Connect or Disconnect AddEvent Calendar Links

Use the AddEvent Calendar Links app to boost attendance, increase conversions, and keep your audience in the know about upcoming events. Connect your AddEvent account to Mailchimp to generate add-to-calendar links in your marketing emails.

In this article, you’ll learn how to connect and disconnect the AddEvent Calendar Links app.

Before you start

Here are some things to know before you begin this process.

• You'll need an AddEvent account. If you don’t have an account, you’ll be able to create one.
• Any changes made to an event within the AddEvent platform will be updated automatically in your email.
• You must be using the new email builder to use this app. For more information about the new builder, check out Design an Email with the New Builder.

How it works

After you begin the connection process, you’ll need to sign in to your AddEvent account and authorize Mailchimp’s access to it. When your accounts are connected, choose which existing events and calendars to share with your audience.

Connect AddEvent Calendar Links

Connect the AddEvent Calendar Links app to your Mailchimp account through the app detail page, or the Apps content block in the new email builder.

From the app detail page

To connect AddEvent Calendar Links from the app detail page, follow these steps.

1. Navigate to the AddEvent Calendar Links app detail page.
2. Click Connect.
3. If you’ve never authorized your AddEvent account with Mailchimp, you’ll see a connection page to Sign In or Sign Up.
   
4. After you sign in to your AddEvent account, a redirect page will send you back to Mailchimp.
   

That’s it! Your AddEvent account is connected to your Mailchimp account. When you add the AddEvent Calendar Links app to an email in the new builder, you’ll have the option to select events based on calendars from your AddEvent account.

From the new email builder

To connect your AddEvent Calendar Links app from the new email builder, follow these steps.

1. Within the new email builder, Select the Apps content block. Click and drag it onto your email template.
   
2. In the Select App sidebar, click the plus sign to expand the AddEvent Calendar Links option.
   
3. Click Connect.
4. If you’ve never authorized your AddEvent account with Mailchimp, you’ll see a connection page to Sign In or Sign Up.
   
5. Once you’ve signed into your AddEvent account, a redirect page will send you back to the email editor.
   

After your AddEvent account is connected, select events from your AddEvent calendar. If you have a paid AddEvent account, you’ll also have the ability to share full calendars in your campaigns.

That’s it! You’ll have the option to choose between text calendar links or logos of the calendar platforms that will display in your email.

Next steps

After you connect your AddEvent account, learn more about the content block types available in the new email builder and about how your content performs in campaign reports.

• All the Email Content Blocks in the New Builder
• About Email Campaign Reports

Disconnect AddEvent Calendar Links

When you disconnect the AddEvent Calendar Links app from your Mailchimp account, any information you may have added to a marketing email using the app remains until you remove the content block.

To disconnect the AddEvent Calendar Links app, follow these steps.

1. Navigate to the AddEvent Calendar Links app detail page.
2. Click Disconnect.