iClassPro is happy to announce its new, free integration with MailChimp.

MailChimp helps you design professional emails, share them on social networks, and track results of your emails. 

With the new integration, iClassPro can sync an email list in MailChimp with the following family information: email address, first name, last name, gym location, phone, and address.

Benefits of using this feature include:

• Design email templates with your own branding
• Integration with social networking increases the impact of your marketing
• Get live stats about your email campaign
• See more benefits here: http://mailchimp.com/features/all/

Getting Started

Sign Up For A Free* MailChimp Account

1. Go to www.MailChimp.com and click the "Sign Up Free" button, and complete the required fields to signup. 
    
2. You will receive an email to activate the account. Follow the link in the email.
3. After you activate the account, follow the steps on MailChimp to complete setting up your account.
    
4. Once your account is setup, you are ready to integrate that account with iClassPro.

Integrate Your New MailChimp Account With iClassPro

Integrating your MailChimp account is easy! Just generate an API Key from MailChimp, and copy & paste that into your iClassPro settings.

1. While logged in MailChimp, go to the account menu and click "API Keys & Info"
    
2. On the API Keys and Info page, click the blue "add a key" button. A key will be generated and displayed on that page.
3. Copy the entire key as you will need to paste this in iClassPro.
4. While logged into iClassPro as an admin user, click the settings link at the top right.
    
5. Click the setup section on the left side of the page, click the down arrow for General Settings, then click the pencil to Configure MailChimp
    
6. In the MailChimp window, simply paste in your API Key, and click save.
7. That's It! 

Create A Mailing List

First, create a mailing list in MailChimp for iClassPro to sync with. Creating a mailing list is easy!

1. Go to the lists menu in MailChimp.
2. Click the "Create list" button and follow the steps. 
3. For more help creating a list in MailChimp, see this article: http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-do-i-create-a-new-list

Sync a list from iClassPro

In iClassPro, you can select a group of families to sync information into your MailChimp Mailing List. This can be done from the family page, student page, or staff page.

1. While logged in iClassPro, go to the family, student, or staff page.
2. Use the filters on the left side of any of those list pages to select the group you want to sync.
3. After filtering, click the check all box to select all the records.
4. You will see a new icon at the bottom of the page in iClassPro. Click the MailChimp icon.
    
5. Select the list you created from the drop down menu. Click the save button to start the sync.
    
6. After a family is added to your list, the recipient will have to confirm their subscription before receiving emails. They will receive a confirmation email to confirm their subscription.
7. You are ready to send an email campaign to your list!

Create a Campaign

Once you have an email list, you can create a campaign to send to that list! 

1. Click the campaigns menu.
2. Click the "Create Campaign" button and follow the step-by-step directions.
3. For more detailed information on campaigns, see this article: http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-do-i-create-a-new-campaign
4. After you create a campaign and send it, you can sit back and watch your stats!

Using MailChimp

There is much more material available on more advanced use of MailChimp here: http://kb.mailchimp.com/. There are many powerful features available to make your email campaign a success!