Mail Chimp Plugin

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  krislyndillard · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 8:17 pm

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  I just want to add my voice to the call for a mail chimp plugin. I thought it was a no brainer. If there is some thought that I might use mail chimp instead of wordpress let me put your worries to rest. These two services are different and used for different purposes. However, together they can be a powerful marketing tool.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 8:42 pm

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  While you are waiting for a plugin that may or may not be provided, if you want to use MailChimp with your WordPress.com site right now you can do so by creating a link to the signup form on MailChimp and providing it to your visitors. Here’s the info from MailChimp Support http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-to-add-a-mailchimp-signup-form-to-your-wordpress-blog

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 8:42 pm

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  For other subscription options, you can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widgets by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts go to > Settings > Reading and scroll down to Follower Settings:

  These settings change emails sent from your blog to followers.
  Logged out users __ Show follow button to logged out users.

  Checking this will present a follow button to logged out users in the bottom corner of their screen.

  We have a subscription shortcode which you can make use of. The help page on it is right here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/ You can also include the subscription shortcode at the end of every post you publish.

  To enable social networking sharing buttons below your post see
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=sharing+buttons
  results here http://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/

  See also http://en.support.wordpress.com/follow-button/

  You can also use Find Friends Who Use WordPress > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/find-friends/