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This Slideshare is Part 1 of a 4 part tutorial
on designing a custom opt-in (sign up) form
for your blog.
The entire tutorial can be found here:
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4. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1
(this slideshow)
Create a Sign Up Form in MailChimp
âą Create a List
âą Create a Form
âą Get the Embed Code
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Part 2
(next slideshow)
Embed the Sign Up Form into your Blog
âą Embed into WordPress Widget
âą Embed into Blogger Gadget
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Part 3
(video)
Design Your Opt-in Form in PicMonkey
âą Upload a background âphotoâ
âą Add graphic elements
âą Save as a background image
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Part 4
(slideshow)
Style the Opt-in Form Design in your Blog
âą A few simple CSS lessons â donât be scared!
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8. CREATE A SIGN UP FORM IN MAILCHIMP
A: Create a List
We need a list before we can create a form.
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From your Dashboard, click on Lists.
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Click Create List and go on to the next slide.
If you already have a list, click on the down
arrow next to stats and select Sign Up Forms
and skip to slide 14.
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Set up your new list, then click Save at the bottom of
the form.
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B: Create a Form
Now your list is set up.
Letâs create a Signup Form.
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Click Signup Forms.
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For the purposes of this tutorial, weâll choose
Embedded forms.
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You have 3 choices of embedded forms to choose:
ClassicâŠ
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Super SlimâŠ
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âŠand Naked.
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Weâll use the Naked form as it will allow
us to start our CSS styles from scratch.
But first letâs come up with a better form title
than Subscribe to our mailing list.
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How about something like this?
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Next, we want to make sign up as easy as
possible. The less fields, the more likely
people are to Sign Up!
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Letâs reduce the form to show only required fields.
By default, this is just Email.
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Simplify further by removing the required field
indicators.
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Scroll down and check it if youâd like to include
an archive link.*
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The archive link will show prospective
subscribers your past newsletters once youâve
sent one out. Iâm going to leave it checked.
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Weâre done creating
our form!
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C: Get the Embed Code
Copy your code and weâll move
on to Part 2.
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Copy this embed HTML code
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28. THANK YOU
Thank you for watching Part 1 of How to Design a Custom Opt-in Form without a Plugin!
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*All MailChimp links are referral links.
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