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Articles Tagged "rss+to+email"
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How can I add any blog post to a regular campaign? *|FEED|* Merge Tag
MailChimp does have a campaign type called RSS-to-email. This type of campaign allows you to schedule automatic campaigns to go out with your blog posts each time you post. If you want to include a blog post in a regular campaign, or an A/B split campaign, we can help you…
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RSS to Email Merge Tag Cheatsheet
Most merge tags for campaigns are available in RSS-to-email campaigns, so you can personalize the campaign as well as provide content via an RSS feed. An exception is the use of conditional merge tags, which are not available in RSS-to-email campaigns. RSS-to-email campaigns have their own specific merge tags that…
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What is an RSS to Email campaign and how do I set one up?
RSS-to-Email campaigns use your blog's feed address (or any RSS feed) to automatically create and send campaigns on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis if you have new content. We won't send a campaign if there's no new content, though. You can keep your subscribers in the loop, right in…
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Merge Tag Cheatsheet for Campaigns
You can personalize, or customize, your MailChimp campaigns through the use of merge tags. Learn More Here. Merge tags are either system tags that MailChimp provides or they're tags that are automatically created when you add fields to your list. All of our available merge tags can be used on…
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How can I format the image content in my RSS to email campaigns?
This is an advanced feature that requires the knowledge of how to create RSS feeds and RSS coding skills. Chances are, if you’re a publisher, you have the resources to generate custom RSS feeds. First, we recommend you generate a new RSS feed specifically for use in MailChimp. For example,…
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Can I include multiple RSS feeds in one RSS to email campaign?
There are many ways you can add multiple RSS feeds in one email campaign and we'll give you three examples here. You can add multiple RSS feeds in one campaign with our FEED merge tag. The FEED tag will allow you to place as many separate feeds or posts in…
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I’ve posted new information to my RSS feed, but no campaigns have been sent.
We pull in your RSS feed to your campaign based on the timestamp on your RSS feed. Please check your RSS feed to make sure that your timestamps are correct. If they are, contact us and we'll take a look at what is happening. Below is an example of the…
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Can I use my WordPress Template in MailChimp?
While you can bring in your WordPress posts or other blog posts into a campaign using an RSS feed and an RSS-to-email campaign, the actual template from Wordpress cannot be brought over. We can help you pull over some elements of the look and feel of your WordPress site with…
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My RSS to email merge tag isn’t working as expected.
In general, when an RSS to email merge tag fails, it's because the content tag is looking for a section or item that doesn't exist in your RSS feed. Since the item doesn't exist, the merge tag may fail completely or it may fall back and use a similar section…
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Can I let my subscribers share one post from my RSS to email campaign instead of the whole campaign?
Yes, you can do this with the help of the *|RSSITEM:SHARE|* merge tag. Using this tag allows your subscribers to share individual articles in your RSS feed, as opposed to sharing the entire email newsletter. So if your code looks like this: Your final emails will look like this (without…