MailChimp is respected as one of the internet's premier email marketing service. It allows you to compile audiences (lists), compose beautifully designed marketing emails, and track analytics around your sent messages. ViewNexa uses MailChimp to send your app user email list to your marketing team and keep your list up to date.
End users of your apps are prompted to input their email address as a required field when creating a profile. Therefore, you have an email address for every user who creates a profile in your app(s). Profile creation is required if you restrict your content from playing unless a user is logged in, or if your content is behind a paywall. Marketing to your profile users helps you build long-term relationships, boost engagement, and drive revenue, all while making effective use of user data.
Integrating MailChimp
Step 1: Create a MailChimp Account
Here’s a brief summary on how to create a MailChimp account:
- Visit MailChimp’s Website: Go to MailChimp and click the "Sign Up Free" button. https://login.mailchimp.com/signup/
- Enter Your Information: You will need to provide your email, create a username, and choose a password.
- Account Activation: After submitting your details, MailChimp will send you an email to verify your account. Click on the link in the email to activate your account.
- Provide Additional Details: Once activated, MailChimp will prompt you to fill in some additional information such as your business name, website, and address to set up your profile.
- Choose a Plan: Select from the free or paid plans based on your business needs.
- Setup First Campaign: Once your account is set up, you can start creating email campaigns, importing contacts, and setting up automated emails.
Step 2: Accessing Your MailChimp API Key
Once you have created a MailChimp account, you will need to find your API key (A unique serial code associated with your account) to let ViewNexa know where to send your user's email addresses. To find the code from your MailChimp account dashboard select "Profile" from the drop down menu under your username.
Next select "Extras" and from the drop down select "API Keys"
From there you can create an API key. Select it, and copy it.
Step 3: Entering your MailChimp API key into your ViewNexa Admin
Go to your ViewNexa dashboard, select "Settings," and from the drop down select "Integrations."
On the "Integrations" page you will see the section titled "MailChimp." Next to the field titled "API Key" paste the API Key you copied from MailChimp in Step 2.
Step 4: Creating your First Marketing Email List
Underneath the API Key is the "List" section. If you already have a list created in MailChimp that you would like to add your ViewNexa users' emails to, select it from the drop down. If you have not yet set up a list, select "+Add List" You will be taken to MailChimp to create a list to add your ViewNexa users' email addresses to.
Step 5: Passing Fields to MailChimp
In order to pass the appropriate fields to MailChimp, you will need to create these columns in your MailChimp account when setting up your list. See below for a list of field names and types. You will need set up your ViewNexa MailChimp list with these names and types. This can be accomplished on MailChimp by navigating to the list > settings > Audience Fields and |MERGE| tags.
These are the fields you can choose to have passed to MailChimp. You can add them all if you’d like:
Field,Type
amount,number
available to,date
bundle name,text
coupon,text
device type,text
dropped cart,text
first billing date,date
first name,text
last name,text
recurring,text
original amount,number
signup date,date
status,text
trial duration,number
user id,text
That's it! Now when users create a profile on your ViewNexa app, their email address will automatically flow into your specified marketing list on Mailchimp.
Note: If you already have existing users on your ViewNexa site, they will be added to your specified list on Mailchimp during the first email sync.
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