Add Email List Signup

1. Enter your email address you want associated with this MailChimp Account
2. Choose your username for this MailChimp account
3. Create your password
4. Click the Create My Account button

In the email from MailChimp Client Services

Confirm your humanity for the Chimp. 🙂

1. First Name
2. Last Name
3. Email Address you signed up with
4. How many people in your organization?
5. How old is your organization?
6. Have a list of emails to import as the starting  point of your email list?
7. Is this account for you or your client?
8. Company Name
9. Company Website
10. Company Address Street Address
11. City
12. State
13. Zipcode
14. Country
15. Your industry
16. Your Timezone
17. Your mugshot (I kid, I kid)
18. MailChimp Getting Started Emails?  Yes.
19. Click the Get Started Button

Clicking the Save and Get Started button above presents you with this screen.

1. Click the Create A List Button

1. List Name: Your subscribers will see this, so make it something appropriate. Good example: “Acme Company Newsletter”
2. Default From Email (It’s also the Email Address people will reply to)
3. Default from name for emails sent to this list. (Use something that they will instantly recognize, like your company name)
4. Remind people how they got on your list (Example: “You’re receiving this email because you opted in at genesisgoodies.com. ”)
5. Verify Your Contact Information is correct (Important with the CAN SPAM Act)
6. Choose when you want to be notified of new subscribers
7. Click the Save button

You have your list people can signup to, now you need to create the form on your website for users to signup with

1. Click the Select button for Embedded Forms

1. Choose Naked – Embedded Form Code
2. Copy the code snippet for your form

I drag a text widget into the inactive widgets area and then paste the code snippet in the empty text widget, since all I need is to copy the form action url, which is highlighted in the image below

1. Click the Install Now link

1. Fill in the title for your email capture widget
2. Enter your text to show above the entry field, explaining the benefit to readers in joining your email list.
3. Paste the Form Action from the snippet you copied in MailChimp
4. Enter EMAIL into the E-Mail Field If you want users to fill in their first name, enter FNAME in the First Name Field. For users to enter their last name, enter LNAME in the Last name Field.
5. If you want, change the Button Text
6. Click the Save Button

This is the Genesis eNews Extended Widget inside the Primary Sidebar using Parallax Pro, the Genesis Child Theme.