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New MailChimp Demos, inspired by Barry White

Ben — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:50:52 +0000

We hired a friend (and long time MailChimp user) to put together some new MailChimp demo videos. We told him to “make ‘em slick” but to have fun with them. Maybe he’s having a little too much fun. Here’s one he did to show how easy (soooo eeeeasy) it is to design emails in MailChimp:

And here’s a cool one for our Inbox Inspector tool:

Tell a friend about MailChimp, earn Inbox Inspections

Ben — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:43:23 +0000

We’ve recently upgraded our Inbox Inspector to include a bunch more email previews from ISPs and webmail services around the world.

You click one button, and bam—we’ll screenshot your campaign in a few dozen email readers, and check it in all the major spam filters.

Now we want to get more people using it to check their email campaigns.

So we added a teeny-tiny little “tell-a-friend” link in our interface:

Click that link, and tell your friends to try MailChimp. For every new customer you send us, we’ll add 3 inbox inspections to your MailChimp account, plus we’ll give you and the friend you refer $30 in MailChimp services.

You can even track how many people you’ve referred and how many rewards you’ve earned by using the new MonkeyRewards dashboard under your MailChimp account.

MailChimp MonkeyRewards Upgraded

Ben — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:24:43 +0000

As mentioned earlier, we’ve upgraded our MonkeyRewards program to include 3 free inbox inspections (our add-on that previews your email campaign in dozens of email programs, and tells you if—and why—your email will be spam filtered) for every new customer you refer to MailChimp. This is in addition to the $30 in credit we already give to you and the refer-ee.

We’ve also re-designed the MonkeyRewards Dashboard that’s in your MailChimp account, so you can get better insight into just how much monkey love you’re spreading. Click on the thumbnail to zoom in on the screenshot. Enhancements include:

Credits Earned box, showing you how much credit you’ve earned this month, and in total
Inbox Inspections Earned box, showing you how many inbox inspections you’ve earned this month and in total
Email Notification option, which will send you an email whenever you’ve earned rewards
Refer-ee List, showing you how many of your friends signed up
Rewards Applied list, which details how you’ve spent all those credits you’ve earned

The MonkeyRewards program is really easy. All you have to do is add a little MailChimp badge to your email campaign, and/or your signup forms. Some people have been adding it to their websites, even. And that’s all you have to do. We’ll track all clicks from the badge, so we can reward you automatically. Plus, the badges don’t suck. Besides, admit it—you’ve been looking for some excuse to include a monkey somewhere in your email campaigns. Now you can earn rewards for it!