OBSOLETE
MailChimp Module allows a full synchronization with MailChimp Email Marketing software. MailChimp module uses the MailChimp API to synchronize contacts, organizations or leads.
Features & Benefits
- Synchronize Contacts in MailChimp Lists with MailChimp Campaigns in
the application to keep one store of information
- Synchronize subscription and unsubscribe requests to your lists and
keep you covered under the data protection act
- Allows using MailChimp as the email marketing software for
newsletters and the CRM as the store of contacts
- All the Mailchimp Campaigns that you create in the CRM will be
synchronized to one list only on Mailchimp but separated in
different groups, so no extras fees with Mailchimp
How to Install & Setup?
Installation of MailChimp module is same as any other module.
- Download the file
- Go to Settings > Module Manager
- Click Custom Modules and Click "Import New"
- Click "Browse" and give the location of the file that you downloaded
- Click "Import" and then on the next screen select "Yes"
This will install the module in the marketing menu. You can access it by
going to Marketing > MailChimp. In order to use it you need an "API
key" and a "MailChimp List ID" from MailChimp for your account.
API key
- Log in to your account on MailChimp and click Account > API Keys
& Info and Click "Add a Key".
- Copy the Key and go to your Settings > Module Manager.
- Click on Custom Modules and click MailChimp Settings (Hammer sign in
front of MailChimp Module)
- Click on the MailChimp Settings icon and paste the API Key
MailChimp List ID
- Log in to your account on MailChimp and click Lists >
Settings > List Settings and Unique ID
- Copy the "Unique Id For List VTiger Test List" which is in the
bottom of the page and paste it in the field provided then Save
Notes
- Changing the email address of the contact in the application will
create a new contact in both applications after the synchronization.