Hi,

Here are some notes on creating an email news shot or newsletter with Mail Chimp. In this example, we have already created a template to use.

Creating a new email campaign:

• Login to mailchimp www.mailchimp.com
• You should now be at the dashboard
• Select create campaign -> regular ol’ campaign
• Select the list you want to use
• Next
• Enter details:
• name your campaign
• message subject
• select add Google Analytics
• update from name and reply-to email if required
• Next
• Select the template you wish to use
• Edit email:
• update ‘teaser’ area, hover over it & click edit.
  (This should be a brief preview/teaser of email contents)
• hover over main email content area & click edit.
• delete ‘Your text goes here.’ And enter your own text.
• don’t edit anything above or below this bit.
  (But if you mess it up, don’t worry you haven’t changed the template and at worst, you can start again)
• the suggested normal text is  font ‘Arial’, size ‘12’
• click save now
• Next
• Make sure plain-text message looks OK.
• Next
• Here is your chance to go back to change anything if you want.
• Send Now

And that’s about it.

View Report:

After the email has been sent and people have had a chance to read it, have a look at the report for this email.

Review the entries that show as ‘bouncing’.

Check your list:

I would suggest you go through the email list you wish to use and where you know the first name, add it.

• where the first name is known the email will start with ‘Hello Fred,’
• where the first name is blank the email will start with ‘Greetings,’

Hope this makes sense. Good luck with your email campaign.

Cheers,
Den.