# How to welcome new subscribers with a discount code using MailerLite In this article, we will guide you on how to create a welcome campaign in MailerLite. Firstly, navigate to your **Shopify dashboard** > **Apps** > **Personal Discount**. Next, click the **Add automation** button, select **MailerLite** as your email service provider, and **Welcome new subscribers** as a campaign type.

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Then set up your automation details. For more information, take a look at the article on [how to configure discount](https://docs.personaldiscount.io/personal-discount-for-shopify/configure-discount). Save your automation and copy the code snippet to the clipboard.

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Now you can switch over to your MailerLite admin panel. Hit **Automation** > **Create workflow**.

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Select the **When subscriber joins a group** trigger and the group where your Shopify customers are subscribed to.

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Now add the action that will be performed when a subscriber joins the group. In this case, it will be to send an email.

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Let's prepare our email template. We can use the drag and drop editor for this.

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Now design your message template. Add the code snippet from Personal Discount to your automation. Drag and drop a **text** element to your message project. Next, **edit** this one. Switch over to the **HTML view**. Delete the existing code snippet and paste the one from Personal Discount. In the end, **Save** changes. When your template is ready, hit **Done editing**.

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When your automation is ready, it's time to activate it.

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From now, when someone subscribes to your newsletter, they will receive a welcome email with a discount code for their next purchase.