mail chimp - add subscribers

Depending on how your Mail Chimp account is set up, you can either just add people with their email address, or you can collect other informaton and personalise the newsletter messages with this information.

ie: Dear [insert first name],

We're excited to continue working with you at [insert business name] etc etc.

You can also segment the list by making a list of choices or subjects that people might be interested in. ie: a clothing retailer might have a list like this:-

• Women's Fashion
• Men's Fashion
• Children's Fashion
• New Arrivals
• On Sale Now

When people join the list, they choose the topic/s they're interested in. When you create a newsletter purely about MEN'S FASHION, you can choose to only send it to the people who showed an interest in MEN'S FASHION and not the whole list.

ADD SUBSCRIBERS ONE AT A TIME

This is useful if you only have a small database and you want to enter personal information and segments for people

1. Log in to your Mail Chimp account
2. Click on the LISTS tab
3. Click on the SUBSCRIBE MEMBER link (below)
   
4. Type in the necessary personal information.
5. Email Type - choose HTML if you want them to see the nicely formatted newsletters with your logo and images
6. Place a tick in the box next to THIS RECIPIENT HAS GIVEN ME PERMISSION. Note: if they haven't given you permission, DON'T ADD THEM. The spamming fines fall in to 7 figures.
7. Click SUBSCRIBE

ADD SUBSCRIBERS IN BULK (email address only)

This is useful if you only have a large database and is particularly easy if you have only collected email addresses

1. Log in to your Mail Chimp account
2. Click on the LISTS tab
3. Click on the IMPORT TO LIST link (below)
   
4. For small numbers of email addresses - In the COPY-PASTE IT BELOW section, copy and paste the list of email addresses in to the box provided (one per line) and click the IMPORT LIST button.
5. For larger numbers of email addresses - In the COPY-PASTE IT BELOW section, click on the UPLOAD FILE INSTEAD link.Click Browse to locate the file on your computer, then click the IMPORT LIST button.