Mailchimp Instructions for Highlights

1. Log in to gmail.com using your name@hollywoodballroomdc.com

1. At Top Ribbon (You Mail Calendar etc), select More, then MailChimp

1. On the left side of the Dashboard screen, select Templates

1. In Templates, select  My Templates

1. Hover over Highlights #2, click on Edit

1. Hover over the headline message, and click Edit to change.

1. Make changes, then click Save Now (they say they auto-save every 20 seconds, but I don’t think it does)

1. Hover over the Highlights main message, and click Edit

1. Compose the introductory messages, update the dates, and dance schedules and lessons.  Save occasionally

1. Review the bulletins that follow the lessons and update as needed

1. Click Save now, then Save & Exit

1. From the Templates Page, select Campaigns from boxes at top right

1. On the left side of Campaigns page, click Campaigns, then “Regular Ol’ Campaign

1. Select the list you’ll be sending to (Be careful, this defaults to the primary distribution).  For drafts, use the list called “Bea and Rich and Ron and Claire”

1. Click gray Next box on right

1. Name your campaign (optional), and update the subject line.  Unclick the Facebook box

1. Click gray Next box

1. Select the template for the email.  Click My Templates, then Highlights #2

1. Click gray Next box

1. At plain-text  screen, click gray Next box

1. On the confirmation screen, all the options must be green.  If there is a problem anywhere, has to be edited.  This generally happens when you’re creating a new template from scratch, new lists, etc.  Following these directions, should all be green.

1. At bottom, click Preview & Test then “Send a Test email” if you want to send a test to yourself only.  Enter your email address and click Send Test

1. Click on X to lose the test window

1. If you have edits you want to make before completing the campaign, use the back button, make changes, then continue the Next process.

1. When ready to send, click “Send Now”

1. A window re-capping what you are about to do asks for confirmation.  Make sure you’re sending the right mailing list, then click Send

1. You’ll get High Fives

1. Get  back to the Dashboard and Log out