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Should You Partner with a Mail House?

Posted by Roger P. Gimbel, EDP on Sep 18, 2020 10:08:20 AM

 

A key component of creating printed materials is managing
the mailing system that gets the brochures or flyers to the recipients. It’s a big percentage cost of a printing project. But mastering the intricacies of the mail stream can be complex and expensive.

Some print shops outsource this critical step and partner with an established mail services company, while others opt to bring the function in-house. Which is the better? The answer is highly individual, based on the amount of mail you need to process, client requirements, and so on. It has to make business sense.

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Topics: news, mailing, postal, US Postal Service, mail, outsource, postage

Designing for Direct Mail

Posted by Roger P. Gimbel, EDP on May 4, 2020 1:47:13 PM

Direct mail is staging a comeback! Instead of concentrating solely on saturated channels such as email and social media, marketers are once again embracing mail’s superior open and conversion rates. To produce the best results requires both creative designs and compliance with postal mail best practices. Designers who have spent little time with direct mail may need to get up to speed on the details that make a direct mail campaign successful.

The volume and complexity of the US Postal Service’s Domestic Mail Manual can be overwhelming, but creative people need to focus on only a few important areas to ensure their designs flow smoothly through the mail. Design missteps that affect mailability can be expensive. Errors discovered at production time increase costs and put deadlines in jeopardy. A bit of knowledge is all it takes to prevent last-minute disasters and get maximum value from direct mail campaigns.

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Topics: direct mail, USPS, news, mailing requirements, mailpiece, mailpiece design, designers, US Postal Service

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