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Marketing Automation with Mailchimp

By : Margarita J. Caraballo
Book Image

Marketing Automation with Mailchimp

By: Margarita J. Caraballo

Overview of this book

Are you looking for an all-in-one comprehensive guide to implementing Mailchimp channels and automation for your business? Then Marketing Automation with Mailchimp can be your go-to guide. You’ll start by learning common terms used in the Mailchimp environment, as well as about account setup and audience management for businesses. After that, you’ll find out how to set up channels, where you’ll actively interact with your contacts and begin to add new ones. Additionally, you’ll gain an understanding of how to set up a consistent marketing presence in the form of emails and websites and the benefits of determining a brand identity. You’ll also explore advanced Mailchimp features to optimize platform utilization using analytics, reporting, A/B and multivariate testing, the customer journey builder, and the Mailchimp e-commerce store. Toward the end, you’ll discover some important shopping, payment, and CRM integrations that can be connected to your Mailchimp platform for custom business needs. With this book, you’ll gain insights into real-world use cases to implement a marketing strategy to extend your existing work. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to implement Mailchimp marketing automation seamlessly into your business to grow your customer base and revenue.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1:Introduction to Mailchimp
3
Part 2:Getting Set Up
8
Part 3:Basic Channels
13
Part 4:Refine and Automate
18
Part 5:Get Smarter and Connect

Where do I get one and what if I have one?

If you don’t have one and don’t really know where to get one, you can do it all inside the Mailchimp platform. Additionally, if you have one, you can add it to your Mailchimp account and get going by adjusting your domain records.

To either go to purchase a new domain or add an existing domain to your Mailchimp account, go to the left-navigation menu, as we have done with all of our other channels thus far. In the menu, we click on Website, and then Domains from the menu beneath it, as seen in Figure 9.1:

Figure 9.1 – Domains in the Website menu

Figure 9.1 – Domains in the Website menu

Right at the top of the Domains section, if you haven’t added any private domains, you’ll see the option to search for the availability of a domain.

Note about websites and commerce

In order to use a private domain for a website, you would need to purchase the Websites and Commerce Core plan. This will give you access to Websites and Mailchimp-specific...