You can export your email lists from the Vicinity Directory, which is great for reporting purposes, as well as being able to import emails into Mailchimp.
How can I Export Email Addresses to a CSV?
You can export the email list from the Business or the People table.
Using the blue' Export' button
Click on the 'Email Export' option
Exporting Business emails and People emails together as one list
In the Businesses table, select Export Email List for the option to add all emails from the People table too.
Select all active People in the database
(i.e. those not connected to a Business.)Or if you just want to export the business emails, do not select the toggle
Email addresses for all active Businesses, and only the People linked to them, will be included in this process.
Curating your email list
Once you have clicked to export your list of emails, you can also scan down the list and deselect any that you wish to omit from the export.
Can I export filtered data?
Yes, apply your filters to the directory, and when you click to Export Emails, just make sure you click on 'Export Filtered'
Read more about Filtered Data Exports here
How do I get contacts into Mailchimp?
If you have the Vicinity to Mailchimp integration, please follow the instructions here.
To manually update your Mailchimp audiences with your Vicinity CSV, please follow these instructions:
In Mailchimp, navigate to the Audience tab.
Click Manage Audience
Select Import Contacts
Select CSV or tab-delimited text file
Continue to set up>
Browse to locate the file you wish to upload - this must be the Email Export CSV
Continue to Match >
Skip any columns that do not match or edit the column name if the column is required.
You also have the option to skip all unmatched columns.
Continue to Organise >
Choose the status of the imported contacts
Click update existing contacts
Continue to Review >
Import
**The process for a manual update may change in Mailchimp without our knowledge, so please use their help articles for further assistance.