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Common Spam Filter Triggers
We're scanning all campaigns ever sent through MailChimp since 2001 to learn what kind of spam filter triggers our users are setting off. Learn more about the project, and some of the surprising results.

(I'd list them all here, but um---then I'd get blocked)

RSS-To-Email Tutorial

We're seeing more and more email marketers automating their campaigns with our RSS-to-email tool. It's not just for blogs, either. Event calendars, travel sites, and shopping carts produce RSS feeds.
Here's a tutorial for setting up RSS-to-Email in MailChimp.

Wufoo Integration
Do you Wufoo? Woo-hoo! Now you can link your Wufoo forms to your MailChimp lists. Wufoo makes creating forms super easy. Even though we've totally upgraded our own signup form builder, Wufoo's way better at creating super-customized forms (RSVP forms, quick surveys, online orders, etc). Just build forms there, then pass the emails over to MailChimp. Here's how to set it up.

Lotus and Outlook 2007
Send enough email marketing, and you learn pretty quick that Lotus and Outlook 2007 are stinky, evil turds created by the devil. But the folks at Litmus explain why they're turds.

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Integration with Salesforce, Highrise, Wufoo, Twitter, & Paypal. Geographical opens map, and email overlay stats. Automatic mobile campaigns, and upload templates via ZIP. And so much more...

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics:
15% better click rate if you segment your list

People who segmented their email lists and sent targeted email campaigns got 15% better click rates than those who didn't.
~ Pulled from Chimp Charts

Did you know you can link MailChimp with popular e-commerce carts, like Magento, ZenCart, and osCommerce to track purchases that people make from your email campaigns?

No, we mean in addition to our Google Analytics Integration.

It's a free add-on in MailChimp called eCommerce360. If you're an e-retailer, you should install it, so you can show your boss stats like this:

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