Q: What is Mailchimp used for?

In order to find the API key in Mailchimp, follow the steps given below:

• Open your Mailchimp account
• Click on your account name in the top right corner and navigate to your account settings
• Click on the ‘extra’ drop down menu and select the ‘API keys’ option
• Here you can find a list of your API keys
• Now, you can copy the API key and use it wherever you need to.

Mailchimp helps in optimizing an email campaign in the following ways:

• Providing segmentation tools that help in targeting customers based on engagement, demographics and behavior
• One can send personalized and targeted emails to customers using Mailchimp
• Mailchimp’s automation tools enable a user to automate workflows for abandoned carts, follow-ups and welcome emails
• One can refine campaigns by tracking click through rates, open rates and other metrics using Mailchimp’s analytics tools
• Using Mailchimp’s A/B Testing functionalities, one can compare different content formats, subject lines and send times to enhance performance
• A user can streamline campaign management and their data by integrating Mailchimp with other platforms.

To track clicks using Mailchimp, follow the steps given below:

• Open your Mailchimp account
• When you are editing or creating your email campaign, go to the ‘Settings and Tracking’ section and make sure that the ‘Track clicks’ option is enabled
• Finish the designing process of your campaign and send it to your clients
• After the campaign has been sent to your clients navigate to the ‘Reports’ section in your MailChimp account and check the detailed analytics on enggement metrics and clicks.

A user can benefit by integrating Mailchimp and Salesforce, as this allows all the Mailchimp data, like subscribers, to sync into Salesforce CRM and connect them to existing leads and contacts in their organization.

To insert a slideshow into MailChimp, follow the steps given below:

• Using platforms like Giphy or Adobe Spark to design an animated GIF of your slideshow
• Upload the GIF to Mailchimp’s content studio once it has been created
• Use 'Image’ block to input the GIF into your email campaign
• Now, you will be able to showcase your slideshow within your email.