When sending any email using Mailchimp, including your initial email, clubs frequently want to send them to specific groups of members called segments— in the case of your initial welcome letter you might want to send it to ALL Adults within your membership. That means you would be sending the welcome email to both the primary and secondary Adults on the account but not to children on the account. Another popular option is sending the welcome letter only to the BILLING CONTACT on the account. We will walk you through setting up your first segment for your welcome letter below. To learn more about all the ins and outs of creating segments click here.
Getting Started:
EXAPLE 1: Sending your welcome email to Account Types
- Go to Audience/Segments
- Click Create Segment to start defining the filters
- Name Segment and click on Add a Condition
- Select Account Type is 52 (the number 52 represents the ID for the account type you want to include. See below for more details)
- Add additional Conditions if wanted. If not Select Review Segment to confirm members in this segment.
EXAMPLE 2: Sending your welcome email to the Billing Contact on the account
- Go to Audience/Segments
- Click Create Segment to start defining the filters
- Name Segment and click on Add a Condition
- Select Billing Contact is 1 (the number 1 represents the ID for billing contact by default)
- Add additional Conditions if wanted. If not Select Review Segment to confirm members in this segment.
EXAMPLE 3: Sending your welcome email to Member Type Adult
- Go to Audience/Segments
- Click Create Segment to start defining the filters
- Name Segment and click on Add a Condition
- Select Member Type is x (the x represents the ID number for member type Adult but will need to be located in your Member Splash system by following the steps below. The ID is normally a 4 for the Basics and Essentials Plan and 20 for Premium but should be confirmed)
- Add additional Conditions if wanted. If not Select Review Segment to confirm members in this segment.

EXAMPLE 4: Sending your welcome email to Tag is email test team
- Go to Audience/Segments
- Click Create Segment to start defining the filters
- Name Segment and click on Add a Condition
- Select Contact is Tagged is email test team
- Add additional Conditions if wanted. If not Select Review Segment to confirm members in this segment.
Now that you've saved your segment you are ready to move onto creating your Email Template that you will use in all your email communication.
Steps to Find the Member Splash Member Type ID
Member Types are stored in Mailchimp using the Member Splash Member Type ID number instead of the Member Type Name because Mailchimp restricts the length of the custom values you can synchronize and this way if you change an account type name at some point your segment will still function correctly. Let's find the Member Type ID:
- Login to your website Admin dashboard
- Go to Membership>Accounts and click the Settings button
- Click Manage Member Types tab to see each of the Member Type IDs.
- Note the number next to the Member Type you wish to segment to. In this case it's 4. Go back to Mailchimp Segments and drop in the ID number.
Once you have selected the various filters for your segment hit the Preview Segment button. It will show you how many members match the criteria as well as a list of each member and their details. If everything looks correct you can save the segment or hit edit to make further changes.
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