Mailchimp help - my first ever email to my mailing list

[notthatamanda]

I think I am almost ready to send but in the content field it is saying this:

A plain-text version of this email will be included automatically.

Is that normal? Should I get rid of it? Can I? What does that mean exactly?
Thanks for the help.

[Post-Doctorate D]

Assuming MailChimp works the same as Aweber, that would be for eMail clients that don't support (or have turned off) HTML mail.  You want to keep that.

[notthatamanda]

Thank you Dan. Okay, I'm going to do it. First ever mailing list mailing thing. Couldn't have done it without you guys. 

[DmGuay]

Relax. It's gonna be just fine.

When you get a second, go and set up a welcome email that is sent automatically when someone signs up. Welcome then, say a little about yourself (and your books), and lay out what they can expect from being on your list.

[notthatamanda]

Thanks, I will do that tomorrow.

I think I sent the email okay. And I think I had 2 people unsubscribe when they got it. 

[Angela Haddon]

Just wanted to say that I hope you're sticking with it! I also launched my own newsletter via MailChimp this month - a bit stressful hitting that Send button, but the main thing is we got started 

[notthatamanda]

Thanks. 17 subscribers. 

[Angela Haddon]

Nice!   I found that running a short (week-long) campaign letting people know the perks of signing up really made a difference. But yeah, it just takes time for the word to get out. The main thing is getting into the habit, I think. Best of luck with it!