The MailChimp Facebook application allows you to add your list signup form to any Page you administer and auto-post your campaigns to those Pages or your personal profile. Below we show you how to set up the integration and add signup forms to your Pages.

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Getting Ready

Before you start linking Facebook and MailChimp, make sure you've set up a list in MailChimp. You may want to go ahead and customize your signup form, too!

Integrate MailChimp and Facebook

If you've already linked your MailChimp and Facebook accounts, you can skip ahead to instructions to assign forms to your Facebook Pages or to customize how the signup form appears on Facebook.

  1. In the MailChimp account you want to link, go to Account > Integrations.
    Account Menu, Intergration Selected
  2. Click Facebook to open the Facebook integration details.
    Click on Facebook
  3. Click install application to begin the installation process.
    Install Application Button
  4. If you are not already logged in to Facebook, you'll be taken to a Facebook Log In page to log in to your personal Facebook account. Once you're logged in, you'll be presented with a Request for Permission to allow MailChimp to access your data.
    Mailchimp log in
  5. Click Allow to give MailChimp access to the specified Facebook information.
  6. Wait just a moment while we redirect you back to MailChimp and show that the integration was successful!
    Successful Integration

Assign Forms to Your Facebook Pages

Congratulations, you've successfully linked MailChimp and your Facebook account. Now you want to add a signup form to one or more of your pages? Read on for instructions to configure each page.

  1. Once you've integrated MailChimp and Facebook, as described above, you're automatically taken back to the Integrations page in your MailChimp account. If you need to get back here, go to Account > Integrations.
    2. Account Menu, Integration Selected
    Account Menu, Integration Selected
  2. Click Facebook to open the Facebook integration details.
  3. In the configure page drop down menu, choose the Page you want to configure.
    Facebook Integration details
  4. In the list to use drop down menu, choose which list's form you want on this page. If you don't want a form on this page, just choose no list connected.
    Facebook Integration list to use
  5. Click the yes radio button for use signup form tab to activate the tab on the page. This will open additional options for the form.
    Facebook Integration yes tab
  6. In the form theme drop down, choose which form style you'd like. If you choose My List's Theme (default), your signup form will look like your MailChimp hosted signup form. If you select Facebook-esque, your signup form will blend more into Facebook's overall look.
  7. Assign a name for your tab. This is what will show on your Facebook page for visitors to click to access the signup form.
    MailChimp Tab in Facebook
  8. Click save and wait for confirmation that your changes have been saved!
    Facebook Integration Saved

If you need to change the list associated with your page, just head back to Account > Integrations to make your changes!

Customize Your Forms

You can change the theme of your signup form in Facebook by going back to Account > Integrations > Facebook and choosing your Page from the drop down. Then, pick a different theme from the form theme drop down.

Do you want to change what My List's Theme (default) looks like? You can change it by customizing your signup form.

Customize the text that appears for the signup form tab on your Facebook page by going to Account > Integrations > Facebook and specifying the tab label for the page. This will default to "Email Signup" if you don't specify a label.

Notes

The Facebook signup form works just like your MailChimp double opt-in signup forms. Someone fills out the form, and will be sent an email asking them to confirm they want to be added to your list by clicking a link. A single opt-in form is not available.

With our 6.4 Release, the Facebook application has been completely overhauled to streamline the set up process. It can even be used if you have a Google Apps MailChimp account! The signup form/tab won't work on Groups or Personal Profiles though (Facebook removed the ability to have applications in tabs on profiles in November of 2010).

If you set up the application before the changes, your tabs and signup forms will still work, and you'll still be able to autopost to Pages you administer. The main difference you'll see is that you can configure all of your Pages and lists from within your MailChimp account.

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