BridalLive third-party support policy
BridalLive allows for the use of MailChimp's API to push Contacts to targeted Audiences (previously MailChimp Lists) for marketing and email blasts for your marketing opted-in customers. You can add and remove BridalLive Contacts to your MailChimp Audiences manually or through the automated Smart Flows.
Create MailChimp Account
- Create MailChimp account - https://login.mailchimp.com/signup/
- Compare MailChimp Marketing Plans - https://mailchimp.com/pricing/marketing/compare-plans/?_ga=2.165172408.609446953.1698089148-751879502.1698089148
- BridalLive can move Contacts to Audiences. If you want to automate into separate Audiences, please review the allowed Audiences in the different Marketing Plans.
- You can always Segment and Tag your Audience manually in MailChimp.
- Familiarize yourself with your MailChimp account and how you would like to use your marketing email account
- Audience Management - https://mailchimp.com/resources/crm/
- Marketing Automation - https://mailchimp.com/resources/marketing-automations/
- MailChimp Help Center - https://mailchimp.com/help/
Connect your MailChimp Account to BridalLive
- Create MailChimp API - https://us21.admin.mailchimp.com/account/api/
- Copy API Key
- Paste MailChimp API Key into BridalLive - https://app.bridallive.com/#/settings/mailchimp_settings
- Save the page at the top of BridalLive
- Test MailChimp Settings
You should see the below pop-up on your BridalLive screen.
Add/Remove BridalLive Contacts from MailChimp Audiences via Smart Flows
Once you have your MailChimp Audience(s) setup, you can use the BridalLive Smart Flows to automatically add and/or remove Contacts from the Audience.
- Navigate to BridalLive Settings > Smart Flows - https://app.bridallive.com/#/settings/smart_flow
- Select your Smart Flow from the drop-down or select the Add Flow button to create a new Smart Flow.
- To add the MailChimp step, select the System Action step
- The new step will be added to the bottom of your Smart Flow, so scroll to the bottom if you do not see it.
- System Action - Select if you would like this system action to ADD or REMOVE from the selected MailChimp Audience.
- Audience Name - Select the Audience name you would like to add/remove to/from.
- Selected Upon Pop-Up - Select 'Yes' if you would like this smart flow step to be automatically selected when the smart flow pop-up window is displayed.
- Can Be Unchecked - Select 'No' if you would like this smart flow step to be automatically disabled when the smart flow pop-up window is displayed.
- Save Flow at the top of your BridalLive page.
If you would prefer to hire a MailChimp expert, they offer those services here: https://us21.admin.mailchimp.com/experts/.
*You represent and warrant, when using this feature, that you have a current relationship with each person to whom an email or text message is to be sent. You are solely responsible for ensuring that the email and/or SMS feature(s) are utilized in a manner that complies with local, state, and federal laws, rules and regulations. This includes, but is not limited to, compliance with applicable email and telemarketing laws such as the CAN-SPAM Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 227, the EU ePrivacy Regulation, and comparable state laws. Moreover, you represent and warrant that each person to whom an email and/or text message is to be sent has specifically granted you permission to do so by whatever technology you choose; and opt-outs are provided pursuant to applicable law, rule or regulation. You are responsible for the content and will be identified as the sender of each email and/or text message sent on your behalf. You acknowledge that you are responsible for obtaining any and all permissions required to use the Software’s email and SMS features.