Create an Email on Android

Wherever your day takes you, Mailchimp's mobile app helps you manage your email campaigns. You can create, edit, and send campaigns from your mobile device. If you need to do something that isn't available in the mobile app, log in to Mailchimp.com from a web browser to access more features.

In this article, you'll learn how to create an email campaign on your mobile device.

Create

You can create an email campaign from the Campaigns tab or tap the plus sign icon to access the option in the Quick Actions menu.

To create a campaign from the Campaigns tab, follow these steps.

1. In the Mailchimp mobile app, tap the Campaigns tab.
   
2. Tap the plus icon in the lower-right corner.
   
3. Tap Create an Email.
4. On the template screen, click the top drop-down menu to view your template options:
   • Featured Layouts
   Premade layouts that you can fill out with your own information.
   • Saved Templates
   Templates you’ve already made on the desktop version of Mailchimp.
5. Swipe to find a template that you like and tap select.
   
6. The from name and from email address fields automatically show your account information. Tap each field to enter the campaign name, recipients, email subject, and preview text.

Design a campaign

Whether you’ve created your draft campaign in the Mailchimp app or from a web browser, you can edit it in the app at any time.

To edit a draft campaign on your mobile device, follow these steps.

1. Navigate to the Campaigns tab.
2. Tap the campaign you want to work with.
3. Tap Preview and Edit.

Edit a campaign

Here on the main campaign screen, you can add content blocks, change the background, and see how your campaign will appear on desktop and mobile devices.

• Add a content block
  Tap Add to choose and insert a new content block.
• Upload files or images
  Select an image content block and tap Edit. Tap Replace to open the content studio. You can add a new image from your phone or tablet, or a choose a file from the Content Studio.
• Preview as you edit
  By default, you view and edit the email in Desktop mode. Tap Preview to switch between desktop and mobile preview.
• Change the background
  Tap the Background button in the header, body, and footer to choose a color or insert an image for each section.
• Adjust the section height
  Slide the icon to adjust the height of the header, body, and footer.

Edit a content block

To edit an individual content block, tap the block you want to work with. On the toolbar, you can choose to move, edit, duplicate, or delete.

• Move
  To change the order of content blocks in your campaign, tap Move. Then, use the arrows to shift the block up or down.

• Edit
  To edit the contents of a block, tap Edit.

• Edit text blocks To change the font or style of the text, tap the Content drop-down menu in the lower-left corner to navigate between the Style or Settings screens. When you’re done, tap Save & Close.
  

• Edit image blocks
  Tap Replace to open the content studio. Add a new image from your phone or tablet, or a choose a file from the content studio. When you’re done, tap Save & Close.
  

• Duplicate
  To copy a content block, tap Duplicate. Any content you’ve added to that content block will show in the duplicate block.

• Delete
  To remove a content block from the campaign, tap Delete.

After you’ve finished editing the campaign, be sure to tap Save & Exit.

Send

Before you send your campaign, you’ll review the checklist for alerts. After any issues are resolved, the campaign is ready to send.

To send an email campaign from your mobile device, follow these steps.

1. On the Campaigns screen, tap the campaign you want to work with.
2. Tap Confirm and Send.
3. Review the checklist for your campaign. If there are issues with your campaign, tap the alert to return to your draft and resolve the problem.
   
4. When your campaign is ready to send, press Touch and hold to send. Or, to schedule your campaign for another time, tap SCHEDULE FOR LATER.