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Posted by Kate on Apr 17, 2013
How Writers Can Use Email to Share Their Work
Let’s say you’re a writer who contributes to 10+ online publications. You share your work on Twitter, but your followers don’t see every tweet you ever post—that means they’re missing out on some of your work. The websites you write for have lots of contributors, so their RSS feeds aren’t specific to your content. And …
Posted by Kate on Feb 24, 2012
Freddie Reaches the End of the Earth!
I think it’s safe to say that Australia’s Cas and Jonesy are MailChimp’s most adventurous customers. Last month, they finished the longest unsupported polar expedition of all time. That means they were the first explorers to independently walk from the end of Antarctica to the South Pole and back—and they’re the youngest explorers to reach …
Posted by Kate on Dec 21, 2011
New Guides for a New Year
Austin and I have been cranking out new guides like it’s our job! Actually, that is our job. Hrmmm. Anyway, we recently added several new guides to the site. Check them out—we’ve got a little something for everybody. Here’s a rundown of the newest additions.
Posted by Kate on Dec 7, 2011
Fun with Data Science
MailChimp hired a scientist! More specifically, a data scientist. His name is John, and he’s good at calculus. John’s main focus is our Email Genome Project, which analyzes millions of email lists—and hundreds of millions of email addresses—to find stories and trends in the data. This research helps us understand the email ecosystem, prevent abuse, …
Posted by Kate on Oct 4, 2011
Linking to Conditional Content from a MailChimp Campaign
We’ve had some customers ask if they can send a MailChimp campaign with only part of the content in the actual email, and include a link to the full version of the campaign, hosted by MailChimp. The answer is yes: You can do that with merge tags. Though we typically recommend hosting your own conditional …