MailChimp - Collect Emails: Custom Function

Build a MindStudio AI that captures sales leads provided by the app user and automatically add them to your MailChimp mailing list.

What is MailChimp?

MailChimp is a cloud-based email marketing platform to create, send, and track engaging email campaigns, automate emails, and manage mailing lists.

What Can I Do With MindStudio and MailChimp?

Build a MindStudio AI that captures sales leads provided by the app user and automatically add them to your MailChimp mailing list.

What is Required for this Custom Function?

• MailChimp account.

• MailChimp API Key. See Get MailChimp API Key.

• List ID for the mailing list to add sales leads. See Get List ID.

• Data center. See Get Data Center.

• MailChimp - Collect Emails Custom Function.

Get MailChimp Settings for This Custom Function

Get MailChimp API Key

1. Login to your Mailchimp account.

2. Navigate to your account settings.

3. Select the Account & billing option.

4. From the Extras menu, select the API keys option.

5. From the Your API keys section, select the Create an API key button.

6. In the API Key Name setting, enter a name for your API key.

7. Select the Generate Key button.

8. Select the Copy to Clipboard button to copy the new API key.

9. Store the API key for the API Key setting in MindStudio’s MailChimp Collect Emails Custom Function.

Get List ID

1. Navigate to the All contacts option in the left-side pane in MailChimp.

2. From the Settings menu, select the Audience names and defaults option.

3. Locate the Audience ID field.

4. Copy the value in the Audience ID field. Store the Audience ID value for the List ID setting in MindStudio’s MailChimp Collect Emails Custom Function.

Get Data Center

From your API key, note the characters after the hyphen (-). The data center code does not include the hyphen. Example:

us10

Configuration

API Key

Enter your MailChimp API key.

List ID

Enter the list ID for the mailing list to add email addresses.

Data Center

Enter the data center designation for your MailChimp account.

Input

Enter the email address to add to the MailChimp mailing list. Optionally, reference a Variable that stores that email address that the app user enters into a User Input. Example:

{{email}}