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How to create and send an email campaign with Mailchimp


Are you looking for a tutorial on how to create and send an email campaign with Mailchimp? Then you’ve come to the right place!

An email campaign is a message you send to your contacts. It can be a newsletter or just an ordinary email of you informing your contacts about the latest event, sales, your latest post, etc.

Mailchimp has an intuitive email designer which allows you to create professional emails with ease.

So we have made this tutorial to guide you exactly on how to create and send an email campaign with Mailchimp.

Let’s get into it!

Create a campaign


(a)

1. To create an email campaign, click Campaigns

campaigns in mailchimp

2. Click Create a campaign

create campaign button

3. Click Design Email

design email

(b)

1. Choose a starting point for your email

You can start from scratch or use a template that is a base for your email. You just have to change the images and content.

2. Preview the template that makes the most sense to your campaign, and if you like the template, click Apply

choose a template

Add content to the email


(a)

1. To add content, click on Add

add content button in email editor

2. To add a block, drag and drop the block to a section of your email

adding blocks in an mailchimp email editor
  • If you have connected your store, you can directly add a product into the campaign
  • If you have created a survey, You can include a link to the survey in the campaign

3. You can also add columns and sections to your campaign

Custom colum

(b)

In the Styles, you can change the background color, link color, typography, and button settings.

(c)

In Optimize, Mailchimp checks if there are any broken links or broken merge tags (personalization tags).

(d)

Once you are done adding content, preview the campaign, and if everything looks alright, click Save and close.

Configure settings


(a)

1. Click Edit Recipients to choose the recipients for the campaign

2. Select a list of your audience

3. If you want to send the campaign to a specific group, select a tag or a segment.

4. Add Merge tags to personalize your campaign

5. Click Save

(b)

1. Click Add From

Add from button

2. Add from Name and from email

from name and from email mailchimp

3. Click Save

save button

(c)

1. Add Subject line and preview text

These lines can often determine if an email is opened or sent directly to the trash.

example of subject and preview text in mailchimp

Send or schedule your campaign (paid plan)


(a)

1. click Send to send your email immediately

send button

(b)

You can also schedule your campaign

1. To schedule your campaign, click Schedule

schedule button

2. Set up delivery date and time

select a delivery date

(c)

1. You can select a time based on your own time zone

Choose a time zone

2. You can also select Send Time Optimization, where Mailchimp analyzes the best send time for each contact. The best time feature optimizes your emails for the highest open rate.

Send time optimization

That was all, we hope you found this tutorial helpful and learned how to create and send your first email campaign with Mailchimp.


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