Short answer

FlipRSS connects your RSS feeds to Mailchimp so you can send automated newsletters (daily/weekly) with multiple feeds, de-duplicated items, and per-subscriber topic personalisation. Add your feeds in FlipRSS, choose schedule and rules, then connect your Mailchimp audience. Use the Config Generator below to copy the exact subject, preheader, and item template for a clean send.

What you'll build

Quick wins

Weekly industry digest

From 3–5 feeds

Only sends if new items exist

Per-subscriber

Digests

Map interests/tags in Mailchimp to topics in FlipRSS

Noise-free

Updates

Dedupe near-identical posts and auto-scale hero images

Before you start

Checklist

  • A FlipRSS account
  • Mailchimp login with access to the target Audience
  • 1–10 RSS feed URLs (blogs, newsrooms, YouTube/podcasts with RSS)
  • Optional: existing Tags/Interests in Mailchimp you want to use for personalisation

Step-by-step

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1

Add your feeds

FlipRSS → Feeds → Add Feed. Repeat for each feed you want to include.

Tip: Use clear names like "Company Blog," "Industry News," "Partner Updates."

2

Create a Digest

FlipRSS → Digests → New Digest → choose Multi-RSS.

Set frequency (e.g., Weekly, Friday 09:00), time zone, and email subject template.

3

Enable de-duplication

Turn on Dedupe → "Only include items not sent before."

Add a look-back window (e.g., 14 days) and enable title/URL fuzziness to catch near-duplicates.

4

Personalise by interests (optional)

In Personalisation, map Mailchimp Tags/Interests ⇄ FlipRSS Topics.

Example: subscribers tagged "AI" receive AI-tagged items first (or exclusively).

5

Preview & validate

Open Email-safe Preview to check titles, images, and tracking.

Paste each feed into the Email-Safe Validator to catch missing guid, oversized images, or invalid dates.

6

Connect Mailchimp

Click Connect → Mailchimp → OAuth.

Choose Audience, confirm From/Reply-To, and default segment (or send to all).

7

Generate your config

Use the Config Generator (below) to auto-fill subject, preheader, and item template.

Click Copy on each snippet and paste into your FlipRSS digest settings.

8

Send only when there's news

Enable "Send only if new items exist" to avoid empty sends (and Mailchimp pauses).

9

Test & go live

Send a test to your seed list, review formatting, then enable the schedule. 🎉

Config Generator

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Configuration

Generated outputs

{{digest_date}} Weekly Digest: {{top_topic}} Highlights
Fresh from {{feed_count}} sources • {{new_items_count}} new stories
<article class="flip-item"> <h3><a href="{{item.url}}?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign={{digest_date}}">{{item.title}}</a></h3> <p>{{item.excerpt}}</p> <p><small>{{item.source}} • {{item.published_human}}</small></p> {{#if item.image}} <img src="{{item.image}}" alt="{{item.title}}" width="600" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;" /> {{/if}} </article>

Email-Safe Feed Validator

(inline module)

Validate your RSS feed

Paste your RSS URL below to check for email compatibility issues.

How Multi-RSS & Personalisation work

(explain simply)

FlipRSS merges your feeds, de-duplicates by canonical URL/title similarity, then applies interest rules you define (using Mailchimp tags or interests). You can:

  • include only items matching a subscriber's interests, or
  • prioritise matching items and fill the rest with general content

Either way, you ship one newsletter, and FlipRSS assembles the right content per person.

Troubleshooting

(fast fixes)

No items sent

Check the look-back window and that feeds published new posts; verify time zones.

Duplicate posts

Increase title similarity threshold or enable canonical-URL dedupe.

Broken images

Ensure absolute URLs and limit width to 600–700px; the validator flags oversized images.

Paused automation

Enable "Send only if new items exist" to avoid empty runs.

UTM issues

Use the Config Generator's UTM pattern to standardise tracking.

Slow feed

Some feeds cache heavily—set your digest to run after a feed's known publish time.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Add all feeds to FlipRSS, choose Multi-RSS, and enable Dedupe to avoid repeats.

Turn on "Send only if new items exist." FlipRSS checks your feeds before sending.

Map Mailchimp Tags/Interests to FlipRSS Topics. Each subscriber receives content matching their tags.

Yes—add block rules (e.g., exclude "jobs" or "press" tags) in your digest settings.

If a channel exposes an RSS feed, yes. Paste the feed URL; the validator will flag any formatting issues.

Yes—set Max items per send in the Config Generator (e.g., 6–10 top stories).

FlipRSS skips unreachable feeds for that run and logs a warning; it doesn't block the entire send.

Toggle the digest Schedule in FlipRSS; your settings are preserved when paused.