Mailchimp Email Setup

Step 1: Create Free/Paid Mailchimp account or use an existing account

• Before you begin your setup please review the Getting Started with Mailchimp to understand the basics.

• Sign Up for a Mailchimp Account

• or Login to your existing Mailchimp Account

Step 2: Syncing Mailchimp and Member Splash data

Generate a Mailchimp API Key SEE VIDEO

• Login to Mailchimp

• Go to Account/Extras/API Keys (located by clicking the icon in the lower left hand part of your screen)

• Click the "Create a Key" button and Mailchimp will generate an API key which you will be adding to your Member Splash website settings

Add your Mailchimp API key to Member Splash SEE VIDEO 

• Login to your website Admin dashboard

• Go to Mailchimp Emails/Mailchimp Options

• Copy the API key (from Mailchimp) and paste into the (Member Splash) Mailchimp API Key field

• Select the Default Mailing List and hit Submit

Sync your Member Splash merge tags SEE VIDEO 

• Go to Mailchimp Emails/List Management 

• Move ALL merge tag fields from the Inactive panel (gray boxes) to the Active panel (green boxes)

• Select User Role: Member

• Click the Sync Now button

Your system is now syncing all member data from Member Splash over to Mailchimp. You are almost ready to send your first email!

Step3: Send your first segmented email to your members in Mailchimp

Create a Segment

• Login to Mailchimp

• Read the Create a Segment in Mailchimp

• Create a Segment

Create an Email Template

• Read the Create an Email Template

• Create an Email Template

• Choose a Sample Email Letter to paste into your Mailchimp template

Create an Email (Campaign)

• Read the Create an Email Campaign at Mailchimp

• Create an Email Campaign and Send 

****Make sure that you always test your email before sending to your membership!