Mailchimp

This guide covers how to integrate and trigger Gan.AI to programmatically send videos through Mailchimp

How to connect Gan.AI with your Mailchimp account?

  1. Login to your Mailchimp account

  2. Click on your profile at the top right corner & go to ‘Profile’

  3. Click on ‘Extras’ & select ‘API keys’

  4. Under ‘Your API keys’, click on ‘Create a Mandrill API Key’

  5. Note: This is a paid feature

  6. In your Mandril app account, under ‘API keys’, click on ‘New API key’

  7. Now enter the API key name as ‘gan_api’ & click on ‘Create API key’

  8. Once your API key appears, click on ‘Copy To Clipboard’

  9. Now go to the Gan.AI platform & paste it below under ‘Mailchimp secret key’

  10. Enter the email associated with your Mailchimp account in the 'Sender Email' field

  11. Enter the name you want to display in the 'Sender Name' field

  12. Click on ‘Connect to Mailchimp’ below to connect your Gan.AI account to Mailchimp

How to send video copies to Mailchimp from Gan.AI?

  1. Login to your Mailchimp account

  2. In the left panel, under ‘Content’, navigate to ‘Email templates’

  3. Select the template you want to configure with your project

  4. Note: Ensure you select templates with merge tags for personalization. If no merge tags have been created, follow these steps (or skip to step 5 if done):

    1. Edit an existing template or create a new one

    2. In your template content, click where you want to place the merge tag

    3. Type ‘*|’ and enter the name of your merge tag

    4. Add multiple merge tags as needed throughout your template

    5. Click ‘Save and exit’ once all tags are added

  5. Click the ‘ V’ button on the templates you wish to configure with Gan.AI

  6. In the dropdown menu, select ‘Send to Mandrill’

  7. Note: This step is required for every email template you configure with a personalized project in Gan.AI.

  8. Select the personalised project you want to integrate with Mailchimp

  9. Go to Project settings -> Integrations -> Mailchimp

  10. Turn on the integration button, next to ‘Export video copies to Mailchimp'

  11. Select the email template under ‘Mailchimp email template’

  12. Map the Gan.AI properties to merge tags of your Mailchimp email template

  13. We recommend mapping the following four properties:

    1. perma_link

    2. video_url

    3. smart_url

    4. thumbnail_url

  14. Once all the needed properties are mapped, click on ‘Save & close’ to save your settings

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