One of the features we recently implemented in MailChimp V5 is an unsubscribe survey so that your users can tell you why they no longer want to receive your emails.

While this feature is a step in the right direction, it clearly doesn’t help our international users to only have the form available in English. That’s why we’re asking for your help with translations in the 30+ languages we support elsewhere in the app.

Just head over to the form we’ve set up, select the language you can help translate, and enter the appropriate text for the six multiple choice selections. We’ll be compiling and comparing these for the next couple months and will keep you posted when they go live in the app. Also: If you’re willing to and have time, we’d love your help translating the text elements of our new polling feature so that we can offer that in multiple languages as well. You’ll see these fields at the bottom of the unsubscribe survey translation form.

MailChimp is a truly global app with an extensive international user base, and many of the features we’ve launched in V5 are elegantly implemented with our worldwide community in mind. For example, Time Warp lets you schedule email campaigns by recipient time zone thanks to our geolocation technology. And then using this geolocation data, you can actually segment a campaign based on location even if you haven’t collected that information from your subscribers.

Another global enhancement is the ability to set your default date format as either mm/dd/yyyy (if you’re in America) or dd/mm/yyyy if you’re one of our European or Australian friends. It’s super easy; here’s how:

Read More

When MailChimp first started out, it was designed specifically for web designers and the way they think. That logic was reflected in the process for setting up a campaign– starting with a header image, based on a grid, and with the notion that our users would have an idea for the overall look and feel they were looking to achieve.

We’ve revamped the template gallery and and added the Design Genius in V5 to make it easier to get started sending emails with MailChimp, whether you’re a web designer or not. Much like the iTunes Genius feature, our Design Genius is built to encourage and help guide discovery– beautiful template layouts, color combinations, and a whole world of possibilities. It allows you to get a feel for the final email you’re creating before you even begin! With visual suggestions and options galore, you’ll be sending your first campaign in no time.

Read More

Flickr is one of the most well known online photo sharing networks for both amateurs and professionals. And because they’ve been around since 2004, it’s also one of the most widely used.

In the MailChimp V5 release, we’ve made it super easy to link your Flickr photos to your MailChimp account, pull them into your image gallery, and use ‘em in your email campaigns. Read More