How to Sync Pipedrive Contacts with Mailchimp Audiences using Zapier

Quick summary

This tutorial shows you how to connect Pipedrive and Mailchimp using Zapier so that every new Pipedrive contact is automatically added or updated as a Mailchimp subscriber. By setting up this Zap, sales and marketing teams eliminate manual data entry and keep their email audiences in sync in real time.

Steps

1. From your Zapier dashboard, select Zap to start building a new automation.
2. Click on the Trigger field to begin selecting your trigger event.
3. Search for and select Pipedrive as your trigger app.
4. Select New Person as the trigger event to fire the Zap when a new contact is added.
5. Log in to your Pipedrive account and grant Zapier access to authorize the connection.
6. Click Test trigger to fetch sample contact data from Pipedrive and verify the connection.
7. Choose Mailchimp as the action app for the second step of your Zap.
8. Select Add/Update Subscriber as the action event to ensure new contacts are added and existing ones are updated in your Mailchimp audience.
9. Log in to your Mailchimp account and grant Zapier access to authorize the connection.
10. Customize the action details and click Continue to map your Pipedrive fields to Mailchimp.
11. Click Test step to confirm the action works correctly and data flows into Mailchimp.
12. Once the test is successful, click Publish to activate your Zap and go live.