Mate you are a legend! I just spent 1 hour trying to work out how to do this using other youtube tutorials and even on the Mail Chimp help links that had me downloading Adobe cloud document, telling me to use dropbox to get a URL and even create a spreadsheet for all of my subscribers (a two page description) ... thank you!
Excellent Gary, much appreciated. Didn't realise there was a tutorial until someone sent me the link. Have been thrown in the deep end of Mailchimp and this is gold.
Thank you so much, I didn't realise how easy it was to do this way. Not seeing the actual document in the email confused me at first, but it works! thanks again Gary!
Gary - Thank you so much for your clear and concise teaching! I went to MailChimp's website and could not find how to do this. You are brilliant and have saved me a ton of time!
Thank you so, so much. Although the Mailchimp window I'm looking at is a bit different (2022), this has shown me what to do. I'm a techie, but new to Mailchimp. I've spent literally hours going through their website trying to find out how to use the templates and how to 'attach' our newsletter. It has been driving me up the wall, I've had their help pages on one side of the screen and can't replicate what they are doing on my 'live' side. Thanks once again.
@@GaryEckstein Thank YOU SIR! I've tried to get info from mailchimp themselves but it takes an eternity to get a reply. "Customer Service? What's that?!?! I'm almost ready to start selling downloadable graphic designs educating the public of the consequences of overindulgence of alcohol. Markets include Australia, Canada, UK and US. Your content is extremely helpful!
Thanks for this Gary, but I do have a quick question. When I'm in the new campaign builder I don't have access to the block panel on the right of your screen anymore. I've got a different lay out with a 'templates' box to the left of my screen and my campaign in the centre. When I add a button I no longer have the option to choose a file, I can only add a URL link. Can you point me in the right direction?
Hi Gary. Thanks so much for your tutorial. I have an issue regarding automation. After the reader received the email with the pdf unfortunately two separate confirmation emails are sent: 1). One email with the free pdf etc. which is correct but 2.) another one confirming a subscription to my blog which is wrong and should not be sent out. Do you know how to solve this 'double' automation issue?
Hello Gary, thank you that was very informative. I tried to attach an mp3 file to my final welcome email for subscribers to download but I observed that the song does open in a new link but that a download does not start. did I miss anything? thank you so much.
Hi, thank you for this. Unfortunately I don't get the option to add a file in the drop down menu - it looks like the format on Mailchimp may have changed? Can you help? Thanks Gary :)
Is there a way to name the uploaded file in the Content Studio so you can tell which file you are linking, in the event you wish to use the same file in another campaign?
Hi Debra. You can click on the file in the Content Studio then click ' View Details' this will allow you to rename the file. The Content Studio however doesn't make it easy to see file names :(
Hey, Gary, Thanks so much for the content! I am reaching out because I have a question. I am looking to send separate (completely different) attachments to individual contacts via mailchimp. My question is how do I do this? Do I have to make a separate email for each contact and add their individual attachments to their email?? Please help at your earliest convenience. Thanks again for the awesome and clear content!
There isn't a simple means to achieve what you want in Mailchimp unfortunately. It is possible (and complex and costly) to do what you want using e.g. Zapier, MailChimp, and Dropbox
@@GaryEckstein So would you say not worth it? It was something my boss wanted me to do. But I kept telling him I was only able to upload the pdf files to the content > my files section. He made it seem as if he had done the requested task before. I really appreciate your feedback!
@@Talkwithdulci If you want the process to be automated then you'll either need several thousand dollars to have a solution implemented or have good technical skills and quite a bit of time.
Hello Gary, Can we create an automation that when a customer buy a single particular digital product , he gets an automation from mailchimp having pdf documention attached. attaching pdf is resolved in this tutuorial But how to link a particular product in automation , plz tell?? Regards
If you have a valid E-Commerce connection to Mailchimp then you're able to trigger the customer journey based on a specific product purchased - mailchimp.com/help/segment-purchase-activity/
Greetings Gary, thanks for your superb knowledge. I plan to sell my ebook down the line as I am still working out that process. My question is, the subscribers I have already have can I just attach my ebook pdf as well(as a freebie)? and perhaps it can just be downloadable for the subs once? If you know any info on this I'd love to hear thanks.
You can certainly link to your PDF from an email for your current subscribers. There is no means however of restricting a once-only download nor stopping the subscribers from forwarding the email to others so they can download the PDF. Whatever software you use to sell your PDF will probably allow you to give a 100% discount; what I'm saying is that perhaps the best way is to give your current subscribers a 100% discount using the software you'll use to sell the PDF. Hope it goes well :)
Hi Susan. I'm not aware of any 'good' way of doing this. Because email is HTML (and PDF isn't), the same issues with saving as PDF apply as with any web page (i.e. layout often isn't great when saved as PDF). You could try to print to PDF from your computer
Great video. The email client of some of my subscribers downloads the PDF without informing the users. Is there any way to force it to open the PDF rather than download it?
Instead of using the Button can I use the text from the "Blocks" as I wish to include more than one text link, and just guessing I can do this. I want to position it in the wording of my message and not have it as a button.
Hi Gary, I'm trying to do something a little different and hope you can help. I am adding PDFs to my content library so that I can share them as URLs. I have noticed that in the Content Library, there is no distinguishing feature on the PDF icon so it's hard to tell which PDF I'm selecting. Is there a way to make the thumbnail more indicative of what I'm looking at? Image wise or with a labelling feature. I need to upload about 20 PDFs and they all look identical at first glance.
Can you attach files on the free mailchimp plan? When I place the button into the design I am not a drop down box under the link to heading. Many thanks
@@GaryEckstein yeah seems strange. The tutorial videos I've seen all seem to have quite a different layout than what I'm seeing. Tried two browsers so far and looked the same. Solved the issue by just linking the files in via Google docs.
Hi Gary - thanks for that - what I really want to do is to embed (not link) the contents of a PDF file (or several PDF files) into my document to create a single report without any attachments. How do I do that Thanks
Mailchimp allows files of up 10 MB to be uploaded. You could either use an online tool to reduce the size of the file or alternately save the PDF to e.g. Dropbox and share the link to the file in your email marketing.
How did you "DRAG" that file. I can not figure how to do that. A grey screen appears with a circle in the middle and I am unable to do anything with it.
Hi Louise, you may either download your image from Canva and upload the image into Mailchimp or integrate Canva with Mailchimp - mailchimp.com/en-au/integrations/canva/
Hey Garry...thanks for the video Can you or anyone here please quickly help me with one question. Is it possible to send attachment through mail chimp without creating link or without saving to mail chimp content space.
Each file that you want people to view needs to have it's own link in your email. You could therefore have three buttons and each button can download a separate PDF.
@@michellegrady1131 Mailchimp are transitioning to a new email builder so that could be the issue. Please see ruclips.net/video/9QBmmOI-ghQ/видео.html as this may be what you're seeing.
Mate you are a legend! I just spent 1 hour trying to work out how to do this using other youtube tutorials and even on the Mail Chimp help links that had me downloading Adobe cloud document, telling me to use dropbox to get a URL and even create a spreadsheet for all of my subscribers (a two page description) ... thank you!
Glad it helped Jude :)
Excellent - brief and clear. The recap at the end is something a lot of tutorial providers should copy
Thanks Bill 😊
Excellent Gary, much appreciated. Didn't realise there was a tutorial until someone sent me the link. Have been thrown in the deep end of Mailchimp and this is gold.
Glad it helped Richard 👍
Gary, awesome, you are always brief, clear and precise. Thank you! This helps so much
Thanks for the comment 😀
Thank you! You’re videos are simple and informative when trying to navigate and learn the methods of Mailchimp.
Thanks Kelly. I really appreciate your feedback 😁
Thank you so much, I didn't realise how easy it was to do this way. Not seeing the actual document in the email confused me at first, but it works! thanks again Gary!
Glad it helped 👍
Great video Gary, short, simple and straight forward.
Thanks Khobo 😀
Gary - Thank you so much for your clear and concise teaching! I went to MailChimp's website and could not find how to do this. You are brilliant and have saved me a ton of time!
Glad it helped Cindie :)
Oh my goodness, how important that piece of information was about changing to file, thank you! Short and to the point too.
Glad it helped :)
Brilliant video, very concise, to the point. YOU are a good teacher.
Thanks for the kind comment :)
This was an invaluable lesson. Thank you, Gary.
Glad it helped 🙂
Worked like a charm! You saved me a lot of time, thank you Gary!
Glad it helped Doug :)
Thanks Gary! This was straight to the point and what I needed!
Glad it helped Marquitta 👍
This is great info!! Thank you so much for sharing! Exactly what I was looking for!
Glad it helped 👍
Thanks Gary , I was so confused using mail chimp but your instructions are awesome
Glad the instructions are helping 😁
Very simple indeed. Many thanks Gary
Thanks Steve. No problem :)
You are very clear Gary. Thanks. Wonderful. I love your stuff.
Glad it helps Diane 😁
Well done!! Easy to follow, but all points covered. So glad I found your site.
Glad it helped Dianne 😁
Thank you for this quick and easy tutorial! It was super helpful!
Glad it helped Maria :)
Thank you. Thanks to your easy demo step by step I could create the pdf link. ❤
Glad it helped Star Cat :)
This video is very helpful. Super easy to follow, thank you so much! I use Mailchimp a lot currently and have therefore subscribed!
Glad it helped 😁
Thank you so much! Very easy and helpful...very much appreciated!
Glad it helped 👍
Very helpful, thanks so much for explaining it in a clear way.
No problem Dan 👍
Wow, really can't like this video enough 🙏 thank you!
Glad it helped Reece 👍
Excellent-Concise and clear!
Glad it helped Fiona :)
Thanks for your video. It really helped me. You are a great educator.
Thanks Tracey :)
BLOODY LEGEND! Thank you!!!! You made it so easy! :)
😂 All good
Thank you so, so much. Although the Mailchimp window I'm looking at is a bit different (2022), this has shown me what to do. I'm a techie, but new to Mailchimp. I've spent literally hours going through their website trying to find out how to use the templates and how to 'attach' our newsletter. It has been driving me up the wall, I've had their help pages on one side of the screen and can't replicate what they are doing on my 'live' side. Thanks once again.
Glad it helped :)
Brilliant, Thank you very much, really helped me Gary.
Glad it helped John :)
Excellent tutorial many thanks.
Glad it helped Rita :)
Thanks for this video that easily explains all steps!
Thanks Angela :)
Another great video. Thank you! Please keep them coming :)
Thanks Irina 👍
Thanks Gary - very helpful!
Glad it helped 🙂
Gary thanks a lot You are a good teacher
Thank you :)
This was so helpful and straightforward, thank you
Glad it helped :)
thank you so much for this I've been struggling and this was so great
Glad it helped Jaqueline 👍
Awesome video, I could NOT figure out how to attach a file and after seeing this, it was no trouble at all!
Glad it helped Karen :)
Thanks that's so easy to follow!
Glad it helped Sandra 👍
Great, thanks a lot Gary
Glad it helped Claire 👍
Thank you for your lessons.. 👍🏾
No problem Lilian :)
Excellent Video. thanks for saving my time
Glad it helped :)
This was very helpful, thanks!
Glad it helped :)
Great, thank you I did not know I could add a pdf.
Glad it helped Carmen :)
Super helpful! Thank you! You saved me a lot of time :)
Glad it helped :)
Clear, concise. You've gained a subscriber.
Thanks Gene :)
@@GaryEckstein Thank YOU SIR! I've tried to get info from mailchimp themselves but it takes an eternity to get a reply. "Customer Service? What's that?!?! I'm almost ready to start selling downloadable graphic designs educating the public of the consequences of overindulgence of alcohol. Markets include Australia, Canada, UK and US. Your content is extremely helpful!
THANK YOU!
No problem Joel :)
Hiya, thank you so much this was incredibly useful and easy to follow
Glad it helped Nicole :)
Thank you...You are awesome!!!
Thank you :)
Loved it
Thank you!
No problem Rachel :)
Amazing video!!!!
Glad it helped Henry :)
thank you- that was so helpful
Glad it helped Leslie :)
Thank you sir!!
No problem :)
Easy as pie. Thank you.
Glad it helped 👍
Excellent!!
Thanks Rick :)
thanks gary!
No problem Chrissie 👍
Thanks :)
THHHHHHHHANK YOU!!!
My pleasure Blanca :)
Thanks buddy
No problem Mihir 😀
Just saved me hours of pain and misery for the same reasons as Jude Sharper!
Thanks a big bunch!
Glad it helped :)
great and thanks for your help
Glad it helped Steven 👍
Do you know the Suntup family in Sidney, I am in the USA but they are there and originally from Cape Town.
@@stevensuntup5312 Unfortunately not :)
Thanks for sharing. 2 hours are trying to find the way
Glad it helped 👍
Nice tunk you
Sure. No problem.
Hi Gary. Thanks for this. Is there a size limitation on PDFs you can upload to MC?
Hi Pia, the upload limit is 10MB.
Thanks for this Gary, but I do have a quick question. When I'm in the new campaign builder I don't have access to the block panel on the right of your screen anymore. I've got a different lay out with a 'templates' box to the left of my screen and my campaign in the centre. When I add a button I no longer have the option to choose a file, I can only add a URL link. Can you point me in the right direction?
Hi Shelley. Yes, this is an issue. Mailchimp are aware and are working on implementing this in the near future.
Hi Gary.
Thanks so much for your tutorial.
I have an issue regarding automation.
After the reader received the email with the pdf unfortunately two separate confirmation emails are sent:
1). One email with the free pdf etc. which is correct
but
2.) another one confirming a subscription to my blog which is wrong and should not be sent out.
Do you know how to solve this 'double' automation issue?
Hi Adrian, this should help - ruclips.net/video/rHaXUTlTHVc/видео.html
Hello Gary, thank you that was very informative. I tried to attach an mp3 file to my final welcome email for subscribers to download but I observed that the song does open in a new link but that a download does not start. did I miss anything? thank you so much.
Hi Stephan, different browsers handle MP3 files differently. It may be worth opening the link in a different browser to see what happens.
@@GaryEckstein thank you, i'll give it a try with another browser.
Hi, thank you for this. Unfortunately I don't get the option to add a file in the drop down menu - it looks like the format on Mailchimp may have changed? Can you help? Thanks Gary :)
Hi Yvonne, Mailchimp has two email builders at the moment. Please see this video as it should help: ruclips.net/video/BJzoY-03fWU/видео.html
thank you... ill be back when I forget how again haha
Thanks Smitty :)
Is there a way to name the uploaded file in the Content Studio so you can tell which file you are linking, in the event you wish to use the same file in another campaign?
Hi Debra. You can click on the file in the Content Studio then click ' View Details' this will allow you to rename the file. The Content Studio however doesn't make it easy to see file names :(
Hey, Gary,
Thanks so much for the content! I am reaching out because I have a question. I am looking to send separate (completely different) attachments to individual contacts via mailchimp. My question is how do I do this? Do I have to make a separate email for each contact and add their individual attachments to their email?? Please help at your earliest convenience.
Thanks again for the awesome and clear content!
There isn't a simple means to achieve what you want in Mailchimp unfortunately. It is possible (and complex and costly) to do what you want using e.g. Zapier, MailChimp, and Dropbox
@@GaryEckstein So would you say not worth it? It was something my boss wanted me to do. But I kept telling him I was only able to upload the pdf files to the content > my files section. He made it seem as if he had done the requested task before. I really appreciate your feedback!
@@Talkwithdulci If you want the process to be automated then you'll either need several thousand dollars to have a solution implemented or have good technical skills and quite a bit of time.
Hello Gary, Can we create an automation that when a customer buy a single particular digital product ,
he gets an automation from mailchimp having pdf documention attached.
attaching pdf is resolved in this tutuorial
But how to link a particular product in automation , plz tell??
Regards
If you have a valid E-Commerce connection to Mailchimp then you're able to trigger the customer journey based on a specific product purchased - mailchimp.com/help/segment-purchase-activity/
Greetings Gary, thanks for your superb knowledge. I plan to sell my ebook down the line as I am still working out that process. My question is, the subscribers I have already have can I just attach my ebook pdf as well(as a freebie)? and perhaps it can just be downloadable for the subs once? If you know any info on this I'd love to hear thanks.
You can certainly link to your PDF from an email for your current subscribers. There is no means however of restricting a once-only download nor stopping the subscribers from forwarding the email to others so they can download the PDF. Whatever software you use to sell your PDF will probably allow you to give a 100% discount; what I'm saying is that perhaps the best way is to give your current subscribers a 100% discount using the software you'll use to sell the PDF. Hope it goes well :)
Can you point people to a set page on a multiple page pdf... ie take them straight to page 4 of a 6 page document?
I don't believe this is possible :(
@@GaryEckstein I thought not, but thanks for replying Gary.
Do you have a video that shows how to make a PDF from your Mailchimp newsletter so you can send it to those who don't use email?
Hi Susan. I'm not aware of any 'good' way of doing this. Because email is HTML (and PDF isn't), the same issues with saving as PDF apply as with any web page (i.e. layout often isn't great when saved as PDF). You could try to print to PDF from your computer
AH I SEE, THANK YOU
No problem Hansen :)
Great video. The email client of some of my subscribers downloads the PDF without informing the users. Is there any way to force it to open the PDF rather than download it?
Hi Tom, unfortunately, the setting to open or 'just' download is on the user side and, as the sender, we can't control this :(
thank you, but how do I display the PDF in the email itself?
can we have the upload option where people can upload the files?
No. This functionality unfortunately isn't available in Mailchimp.
Instead of using the Button can I use the text from the "Blocks" as I wish to include more than one text link, and just guessing I can do this. I want to position it in the wording of my message and not have it as a button.
Yes. Absolutely
Hi Gary, I'm trying to do something a little different and hope you can help. I am adding PDFs to my content library so that I can share them as URLs. I have noticed that in the Content Library, there is no distinguishing feature on the PDF icon so it's hard to tell which PDF I'm selecting. Is there a way to make the thumbnail more indicative of what I'm looking at? Image wise or with a labelling feature. I need to upload about 20 PDFs and they all look identical at first glance.
Unfortunately not ☹️
Can you attach files on the free mailchimp plan?
When I place the button into the design I am not a drop down box under the link to heading.
Many thanks
Hi Conleth, I haven't heard of anyone having issues with this method with the free Mailchimp account. Perhaps try a different browser.
@@GaryEckstein yeah seems strange. The tutorial videos I've seen all seem to have quite a different layout than what I'm seeing. Tried two browsers so far and looked the same. Solved the issue by just linking the files in via Google docs.
does your computer need to be on for the recipients to download the pdf file
No. The PDF is hosted by Mailchimp thus the sender's computer doesn't need to be on.
Great video! Is there a way that a PDF can be viewed directly in the email without having to open it elsewhere?
Unfortunately not. PDF is not HTML which email is.
Hi Gary - I had a typo in my pdf, can I change the document in the content manager area so the updated version is opened from the link?
Hi Andy. Unfortunately not. A new hyperlink will be created when you upload the edited PDF.
@@GaryEckstein Thanks Gary
Great vid. Can you send multiple pdfs / docs
Thanks
Yes, you can link to multiple files.
Hi Gary - thanks for that - what I really want to do is to embed (not link) the contents of a PDF file (or several PDF files) into my document to create a single report without any attachments. How do I do that
Thanks
Hi Barry. This isn't possible in Mailchimp :(
Great video! Unfortunately, when I try to upload the PDF it's coming up as "undefined" and won't upload. Can you help, please?
Hi Harriet, this usually happens when the file is greater than 10MB in size. Mailchimp allows a maximum file size of 10MB.
Hi Gary...I just tried to upload a 29 page PDF of my Ebook into my files...and it said it was too big. What should I do?
Mailchimp allows files of up 10 MB to be uploaded. You could either use an online tool to reduce the size of the file or alternately save the PDF to e.g. Dropbox and share the link to the file in your email marketing.
How did you "DRAG" that file. I can not figure how to do that. A grey screen appears with a circle in the middle and I am unable to do anything with it.
Hi Barry, try a different browser and the 'drag and drop' may work or alternately you can upload files into the Mailchimp Content Studio.
@@GaryEckstein Thank you for your reply. The upload to the Content Studio seems like what I can handle.
Do you know how, I add a file from Canva? I got it into mailchimp now, but don't know how to set it in?!
Hi Louise, you may either download your image from Canva and upload the image into Mailchimp or integrate Canva with Mailchimp - mailchimp.com/en-au/integrations/canva/
Hey Garry...thanks for the video
Can you or anyone here please quickly help me with one question. Is it possible to send attachment through mail chimp without creating link or without saving to mail chimp content space.
Hi Sonali. No it is not possible to send a file with Mailchimp.
@@GaryEckstein Thank you for a quick response, its very helpful!
How does this work in the new campaign builder please?
Hi Nick - see ruclips.net/video/BJzoY-03fWU/видео.html
@@GaryEckstein Got it - thank you SO much!
Hi , can I add a file like a pdf to a PLAIN TEXT EMAIL.
You'd need to add the 'attachment' hyperlink to the email. Recipients can then click the hyperlink to download the file.
Another question possible to add more than one file to the same email.
Each file that you want people to view needs to have it's own link in your email. You could therefore have three buttons and each button can download a separate PDF.
how many links are safe to send in a one email blast to 40 people.
@@Mb965m Five links is roughly the maximum.
How do I add a button inside a text in my email without adding a block for the button alone?
This can be done with HTML e.g. organicweb.com.au/marketing/mailchimp-buttons/
I tried uploading the pdf to mail chimp (it's 7 pages) and it says that its "undefined" and won't upload. Any suggestions?
The file is likely larger than 10mb. Reduce the file size and all should be ok.
Mine is only allowing me to add a URL link? looks totally different than this?
Hi Danielle, are you by any chance using the new campaign builder that Mailchimp have recently released?
I am not sure why I am unable to accomplish this within my account. do I need a higher paid version?
Hi Michelle, all Mailchimp accounts allow this. Are you getting an error message?
@@GaryEckstein no, not at all. It just seems that some of the items you clicked on are unavailable to me
@@michellegrady1131 Mailchimp are transitioning to a new email builder so that could be the issue. Please see ruclips.net/video/9QBmmOI-ghQ/видео.html as this may be what you're seeing.
i dont have the file option to pull up, any help?
This may help ruclips.net/video/9QBmmOI-ghQ/видео.html