how to setup an email series for an online course in mailchimp

Email Automation:How to Set Up an Email Series for an

Online Course in MailChimp

Log in to your MailChimp Account

Click Automation

Automation page will open

Click the Create Automation Workflow button

The List and Workflow Page will open

List #1 (25 subscribers)




Click Select a list drop down menu

Select the list you want to send the automation workflow





The list “Free Subscription” is selected





The Select a workflow pane will open

Choose the Educate Subscribers as workflow type

The Setup page will open

Enter the details in the field box

Scroll down and check the applicable boxes for tracking automation

Scroll down further and check the applicable boxes

Click Trigger or Next

Trigger page will open

Based on this workflow type (Educate subscribers), this is the default option

This workflow (email series) will trigger when people subscribe to the list Free Subscription

This workflow (email series) will trigger when people opted in and included in Free Subscription list

Click Emails or Next

Emails page will open

We will add 4 emails for this workflow

Click Change delay to set up the day on when the subscribers will receive each email after triggered

In this tutorial, the first email will be sent 2 days after subscribers opted in

The 2nd to 4th emails is set to send also 2 days after previous emails were sent, click the box beside Apply to all

Let’s set up the first email of this email series (Automation Email #1)

Click Automation Email #1 link

Setup page for Email #1 will open

Set up Email #1 by filling up Email subject, From name, and From email address

Click Template

Day1 of Online Course

Jaysarie

[email protected]

The Template page will open

Select the template for Email #1

The Design page will open

Design Email #1 and Click Scheduling/Segmentation or Next

Online Course

Day 1 of Online CourseIt’s Day 1 of your free online course. I hope that you’ll make use of the lessons you will learn here.

Here’s a video link to get you started and familiarize yourself with the flow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3fCMr2X9mk

Happy learnin!Jaysa



Scheduling/Segmentation page will open

208 subscribers

Set the options according to preference

208 subscribers

Click Save and Continue to return to Workflow timeline

208 subscribers

Repeat the process in the remaining automated Emails #2 to #4

After setting up Automated Emails #2 to #4, click Confirm or Next

The Confirm page will open

Review the pre-delivery checklist

Test each of emails. Click Resolve or Edit to make changes to any section of the workflow.

When finished reviewing, click the Start Workflow button

It will be asking for confirmation

Click Start Workflow button

A confirmation page will open

Now it’s your turn to set up an Email Series for an Online Course and have a great start in Email Marketing with MailChimp

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