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USPS Language for Class of Mail Regarding Personal Information

Published April 3, 2012

Did you know that the postal service closely monitors Standard mail to make sure that mailers are not including just transactional content?  For example, a mailer could send out a change-in-terms notice mailing, including the last four digits of the recipients account number, via  Standard […]

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USPS Releases List of Mail Processing Facility Closings and Consolidations

Published March 6, 2012

As part of its plan to reduce costs by $20 billion, the Postal Service (USPS) released its decisions on closing and consolidating mail processing facilities.  Click here for the complete list of facilities.  There will be no actions taken until May 15, the end date […]

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Violating Trademark by Using QR Code?

Published February 7, 2012

There is a current thread in the 2D Codes for Global Media group on LinkedIn regarding a requirement to show the ® trademark symbol whenever using the term QR Code®.  Following is the text of a warning message sent by Denso Wave, the creator of […]

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Statement from USPS about “2nd Ounce Free” Program

Published January 27, 2012

Looking to boost commercial use of First-Class Mail, the US Postal Service this week launched its new “2nd Ounce Free” pricing program that enables direct mailers to send letters weighing up to two ounces for the one-ounce postage rate.

The USPS said the new pricing strategy […]

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Reminder – New Postal Rates Take Effect Sunday, January 22nd

Published January 19, 2012

As announced last October, the USPS in increasing postal rates effective this Sunday.  Standard mail is increasing by 2.124% or about one half a cent per piece.

First Class mail is increasing by one cent.  The good news here is that the second ounce is free!   Currently, […]

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EMAIL And Its Opportunities For USPS

Published November 21, 2011

By V. A. SHIVA     VASHIVA@MIT.EDU

For 20 years, as the Infographic shows, the US Postal Service (USPS) did not recognize EMAIL as a contender to their organization. In their focus in delivering physical mail, which they performed commendably, they lost track of another part of their […]

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How Far Does Your 44 Cents Go?

Published November 3, 2011

When mailing a letter that weighs about one ounce, the U.S. Postal

Service’s 44 cents is one of lowest First Class postage rates. Whether

you are mailing a letter locally or sending a greeting card across

country, it still only costs 44 cents now, but will increase to […]

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Why “seed” mail is not always representative of your mail delivery

Published October 27, 2011

Direct mailers generally add seed names to their mailing list that are mailed to themselves and other members of their company or organization.  Other than to see for themselves that the mailing was conducted with the quality they expected, many use seeds as a barometer […]

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Take Advantage of Mail Tracking

Published September 9, 2011

Aside from the assurance of knowing that your direct mail effort was received by the recipients, there are some significant other takeaways that can benefit you:

• Know how long it takes your mail to arrive

• Find out when individual recipients receive their mail

• Download data […]

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