Coronavirus and Your Direct Marketing – Important Update

pmgdirect November 20, 2020 Blog, Industry, PMG News 0
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The PMG Family continues to work diligently to keep pandemic-related issues from delaying our clients’ mail dates. Here is some new information and our recommendations to help keep your direct marketing programs on track: We are finding that the pandemic is having a bigger impact on our work lately, with Covid-19 cases on the rise[...]

What We’re Doing to Keep Your Programs on Track During the Pandemic

pmgdirect November 20, 2020 Blog, Industry, PMG News 0
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To Our Clients, Supplier/Partners, Colleagues, and Industry Friends: Here’s an update on what The PMG Family is doing to ensure continued and uninterrupted support for your direct marketing programs during the ongoing pandemic. We continue to operate remotely with a limited number of team members working out of PMG’s offices on a rotating, voluntary basis.[...]

New USPS Tool Available for Business Reply Mail

Jessica Tanis October 15, 2020 Blog, PMG News, Postal Information 0
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Qualified Business Reply Mail (QBRM) Adds New Intelligent Mail barcode Accounting (IMbA™) for Faster Delivery, Lower Costs and Better Tracking Our team at PMG has utilized Business Reply Mail® (BRM) campaigns to help boost response since donors don’t have to find and use a stamp to mail back their donation. Due to BRM’s ease of[...]

Strategy to Prepare Your 2021 Postage Budget

pmgdirect October 8, 2020 Blog, PMG News, Postal Information 0
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Here’s what we know so far about the impending 2021 postage increases: The U.S. Postal Service is expected to file its proposed postage rate increases at the Postal Regulatory Commission before October 13, which is the release date for the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. The current CPI price cap is 1.458 percent, and[...]

DMAW USPS Expert Panel Reports on Mail Deliverability Trends & Tips for Fall Fundraising

pmgdirect August 28, 2020 Blog, Industry, PMG News 0
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Our colleague Debbie Sylvester of MailSmart Logistics was one of five expert panelists reporting on mail tracking data and sharing insights during this week’s DMAW “USPS Status: What is Fact and What is Fiction” webinar. The key findings conveyed by all the panelists: Mail tracking data across hundreds of mailers and hundreds of millions of[...]

USPS: Decipher Fact vs. Fiction on a Free Webinar

pmgdirect August 25, 2020 Blog, PMG News, Postal Information 0
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What is fact and what is fiction when it comes to reports about the USPS? The USPS has been featured by the media quite a bit in recent weeks. As a mailer, it’s hard to know what is factual and what’s, well, not. Debbie Sylvester, Vice President of Sales for MailSmart Logistics will serve as a panelist on a[...]

We’re Determined to Make Things Better

pmgdirect June 9, 2020 PMG News 0
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As we’ve observed the heart-wrenching events unfolding in our country these last few weeks, we wanted to take time to reflect on how we can have the greatest impact on being a force for good in our community and beyond. For the past 23 years, PMG has made it an ongoing practice to support local[...]

Coronavirus and Your Direct Marketing – Update

pmgdirect April 23, 2020 Industry, PMG News 0
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April 23, 2020 To Our Clients, Supplier/Partners, Colleagues, and Industry Friends: Here is an update on what PMG is doing to ensure continued and uninterrupted support for your critical direct marketing and fundraising programs during the pandemic:  We continue to operate remotely; both local and remote staff are accustomed to working remotely on a regular[...]

USPS and Supplier Partners All Continue Mail Delivery During Covid-19 Crisis

pmgdirect March 27, 2020 Blog, PMG News, Postal Information 0
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Mail Delivery Continues During Covid-19 Crisis The PMG family of companies, our partnering printers and lettershops, and the USPS remain committed to delivering mail to the American public during the Covid-19 crisis. The USPS recently shared their operational plans during the Covid-19 outbreak. You can read the full Postmaster General’s Letter to the Postal Industry[...]

Here We Grow Again – Welcome Ali D’Agostino

pmgdirect January 10, 2020 PMG News 0
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Join us in welcoming Ali (Aline) D’Agostino to the PMG Family! She joins PMG as a Senior Production Manager and will be working with several clients. Ali has over 20 years of print and mail production management experience having worked in corporations, at suppliers, within an internal production department and most recently at an agency.[...]