February 4, 2020
We acknowledge that perhaps some of what is presented here is obvious and nothing more than common sense; after all, we are not splitting the atom here. However, I have seen timelines become ineffective and mistakes happen after overlooking the simplest of details. Hopefully, you come away with some points […]
January 15, 2020
I had been waiting for a couple of weeks for some critical decisions to be made so we could finish developing a timeline for an appeal mailing that a client wanted to hit at a specific time. When I finally connected with the client and asked (for the third time) […]
December 3, 2019
As we discussed in our last posting, no one can accurately predict the delivery of mail, especially Marketing Mail. We can provide an “educated” guess based on our experience, but in the end, it is only a guess. Ironically, it is this “guess” we often base our entire timeline on; […]
October 14, 2019
We cannot emphasize enough the importance of selecting the proper postage method for your direct mail campaign. As far as we are concerned, it is the most important decision that you can make for the success of your direct mail campaign. Selecting an improper postage method can waste a lot […]
September 30, 2019
Many years ago, we dealt with a medium-sized biotechnology company and as part of their budget process, we were asked to price all their projected mailing projects for the upcoming year including postage. This was a time-consuming process that would take about a week to put together and finalize. Each […]
September 17, 2019
We recently had an experience with a client that we would like to share with you. Last week, we received a PDF rendering of a card from a non-profit that wanted to check if there was enough space for the address and barcode. I noticed that the indicia to be […]
June 4, 2018
Last week, I had a client do something that I felt compelled to typed back “well done!”. It is something that is very simple and goes to one of my foundation themes of achieving mailing success. For years, we had basically printed and mailed the same number of pieces for […]
March 8, 2018
Everyone I know has a non-profit organization or cause they care about. If you don’t – then get one, be part of the society that cares about others. Business in a fast moving, technology changing, competitive environment simply isn’t easy. Especially if you want to be profitable. What can be […]