Step 4: Setting up email campaign in MailChimp

Video Tutorial: Setting Up Mailing Campaign in MailChimp

Watch this video to see a detailed step-by-step tutorial. For additional explanation see the screenshots below

Login to MailChimp

To start the setting of mailing, you should log into the MailChimp System using the login and password you provided during the account registration.

Step-by-Step action:

  1. In the section “Dashboard” click on the “CREATE CAMPAIGN” tab
  2. Select “REGULAR OL’ CAMPAIGN”
Create compaign

Choose the list

Step-by-Step action:

  1. Choose the list you would like to send this campaign to
  2. Then press “NEXT”
Create compaign step 1

Required Fields

Step-by-Step action:

  1. Field “Name your campaign”: Enter the name of your mailing campaign
  2. Field “Message subject”: Enter the subject of mailing
  3. Field “From Name”: Enter the sender’s name
  4. Field “Reply-to e-mail” Enter the e-mail for reply
  5. Then press the “NEXT” button
Create compaign step 2

Type of Template

Step-by-Step action:

  1. Choose the category of the template. These could be either standard templates, or designer templates
  2. Press “NEXT”
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Kind of Template

Step-by-Step action:

  1. Choose the template
  2. Press “NEXT”
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Editing a Template

You will see a template edition page, where you will be able to change the content and style of mailing message.

Step-by-Step action:

  1. Edit the content of the message if necessary
  2. Press “NEXT” button
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Editing a Template in Plain-Text Format

This page will let you edit the template in case the subscribers cannot receive messages in HTML-format, while only Plain-Text format is available.

Step-by-Step action:

  1. Edit the content of the message if necessary
  2. Press the “NEXT” button
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Starting Mailing

Step-by-Step action:

  1. Go to the bottom of the page and press “SEND NOW”.
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Confirmation of Mailing

Step-by-Step action:

  1. To confirm the launching of mailing campaign, click on “SEND CAMPAIGN”.
Create compaign step5

Successful Mailing

If everything was completed properly, you will see the page confirming your mailing campaign execution

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