Newsletter Campaign on Multiple Sites, part 1
SERIES: Using Mail Chimp to CONSOLIDATE the newsletter strategy on multiple sites, part 1
CAVEAT: This blog can give practical tips for those using ONE website as well.
I am probably writing about something that WA vets already know too well. Hopefully they will jump in and advise me and others who are in my situation. The fact is that there are many WAers who have multiple sites.
The Situation: Having multiple sites and the need for a newsletter subscription
I've been thinking about this for about a month now....and procrastinating and then realizing that I cannot avoid having a newsletter and squeeze pages, optin, etc. I wondered how I could have 8 different subscriptions on 8 sites and manage them all.
Caveat: I am working with a free mail chimp plugin. I know....I know...you get what you pay for. But I am not ready to spend a monthly payment on this.
Solution: MailChimp subscription is processed online at their site.
Now, this is where the WA vets are laughing at me, I'm sure. But my initial experience was with Mail Poet that localized their services to a particular website. And so, I assumed that I would need 8 newsletters and manage 8 separate subscriptions....and just the thought of this was too much. And then I explored this matter of having ONE subscription to manage all sites by working with SendGrid. But they could not give me a clear answer if they could do this. And so, I decided to try MailChimp.
Now, keep in mind that I am just trying to figure this out. But so far so good. They allow for ONE subscription online at their website. What this means is that I can install the plugin into all 8 sites and whoever signs up on any site will automatically get placed on one master list. Ok, you can stop laughing now...I'm sure you knew this. But my point is that I did not know this.
And so, I created a master list online at MailChimp. Now when someone subscribes, I am not stressed about where it's coming from.
At this point in the game, my plan is to send ONE newsletter to all subscribers from all sites. This one newsletter will have links to all the sites. There are 2 reasons for this. 1. It's much easier to create one newsletter and manage it. 2. My goal is to create an inter-relationship with all the sites. And to do that, I have to keep everyone together so that they can see the big picture. The newsletter then becomes one-stop-shopping.
Someday, I will "group" or "segment" the list (MailChimp language)
Click for part 2
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/pastortae/blog/newsletter-campaign-on-multiple-sites-part-2
Click for part 3
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/pastortae/blog/newsletter-campaign-on-multiple-sites-part-3
If you have experience with Mail Chimp, I would welcome your insights. Thanks
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I am in the thinking stages myself. Hadn't considered mail chimp before now. Will be checking that out today. Thanks
Yes you did. I just saw it. Mail Chimp is good about notifications. Thank you so much. I'm encouraged by your continuing support. Blessings to you.
I'm not a veteran yet so this gave me some knowledge I didn't have before. Thanks Pastor Tae! I'm glad you found your solution and wish you all the best.
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Great that you are progressing well, Pastor Tae. I cannot know how you can handle 9 website, lol. ;) But definitely with an email marketing strategies that you are now implementing, it will definitely make yr job a great bliss. :)
well, we are all doing more than one thing at a time, right? I'm sure you are managing many things. Thanks again. I feel like I'm just beginning to learn about this.
Is it? I am also learning a lot of stuff here at WA too, lol. :)
Really? I was just on your nice-biz site and it really looks great and authoritative. You know how to engage the visitor and clearly invite them to sign up and explore. I need to learn that
Thank you for yr kind compliments. We are learning from each other, God is great!! :)