Using Gravity Forms with Mailchimp simplifies the process of adding Opt In forms to your website.  However, the ability to add subscribers to a list using the Groups functionality is not implemented in Gravity Forms (as of version 1.5 of the Gravity Forms Mailchimp add-on, there are plans to implement this).

The main benefit of Groups in Mailchimp is the ability to segment your list so you can target messages to particular subscribers.  This allows a site owner to use just one mailing list – which ensures that subscribers don’t receive the same message several times (which can happen if you use multiple lists).

This series of videos demonstrates how you can ‘tag’ a subscriber in your Mailchimp list using Gravity Forms – without using the ‘Groups’ functionality.

Video 1: Adding A Custom Field To Your Mailchimp List

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Video 2: Updating Your Gravity Form

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Video 3: Modifying The Mailchimp Feed For Your List

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Video 4: Test The Segmentation

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Video 5: Populating The Tracking Field Dynamically

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Video 6: Using The Segmentation In MailChimp

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About the Author Charly Dwyer

Charly has more than 30 years experience in the IT industry ranging from hands-on technical, to high-level business management, Charly has installed and configured computing equipment and has managed business contracts in excess of $25 million dollars.

As a result, Charly identifies the best way to integrate solutions and technologies for the most cost effective way to achieve a businesses outcome.

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