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Sign up for a free Mailchimp account.

• Go to mailchimp.
• Click on the Sign up for free account.
• Fill in the form.
• Mailchimp will send you an email asking you to confirm that it was you who signed up.
• Follow the link in that email to activate your account.

Login in to MailChimp

• Fill in your contact information.
• Go through the “get started” tour.
• Create a list
• Create a signup form

Create a list

• {add info}

Create a signup form

• Click on the name of your list on the Lists page.
• Click on Signup forms
• Click on Form integrations
• Scroll down to WordPress, and click on Learn More.
• Read the info on that page.
• Click on the Learn More link. That will take you to wordpress.org, where the MailChimp plugin resides.
• Download the latest version.
• File it where you file your other plugins.
• Go to your WordPress back end and install the plugin
• Activate the plugin
• Go to Settings > MailChimp Setup
• Choose the list you created from the popup menu and click on Update List.
• Fill in the Form Settings for the form you’re building.
• Don’t worry about what choices to make. You can change it at any time.

Insert the signup form where you want it on your site

• Sidebar
  • Appearance > Widgets
  • Drag the MailChimp widget into a widget area
• Page or post
  • Place the short code [mailchimpsf_form] on the page or post where you want the form to appear.

Deputize somebody to have access to your MailChimp account.

• <your name> > Account Settings
• Account Settings > Users and Account Details
• > Invite a User
• Fill out email address of the person you want to deputize.
• Choose how much power you want to give the person.
• Add a message if you wish
• > Send Invitation