Recent years have been a tough time of consolidation in the mail house industry. As the volume of direct mail declined, margins were squeezed and profits plummeted. As a provider of commingling services to mail houses since 2002, we’ve developed great respect for the companies who have persevered during this difficult time. Along the way,[...]
We are thrilled to announce that Vicki Sparks has joined MailSmart Logistics! Vicki has been passionate about direct mail since she started running machines at the age of eighteen at Sisk Mailing Services. She brings with her nearly four decades of quality service and expertise to MailSmart Logistics. Vicki lives in Pasadena, MD, with her[...]
People often assume it is a time-consuming process to start commingling mail with MailSmart Logistics or that they need to have really big mailings. Fortunately, neither could be further from the truth. You only need to do two or three things before we pick up your first mailing, none of which should take more than[...]
As mailing budgets tighten and postage rates go up, many advertisers and mail shops find themselves in a constant struggle to cut costs. Commingling can help. The USPS reduces what it charges to deliver a piece of mail commensurate with the work you save them. There are substantial savings if you sort your mail into[...]
Will we see you in the registration line at the National Postal Forum? We sure hope so. MailSmart Logistics will be sponsoring a Daily Prize Drawing in the Exhibit Hall and our own Debbie Sylvester will be there for the whole event. The forum will be held in beautiful Anaheim, California and has an impressive[...]
As you spend your days dealing with challenges such as complex customer demands, tight deadlines and equipment breakdowns, it’s easy to lose sight of the importance of keeping your labor costs down. However, in today’s extremely price-sensitive market, outsourcing some of the work that is eating up your employee’s time can have a substantial impact[...]
Have you ever stopped to think about how much of your staff’s time and effort goes into sorting and bundling mail to maximize postal savings? How about the time they spend keeping up with ever-changing USPS bulk mail regulations? Clearly, having good postal presort software makes the job easier. In fact, it’s hard to imagine[...]
Isn’t your day busy enough without the necessity of negotiating a new commingling rate for every mailing? MailSmart Logistics uses its buying power from commingling 270 million pieces of mail a year to negotiate the lowest-possible commingling rates for our customers. Based upon your expected mail volume, we’ll lock in one postage rate good for[...]
Has this ever happened to you? Your customer calls with a serious concern – they’re not seeing the returns they expected from their latest mailing so they’re wondering if there was a problem with how it was mailed. You do your best to assure your customer that everything was handled perfectly on your end, but[...]
First class mail is typically delivered in the U.S. within 1-4 days. If you are shipping at least 200 pieces and the mailing is not extremely time-sensitive, you can ship standard class (often referred to as “bulk mail”) instead. Bulk mail rates will be 38% – 55% less than first class if your company is[...]
