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Signing Up For Constant Contact1. First, if you are not already a paid subscriber to Constant Contact, you will need to click Login on the Constant Contact homepage (www.constantcontact.com).
2. Fill in your user information, provided by MightyMerchant.
Username: ( )
Password: ()
3. Once you are logged in, click on My Account in the top right hand corner of the page. To subscribe to the paid account, start by clicking Upgrade to Paid Account. Select your options (most MightyMerchant users will only use Email Marketing) and click Next.
4. Select your payment plan and click Next.
5. Enter your Credit Card and billing information and click Next. Follow the remaining steps until you have successfully purchased your Constant Contact subscription.
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New Constant Contact Subscribers1. Once you're a paid subscriber of Constant Contact, navigate to the Emails Tab and click Edit Message Settings/Header. Make any changes from the defaults inputted by MightyMerchant.
2. Go back and select preview for a view of the template that was customized for you by the MightyMerchant team. Look it over and note any changes that have to be made. If you'd like to make changes yourself, click "Exit Preview" and then click "Edit Email" to reach the edit page.
3. Email MightyMerchant and let us know if you're satisfied with the template or would like changes to be made. Ask them to now verify whether your contacts are correctly imported into Constant Contact.
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Transferring Contacts from MightyMerchant to ConstantContact1. First, navigate to your site manager. The MightyMerchant staff will have added links near the top of the page.
2. Find the links MightyMerchant has added -- generally, these will be called something like "Download Web Opt-ins" and "Download Newsletter". Web-optins are the subscribers who opted in to your newsletter while checking out (i.e., they are previous customers). The newsletter list includes those who have signed up in a newsletter sign-up form or a contact form.
3. Click on each of these links and you will be prompted to save a .txt file. If there are no new names in the list, there will be a page letting you know "The file is empty." Download each of these files to an accessible location, for instance, your desktop.
4. Login to ConstantContact and click the Contacts tab. Click Add/Import and select (or create) the list you would like the file to be imported to. Click Next.
5. Choose "Import my list from a file on my computer". Click Next.
6. Browse for the file and click Submit Data. Please be aware that it takes ConstantContact a few minutes depending on how large your file is. Once this process is complete you should see the contacts in your list.
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Creating your First EmailThese instructions should get your started with setting up and sending an email with ConstantContact. ConstantContact has a comprehensive help system and we enourage you to use that as a resource to answer your questions.
1. Log into ConstantContact.
2 .Click "Emails".
3. Click your current email message from the list of Existing Emails.
4. Click "Edit Email" and edit the text of each section of your email. Above each text block is an Edit icon. Click Save when you are done.
5. Click "Preview" and send a preview message to yourself. Check your email to make sure it looks ok. When you are satisfied with your message, click "Finish".
6. Click "Edit Message Settings/Header" and make sure sure all the information is correct. Typically the default settings are ok. You want to make sure your subject will catch the readers attention.
7. Click Select Lists. Designate the lists you want to send to.
8. Click Schedule Email. Set the date and time that you want to send your email.
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