Creating an account
Open a browser
Click on the address bar
Type mailchimp.com
Press Enter on your keyboard
This is Mailchimp’s homepage
Click Sign Up Free
The Sign Up page opens
Type your email address here
Click on the Username field
Type a username
Click on the password field
Type a password
Click here to scroll down the page
Click Get Started
You’ll be prompted to activate your account
Check your inbox and find this email
Click Activate Account
This page opens
Tick this box to confirm you’re not a robot
Follow the prompts in the verification test
Click Verify once you’re done
You’ll get this confirmation after the test
The welcome page opens
Enter the information being asked
Click on the First name field
Type your first name
Click on the Last name textbox
Click Continue
A page for your business details opens
Type your business name here
Type your business name
Click here
Type your web address
Click Continue
Another form for profile details opens
Input your physical address
Click Continue
This page opens
Click Yes to connect your online store to Mailchimp
For this tutorial, we will choose No
Click Continue
This page prompts user to connect their social media
Click Continue
Click Let’s Go!
A welcome dialog box opens
Click Onward
You should now have access to your dashboard
Creating your list
For first time users, you can click here
Or click Lists
Either way will open this page
Click Create List
The Create List page opens
Click here to enter a name for your list
Type the name
Click here
Type an email address
Click on this textbox
Type a name
Click here
Type a message
Scroll down the page
Click to choose your preferred Notifications type
Click Save
You now have a new list!
Adding a single subscriber to a list
On your dashboard, click Lists
Find the list you want to work with
Click the Subscriber icon next to the list
Add a subscriber form is shown
Type in the information required
Click here
Type the email address
Click on this field
Type the first name
Click on the Last Name field
Type the person’s last name
Tick this box
Click Subscribe
Importing a list using CSV
Go the Lists page
Click the drop-down menu next to the list you want to work with
A drop-down menu appears
Choose Import
A list of options on how to import file appears
Choose CSV or tab-delimited text file.
Click Next
This page opens
Click Browse
The Windows Explorer opens
Find the file
Click to select the file
Click Open
It will bring you back to the Uploader page
Tick this box
Click Next
Mailchimp will check if all columns match in the list
Click Next
This page opens
Click here to scroll down
Choose how to categorized the imported contacts
Click Next
Mailchimp confirms that new contacts has been added
Copying/pasting contact list from an Excel file
On your dashboard, click Lists
Click the drop-down arrow
The drop-down menu opens
Click Import
This page opens
Click Copy/paste from file
Click Next
This is where the copied contacts will be pasted
Go to your excel file
Copy the list
Go back to this page
Click here
Paste the list
Click here to scroll down the page
Tick the box
If all columns are matched, click Next
Scroll down on this page
Click Import
Contact list has been added
Generating an embedded form code for your website’s Sign-up Form
On your dashboard, click Lists
Click the drop-down arrow
A pop-up menu opens
Click Sign up forms
To select Embedded forms, click here
This is the form builder page
Choose a form type
The classic form
The super slim form
The horizontal form
The naked form
Advanced
Let’s choose the classic form
Scroll down the page
Customize the form using these options
Scroll down for more customizing options
To copy the embed code, click here
The code will be highlighted
Right click on your mouse
Click Copy
Paste the embed form code into your website's HTML