Coronavirus and Your Direct Marketing – Important Update

November 20, 2020 Blog, Industry, PMG News
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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

November 20, 2020 Blog, Industry, PMG News, Resources
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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

October 15, 2020 Blog, PMG News, Postal Information
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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

October 8, 2020 Blog, PMG News, Postal Information
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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

August 28, 2020 Blog, Industry, PMG News
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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

August 25, 2020 Blog, PMG News, Postal Information
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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[...]

Is the USPS being impacted by politics?

August 13, 2020 Blog, Postal Information
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The reports about the USPS have raised many questions and speculation in this election year. Today, we share a statement by the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers to help our clients fully understand the situation. The Alliance’s statement has some very helpful information that dispels some of the silliness being reported. It also notes that there[...]

Get Ready for this Fall’s Informed Delivery Campaign Promotion and Save Up to 2% on Postage

July 13, 2020 Blog, Postal Information
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The USPS is now offering a reduced per piece rate – up to a 2% postage discount – for mailings that conduct Informed Delivery Interactive Campaigns this fall. The promotion period runs from September 1 – November 30, 2020, and registration starts on July 15 and runs through November 30, 2020. Informed Delivery Interactive Campaigns[...]

We’re Determined to Make Things Better

June 9, 2020 PMG News
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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[...]

USPS Announces Selection of New Postmaster General Louis DeJoy

May 7, 2020 Industry, Postal Information
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The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service has selected Louis DeJoy to serve as the 75th Postmaster General of the United States. DeJoy is a business executive with more than 35 years of supply chain logistics experience, including decades of experience as a contractor to the U.S. Postal Service. Current Postmaster General[...]