Look around your office right now. Do you see a box or tub overflowing with returned mail? If so, don't despair, rejoice! You are looking at a great opportunity to clean up your mailing list. Postal rates will increase again in April 2011. Using current, correct mailing addresses will save you money on postage. And a good clean ... — Read More
We all like to save money. Most of us like saving our bosses money even more. That's nothing new. But you may not realize that you can find simple ways to lower your company's mailing and shipping costs without compromising the frequency, volume, or quality of your business communications. Follow these tips, and you'll be a marketing hero ... — Read More
Good news for our mailing project clients: DataWorks has been approved by the U.S. Postal Service to offer Commercial Plus postage rates for overnight and priority mail shipping. Commercial Plus rates average 14.5% less than USPS retail rates for Express Mail and 7% less for Priority Mail. This can add up to big savings for our customers. Take a ... — Read More
Bubble Wrap turns 50 today. The familiar cushioning material, which was created and is still manufactured by Sealed Air, was originally conceived as an idea for a textured wallpaper. When that idea did not pan out, the inventors reworked the product as a packing material. The timing was right for a product that could be used to ... — Read More
Heard on the street: This is a good time to negotiate discounts on air shipping rates. To reduce shipping costs, corporate and individual shippers are choosing ground shipments over air shipments with greater frequency. Since the major shipping service providers have large air shipment networks in place, they now have excess air ... — Read More
Postal rates for many of the U.S. Postal Service mail classes will not increase in 2010! This includes first-class mail, standard mail, single-piece parcel post, periodicals and bound printed matter. Other notes from last week's Fall Postal Customer Council meeting: Saturday mail service will almost certainly be eliminated in ... — Read More
