Terminology Groups and Lists

Understanding Equivalent Terminology

Naming conventions for each service. See links for detailed descriptions. The CiviCRM-Mailchimp Integration connects email addresses from lists in MC to contact records in CiviCRM and vice versa. Here is the terminology that each service uses. For consistency it is helpful to understand and use these when discussing the integration.

1. Mailchimp
   • List - http://kb.mailchimp.com/lists
   • Interest Group - also just called Groups in Mailchimp
2. CiviCRM
   • Group - http://book.civicrm.org/user/organising-your-data/groups-and-tags/