— Steve Jobs
Ever been curious how many subscribers your competitor has?
MailChimp has a handy “chicklet” widget that you can add to your MailChimp sign-up form that will show prospective subscribers how many subscribers your list already has.
The code follows:
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://us2.list-manage.com/subscriber-count?b=1&u=555555&id=777777“></script>
To use it, you need to replace “555555” with the unique “u” variable, “777777” with the unique “id” variable and “us2” with the server assigned to you by MailChimp.
What’s interesting about this is that these are the same variables used in any MailChimp-generated signup form and unsubscribe link! So, by replacing these variables with another MailChimp list’s variables and viewing the resulting URL in a browser, you can easily see how many people are subscriber. Note that this only works when you can find the u and id variables (i.e., for any list that is using MailChimp’s canned subscription form code).
This means you may want to avoid using the canned form code, at least until MailChimp requires some new variable to display subscriber count. Pretty sloppy move on MailChimp’s end.
— Stuard Wilde
(Source: jonathanfields.com)
Really insightful interview from Aaron Patzer, CEO of Mint.com, on customer development, ideas, prototyping, fundraising and hiring.
