Comments on: How to lose MailChimp accounts and alienate people.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:51:00 +0000

At my last tradeshow I used a service e-blasting to get my booth visitors to text a keyword to a unique number where I captured their mobile numbers and then email address. Once the system received the person’s email address it automatically shot them an email blast thanking them for visiting my booth. The key is sending the email right away as the person is engaging; as opposed to getting back to the office, entering all the cards and then sending an email later.

By: danvers

danvers — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:09:00 +0000

Alternatively, don’t use Mailchimp. There are email providers out there who are less, erm, sensitive.

By: Keith Carreon

Keith Carreon — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:22:00 +0000

Im still exploring mailchimp feature, kinda lost but still coping. This is a very informative post and really helpful. Thanks Stu!!

By: Octopus Creative Design

Octopus Creative Design — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:59:00 +0000

Great article Stu, very insightful and backed up with some hard evidence! Food for thought.

By: Davymac

Davymac — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:25:00 +0000

Good post on good practice for the Mailchimping. May use some of the tips here myself. Thanks.

By: jonathanwthomas

jonathanwthomas — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:41:00 +0000

Yes, contest winners are notoriously bad email subscribers. I ran a sweepstakes a few years ago giving away a free trip to the UK and got 10,000+ entries. And when the contest ended, my abuse rate on Mailchimp was so high that I almost got kicked off as well. The reason: people couldn’t bloody remember they’d ever entered and thought we were spam. When I told Mailchimp about the sweepstakes, they basically said that sweepers are bad subscribers. I haven’t held a sweepstakes since…