In this article, we are going to talk about part of the toolkit. The toolkit contains several series of code which we have written during our development. We wanted to make sure you have certain abilities.
WHAT ARE MERGE FIELDS?
Merge fields help you to personalize your emails. For example, they can begin with the person’s name, e.g. “Hi Dave” for a more human feel.
You can also use merge fields to segment lists. Just briefly for now, you could segment your lists by gender, birth date or marital status for example.
ALL PLANS HAVE ACCESS TO CCB ID, CCB EMAIL, CCB FIRST NAME, and CCB LAST NAME.
As a result, they have been automatically toggled on or marked as DO NOT EDIT (see image below).
Med plan: This plan gives you access to the following additional merge fields-->CCB Birth Date, CCB Salutation, CCB Suffix, CCB Gender, CCB Marital Status, and CCB Family Position. [Mobile phone and Address are not included.]
Pro plan: Partners on our Pro plan have access to all the merge fields including our newest ones - mobile phone and address.
TO GET TO THE TOOLKIT
| From your CCBChimp Dashboard, click on Tools. |
The Tools page will open. The Individual Profiles / Additional Merge Fields tool is highlighted in the images below: pink box.
ENABLING INDIVIDUAL PROFILES / ADDITIONAL MERGE FIELDS
 | To use this tool, toggle on the button. It will turn pink/red.
Now, click on the yellow Edit Additional Merge Fields button.
This opens a screen that offers you a list of standard and additional merge fields. |
Toggling on
(1) Starter plan merge fields are automatically turned on by default.
(2) For Med and Pro plans: Toggle on the merge fields you want (and have access to) by clicking on the greyed out buttons to turn them pink/red (see examples in image below).
If you toggle on a merge field but forget to make a selection and try to Save, we will remind you and not let you save. In the image below, CCB Birth Date is toggled on. We are clicking save but we have not made a selection. Note the red 'Please select a field' reminder.
More info about the merge fields
CCB First Name
Toggled on by default. This is pre-set.
CCB Last Name
Toggled on by default. This is pre-set.
CCB Mobile Phone
(1) If it is not already selected, use the first dropdown menu to choose MC Phone (see image below).
(2) If it is not already selected, use the second dropdown menu to choose your country. In the first image below, we chose United States. In the second, the country is United Kingdom.
CCB ID (DO NOT EDIT)
This is reserved for CCB ID. However, you can choose any of the options...just make a note of your new mapping somewhere, so you remember what you did.
CCB Birth Date
This is reserved for CCB Birth Date. However, you can choose any of the options...just make a note of your new mapping somewhere, so you remember what you did.
CCB Salutation
This is reserved for CCB Salutation. However, you can choose any of the options...just make a note of your new mapping somewhere, so you remember what you did.
CCB Suffix
This is reserved for CCB Suffix. However, you can choose any of the options...just make a note of your new mapping somewhere, so you remember what you did.
CCB Gender
This is reserved for CCB Gender. However, you can choose any of the options...just make a note of your new mapping somewhere, so you remember what you did.
CCB Marital Status
This is reserved for CCB Marital Status. However, you can choose any of the options...just make a note of your new mapping somewhere, so you remember what you did.
CCB Family Position
This is reserved for CCB Family Position. However, you can choose any of the options...just make a note of your new mapping somewhere, so you remember what you did.
CCB Address
This is reserved for CCB Address. However, you can choose any of the options...just make a note of your new mapping somewhere, so you remember what you did.
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