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Mailchimp Playbook for Artists

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Written by Samuel Gichuhi
Updated over 10 months ago

How to Build Your Email List

How to build your email list, all the options, what to do after the fact

Introduction to Mailchimp

Part 1 – Signing Up (Free or Paid?)

What type of account do you need?

Part 2 – Setting Up Your Account

The initial settings to change on day 1

Part 3 – Integrating with Art Storefronts

Let's get ASF speaking with Mailchimp

Part 4 – Uploading Contacts to Mailchimp (Don't Do It!)

Where to import new contacts as you acquire them

Mailchimp Tagging

Part 5 – Importing ASF Templates

Making email creation even easier

UPDATE: Closer Look at Templates vs. Campaigns

Due to some confusion on this part of the process, here's a deeper dive on how templates function.

Part 6 – Creating and Sending Your First Campaign

The big one! How to actually send an email in Mailchimp – step-by-step

IMPORTANT: When you send your first email, you may see this scary warning message in your email client:


This is generated because you are sending an email from yourself, to yourself - which many email clients interpret as spam. Fortunately, no one else on your email list will see this warning.

Part 7 – What Makes a Good Subject Line?

Writing subject lines people actually want to open

Part 8 – Resending to Unopens

Did you know you should be sending every email twice?

Part 9 – Monitoring Your Email Performance

How to track your performance WITHOUT getting lost in the weeds

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