Anyone here use MailChimp?

Mage

Hi all! Today in West Hollywood, CA, we have the MailChimp in-person workshop about SMS marketing. I currently use MailChimp for email marketing, but if I want to do SMS marketing, it would be an extra $20 per month. The thing I like about email is the longer relationship and trust building that it creates in the “customer journey.” Does anyone else have experience with this? And is anyone attending the MailChimp workshop today?

JenniferVilla

Hi Mage,

Jennifer here from MJI Marketing. I help clients use MailChimp all the time. I have some clients who use SMS marketing. They struggle with the process of getting started and continuing to engage in a way that meets their customers' expectations, without causing them to unsubscribe. SMS marketing is not for every company. It depends on the goals.

Here is a link that might be helpful from MailChimp:

Whitepaper%20– SMS%20Strategies[1].pdf

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Mage

This is awesome, @JenniferVilla! Thank you for sharing this! Yes the MailChimp workshop touched on a lot of points about how SMS marketing can be more effective and efficient. I know that for my business model, I need it, but I had downgraded to the regular marketing. Now I am ready to start SMS marketing again. I mentioned to the MailChimp reps about Thumbtack and about finding some partnerships with TT because for a lot of businesses, we have to keep pushing our product until someone likes, trusts and buys from us. @DustiO what do you think about this? Would TT be open to having an integration with MailChimp, particularly the SMS marketing, because we collect phone numbers?

I got lots of cool swag from MailChimp. I was so happy that they gave amazing service and had one-on-one in-person meetings too! They said they are trying to do more of these events.

DustiO

@JenniferVilla thank you for sharing! @Mage I will pass this along to the partnerships team :)