MailChimp Knowledge Base
- CANN-SPAM compliance and the importance of subscriber permission
- MailChimp requirements and anti-spam enforcement
- Templates vs. Campaigns. Please do not edit any of the templates.
How to Send a MailChimp Campaign
- Create a new campaign.
- Name the campaign.
- Add and save the recipients:
- Select “All subscribers on list,” or
- “Auto-Update [YEAR] 1st Years,” or
- “Auto-Update Troop Committee,” or
- “Auto-Update Youth Leadership.”
- Edit and save the “From Name” and “From Email Address.”
- Enter your email address or, if the Campaign is being sent on behalf of another, enter the email address of the person for whom the Campaign is being sent.
- Edit and save the “Subject” and “Preview text.” The same message can be entered in both fields.
- Design the Campaign.
- Select the third tab “Saved templates.”
- Select the “Newsletter” template.
- Edit the content.
- Preview the desktop layout.
- Preview the mobile layout.
- Validate URLs with the link scanner.
- Send a test Campaign to yourself.
- After double checking for broken URLs, layout issues, and typos, send the Campaign.
How to Insert Additional Content
How to Replicate a Campaign
Subscriber Group Management
- How to create a list group
- How to delete a list group name
- How to delete a list group category
- How to edit list group categories and names
- How to add subscribers to a list group
- How to remove subscribers from a list group