This document describes the MailChimp configuration in mycloud.
This document describes the MailChimp screens functionality.
This document is divided into the following sections :
1. Getting Started
1.1 MailChimp Configuration
2. User Guide
MailChimp configuration
Getting Started
Configure MailChimp
• Go to below URL
https://us13.admin.mailchimp.com/
• Click on “Create an account”.
• Enter email, username and password then click on “Create My Account“.
• Login to email account and check, a mail from mail chimp team will appear (see image below).
• Click on activate account and It will direct to the mail chimp page for the verification.
• Confirm Humanity and click on “Confirm Signup”.
• Enter the credential s and click on “Log in”. New page of Getting Started will open.
• Click on “Account”
• Click on “Extras” and Select “Registered Apps”
• Click on “Register an App”
• Enter all the Details and click on “Create”. As mentioned in above Image.
• Mail chimp will generate “Client ID” and “Client Secret”.
• Back to mycloud and navigate to system admin
• Enter the “client id “and “client secret “generated by mail chimp.
• Click on Connect to get connected with mail chimp server. Status will get refreshed as “Connected to Mail Chimp”.
User Guide
* System is showing all created campaigns (from mycloud or MailChimp portal).
* To create a new campaign please click on "Create new campaign" button given on screen
* Existing Campaigns can be edited/sent later.
* Sent campaigns cannot be edit/resend.
Following are the steps to configure MailChimp account
* Create new template.
* Verify the mail sending domain
Email Campaign home screen in mycloud PMS
Following are the steps to create a new or edit a campaign
Step 1
* Click on "Create new campaign" button given on top right screen to create a new campaign OR click on "Edit" button against campaign list to edit a campaign.
* Create new recipients list OR select already created list.
(List can be created from mycloud as well as from MailChimp portal.)
* Add members to selected/new list by clicking on "Click to add members".
Step 2
* Select a template for the campaign.
(Templates can be created from MailChimp portal only.)
Step 3
* Give campaign name, email subject, sender email-id and sender name.
(Sender email-id and sender name will be by default the hotel's system admin email id and hotel name)
(Campaigns can be created from mycloud as well as from MailChimp portal)
Step 4
* Edit/Send campaigns from campaigns list