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Posted by Lain on Dec 3, 2012
The Story Behind the MailChimp Billboards
If you’ve walked around San Francisco or New York City this past year, you might have seen our mascot, Frederick von Chimpenheimer IV, looming overhead. Or maybe you’ve noticed him winking tirelessly into your office, day and night. Freddie’s playful intrusion of privacy and public space has been great fun to work on this past …
Posted by Lain on Sep 13, 2012
Newsletter Inspiration for Nonprofit Organizations
Recently I had the pleasure of helping out with Look What You Can Do and enjoyed gawking at handsome newsletters from Code for America, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Cooper-Hewitt, and hundreds of peer organizations. These folks really know how to put together an email. I’ve also recently had the pleasure of attending a few conferences—MuseumNext, TCG, the …
Posted by Lain on Jun 6, 2012
Web Form Builder from CoffeeCup Integrates with MailChimp
CoffeeCup’s Web Form Builder is a desktop app that helps you create handsome, powerful, customized forms for all kinds of events and functions and then publish them on your website. Web Form Builder makes it easy to design a form, upload it to your site, and retain the information you collect in your database. It’s available …
Posted by Lain on Apr 30, 2012
Most Newsletter Templates are Nonprofit Templates
MailChimp has many pre-designed templates for newsletters. We’re always adding more, too. A handful of these templates are designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, but most aren’t. Here’s the thing, though: Nonprofits can totally use the templates that aren’t specifically designated for nonprofits. This isn’t exactly news. But maybe your micromanager needed to hear it from someone …
Posted by Lain on Mar 29, 2012
Wishery Integrates MailChimp with Google Apps
Many organizations use Google Apps for email, calendars, and shared documents. Google Apps streamlines collaboration and gives users the opportunity to use Gmail from their own domains. For some nonprofits, this service is free. For very large organizations, Google offers a significant discount on their normal business plan. The folks at Wishery have developed a …