Informed delivery is a new service from the USPS that allows you to see whats coming in the mail before you receive it. Learn more here: USPS Informed Delivery FAQs: Informed Delivery FAQ I have mixed reviews about this service as I think the suspense of getting mail each day and not knowing what is what makes…Continue reading USPS-Informed Delivery
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USPS Gets PRC OK for a 2017 Price Rise
USPS prices are going up in 2017. First Class mail goes from 47 to 49 cents on Jan. 22, with other products seeing varying price increases. On Tuesday, the PRC approved all postage raises USPS requested, except for Special Services price adjustments. The PRC filing says the commission didn’t receive information about those requests in…Continue reading USPS Gets PRC OK for a 2017 Price Rise
Postal Service Reveals Proposal to PRC
WASHINGTON, D.C., — October 13, 2016 — The United States Postal Service has filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of price changes for Mailing Services products planning to take effect in January 2017. The proposal includes a two cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp, returning the price to…Continue reading Postal Service Reveals Proposal to PRC
QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE CHOOSING A MAIL SERVICE PROVIDER
As retail businesses grow, so too must their marketing efforts. Mail service providers, or MSPs, help businesses expand operations in advertising and communications. These third-party companies provide a host of services including designing, printing, sorting, transporting mailers and more. MSP 101 There are thousands of MSPs in the Unites States. Some only provide specific services…Continue reading QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE CHOOSING A MAIL SERVICE PROVIDER
USPS Rate Expired Sunday
On Sunday, the 4.3 percent exigent surcharge USPS is billing postal customers expires. That means prices will go down on Sunday, absent some governmental action to keep the emergency rate the Postal Regulatory Commission allowed because of USPS losses during the Great Recession. That has at least one marketing vendor so excited. Pitney Bowes created…Continue reading USPS Rate Expired Sunday
Watch Us Deliver – The USPS
This time of year it is important to remember the important people in your life. Your Mom and Dad, Aunts and Uncles, Cousins, Siblings and one of the most unsung heroes of all, your USPS mail carrier! That’s right, that ever so important person that brings you daily news and messages from around the country…Continue reading Watch Us Deliver – The USPS
USPS Proposes New Print Technology Promo
New promos from the USPS for 2016. The U.S. Postal Service is looking to modify its 2%-off promotions for 2016, with a move toward motivating direct mailers to do A/B testing and to try out advanced printing technologies to increase customer engagement and response. Among the five promotions the Postal Service submitted yesterday for the…Continue reading USPS Proposes New Print Technology Promo
Postal Service Debuts Digital Mail
I have to say this seems very interesting to me and I would like to see the response on it. Does this help get people more excited to get home and open the mail? Does it allow for higher response rates? Does it further connect print with digital communication? In New York The U.S. Mail…Continue reading Postal Service Debuts Digital Mail
Current Postal Trends
As we conclude the trends week here at InkOnDaPaper we wrap up with postal trends. This is by far one of the areas that is greatly effecting our clients and causing them to move to digital communications. The mismanagement of the post office has scared many companies and driven them away from direct mail. Now…Continue reading Current Postal Trends