When the U.S. Postal Service restructured postage rates last May, some businesses took a wait-and-see approach, hoping the organization would change its mind and return to the old system of weight-based...
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Direct Mail
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Six Ways to Improve Postal Efficiency
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Mailing/Postal/Shipping
Affordable mail service depends on marketers and the USPS rowing in the same direction
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Mailing/Postal/Shipping
| Legal/Taxes/Regulations
| Direct Mail
Undeliverable-as-addressed mail costs the USPS nearly $2 billion annually to process. That’s a financial burden the organization cannot continue to shoulder while maintaining a healthy postal delivery...
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Mailing/Postal/Shipping
Tongues were wagging at DMA07 in October, following Direct Marketing Association (DMA) President and CEO John A. Greco, Jr.’s announcement of the organization’s new Commitment to Consumer Choice (CCC)...
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Direct Mail
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| Privacy/Data Security
You’re planning a mailing to a list of customers or prospects. You have spent a lot of time thinking up a really great offer and a clever creative piece. You get a good list and mail it. Let’s say the...
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Database Marketing
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As a member of the panel speaking on “Maximizing Customer Engagement in Direct Mail” at last week’s DMA07 Conference and Exhibition, Carlton Shufflebarger, brand manager of direct mail for the USPS, shared...
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Direct Mail
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You may be surprised to learn that just three key fields in your customer database will contain most of the mistakes in your file. They are the name, address and date fields. This information often is...
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Database Marketing
| Mailing/Postal/Shipping
Faced with the realities of postal rate hikes and increasing production costs, marketers must constantly evaluate their mailing procedures to identify incremental sources of profitability. Taking a closer...
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Database Marketing
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