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June 13 2021
That the Postal Service is seeking higher rates – significantly higher rates – is no longer breaking news. Nonetheless, some of what lies behind... View More
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June 9 2021
• Pricing actions part of balanced approach under “Delivering for America,” the Postal Service’s 10-year plan for achiev... View More
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June 4 2021
• First-Class Mail delivery performance showed a 9.5 percent improvement with 87.6 percent delivered on-time against the USPS service standard for the month of May compared again... View More
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May 28 2021
There was a commercial for Toyota that aired several years ago that had the tag line, “You asked for it, you got it.” In this case, given that the Postal Service finally issued its 10-year
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May 21 2021
Mail is a great way to engage customers and prospects, and it’s one of the most trusted communication vehicles out there. However, some mail pieces garner more attention from recipients than... View More
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May 13 2021
Technologies for implementing more advanced customer communications management (CCM) emerged over two decades ago and since then have expanded their capabilities through the development of mor... View More
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May 11 2021
Most people would agree that an envelope's purpose is safely transporting the contents from sender to recipient. But the envelope has another important job — getting opened! Magazine and cata... View More
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May 10 2021
Your customers and prospects take a moment to look at the day’s mail. Did your marketing information or customer communication stand out? Was it effective? If it didn’t get the attention of... View More
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May 10 2021
These six print-to-mail software options can help you make your mail operation run much more smoothly. This special sponsored section from our Jan/Feb, 2021 issue showcases some of the available... View More
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May 7 2021
In our article in the March/April issue, we provided an overview of the tools to a successful direct mail campaign in 2021. It starts with your own data. Demographics help you understand who your cust
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May 4 2021
Dimensional direct mail marketing, packages that have a third-dimensional aspect in addition to the length and width of a letter or postcard, enjoy outstanding conversion rates. These pieces s... View More
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May 3 2021
Like many around the globe, the print production and digital delivery industries continue to feel the winds of change in 2021. For those running printing environments — also called print sho... View More
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May 3 2021
I am going to start out with a blanket statement based on years of customer research: 99% of medium to large organizations have limited to no visibility to their mail spends across the enterpr... View More
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April 27 2021
If you think there is plenty of time before the mandatory Seamless Acceptance deadlines, think again. Back in June 2020, the United States Postal Service (USPS) activated all Detached Mail Un... View More
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April 22 2021
Back in 2014, the Postal Service was developing something called Real Mail Notification as part of its continuing effort to keep hard-copy mail relevant in an increasingly electronic world. A... View More
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April 20 2021
I recently received an email from a marketing company that started out with this statement: “Let's face it — direct mail is simply print, a mailing list, and postage, all of which are co
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April 14 2021
When we think about color management, we often think about its operational impact – how does color management help us turn out quality print – and that’s certainly important. But the... View More
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April 11 2021
Checklists work. That’s why pilots use checklists. That’s why doctors use checklists. That’s why successful people use checklists. Several years ago, I wrote an article for Mailing... View More
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April 7 2021
When it comes to industry disruptors, there have been quite a few during the 21st century. Uber and Lyft disrupted the public transportation industry. Airbnb disrupted the hotel and lodging in... View More
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April 6 2021
What if there was a customer communication technology that guaranteed consistent formatting and presentation of your documents, regardless of the devices owned by your customers? Screen size w... View More

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