance of […]
The easy way to print a list of folders and files in Windows
Here are some very quick and simple instructions on how to create a text file listing all files and folders in a certain Windows directory. It’ll only take a minute. Windows 10 Instructions In Windows Explorer go to the location of the folder which you want to print a contents list. Press Alt -> D on […]
Fix Windows 10 JPG Remote Procedure Call Failed
I love Microsoft Windows 10; I find it easy to use and reliable. An issue that suddenly appeared however is that each time I tried to open a JPG or JPEG image, the photo wouldn’t open and I’d get an error popup noting that the remote procedure call failed. Although I’ve worked with Windows for […]
How to improve Mailchimp delivery rates
I received an email regarding Mailchimp delivery rates as follows. “We’ve been experiencing some problems in regards to our email reach. Whilst the report shows we’ve sent out an EDM to all 500 recipients, we’ve had clients on the list coming back to us stating they have not received anything at all. We’ve checked for […]
PowerMailchimp Tips and Advice
I have a number of clients that use PowerMailchimp to connect Microsoft Dynamics CRM with Mailchimp. PowerMailchimp is a Microsoft Dynamics CRM integration tool that allows for synchronizing CRM contact entities to Mailchimp, campaign reporting in the CRM and creating and sending campaigns through Mailchimp but from within the CRM. Microsoft Dynamics CRM is complex […]