Recently, I was honored by a Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) member when he suggested that I join the committee, one that was formed over 50 years ago in the JFK era. After going thr... View More

This was fiction when it was first published on June 8, 1949: Winston Smith is a member of the Outer Party. He works in the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth, rewriting and disto... View More

At the end of May, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) released a report that outlines prospective areas in which it could leverage Blockchain technology. What is Blockchain technology, you may ask?... View More

Rochester, NY – June 7, 2016: Today, BCC Software™, a leader in postal preparation and address quality solutions, released the Integratec™ API Platform. The presort toolkit is immediately

STAMFORD, CT, June 3, 2016 – Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI), a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, will showcase its recently-announced Clarity... View More

A shout-out to marketers: Have you jumped on the growing trend to develop parcel marketing programs that get products directly into the hands of consumers? No? Well, listen up; you’re missing... View More

Most of my mail fails to impress me. Even though modern software, hardware, and data makes creating and producing highly personalized and segmented mail an achievable outcome, much of the conten... View More

Rancho Santa Margarita, CALIF - June 1, 2016 - Melissa Data, a leading provider of global data quality solutions, today expanded availability of its data quality tools... View More

Many marketing departments should consider using automated marketing solutions, including those of print and mail businesses. While automated may make it sound as if you are using computers to t... View More

Durham, N.C., May 25, 2016 – As a leading provider of technology solutions and services for communications, commerce and industrial automation, Bell and Howell has signed on as a technology sp... View More

Having been actively involved in the direct mail industry for almost 30 years now, I find one constant message that I have been preaching since the beginning — it’s ALL about the data. Sure

Cuba already receives Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes and Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes from the U.S. Postal Service®. Beginning May 23, 2016, we will expand this service to incl... View More

(Alexandria, Va., May 13, 2016)—Panelists and presenters representing printers, mailers, marketing services providers, consultants, and industry vendors and suppliers will contribute their ins... View More

Invoices, assessments, penalties, fees and the Mailer Scorecard are pretty ominous words for the mailing community. The Postal Service has been talking about these topics for well over 18 months now... View More

Mailers and mail service providers can register via the Business Customer Gateway (https://gateway.usps.com). Please note that participants are required to register for each promotion separately... View More

The USPS has completed its testing of the Mailer Scorecard for Full-Service with Mailers Technical Advisory Committee members (Task Team 23.) We now encourage all mailers to begin reviewin... View More

May 12, 2016, 11:00a.m. – 12 noon (EDT) Join us as the Postal Service continues to present its series of informational webinars on IMpb Compliance Quality Metrics targeted for implementat... View More

With the recent rollback of the exigent surcharge, we should be experiencing a savings in our postal spend. But have you reviewed your jobs to make sure you are squeezing every dollar you can?... View More

There is plenty of buzz about inkjet. Print service providers and in-plants with a long history of using cut sheet toner-based printers for producing bills, statements, notices, and other transa... View More

IrresistibleMail.com has officially won a Webby Award and a Webby People’s Voice Award! The Webby Award is bestowed based on an official judging panel from the International Academy of Di... View More