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Tag Archives: Direct Mail
Earth Day and Recycling
Earth Day April 22, 2017 When I think of Earth Day I think of trees which leads me to paper (since paper is quite essential to direct mail) and to recycling which ties back into caring for our planet. . … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Mail, Environment, Paper
Tagged Direct Mail, Direct Mail Production, Direct Marketing, Environment, Green, Paper, Sustainable Forests
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Protecting the Earth with the FSC
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent organization that protects forests for future generations. It promotes environmentally sound and economically prosperous management of the world’s forests while meeting the current need for forest products. It was created in … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Mail, Environment, Paper, Uncategorized
Tagged Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, Environment, FSC, Green, Paper, Sustainable Forests
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Direct Mail: Ideal for Customer Acquisition
Johnson & Quin is the first US Postal Service® customer to receive authorization for co-branded sales collateral. The USPS and J&Q are together promoting the use of direct mail in omni-channel campaigns, and specifically for customer acquisition. For businesses … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Mail, USPS
Tagged Color Digital, Direct Mail, Direct Mail Production, Direct Marketing, USPS
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Postage Increases January 22 – Download our Postal Rate Guide
As you may know, postal rates are changing on January 22, 2017. For commercial mailers, some rates go up, some remain the same, and some actually decrease. When looking at all the changes, prices increase by about 1%. Here is … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Mail, Postal Rates, USPS
Tagged Direct Mail, Postage, Postal Rates, USPS, USPS Price Changes
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Update Your 2017 Budgets – Postage Increases January 22
Price changes for First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Periodical, and Package Service take effect on January 22, 2017. For consumers that means that the First-Class Forever Stamp increases from 47 cents to 49 cents (which was the price of a Forever … Continue reading
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USPS Mailer Scorecard Assessments
For direct mailers and mail service providers, it is critical to understand the U.S. Postal Service’s Mailer Scorecard, and how and why fines are assessed for mail that does not meet Full Service requirements and exceeds USPS thresholds. The Mailer … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Mail, Mailer Scorecard, Postage, Postal Rates, USPS
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J&Q Featured in Screen Video on Color Inkjet!
Johnson & Quin was recently featured in a video produced by Screen Americas, the manufacturer of the Truepress Jet520ZZ High-Speed Color Inkjet Printing System. Since the 1980’s we have embraced the use of personalization for direct mail to help our … Continue reading
High-Speed Color Inkjet – The Right Choice for Your Mailings?
By Kay Wilt Recent technological advancements have made color inkjet printing the best production option for many direct mail packages. The increased quality and speed of color inkjet offers many benefits for direct marketers including increased ROI. J&Q’s latest white … Continue reading
Postage Rates Take a Historic Fall!
Postage rates are decreasing an average of 4.1% on April 10, 2016. Continue reading
Posted in Postal Rates, USPS
Tagged Direct Mail, Postage, Postal Rates, USPS, USPS Price Changes
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Welcome to Bob Pullman – Joining J&Q’s Sales Team!
2016 is getting off to a great start here at J&Q. We are working with a lot of great companies and people to communicate their messages using direct mail, and many new opportunities are in progress. We also have a … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Mail, Johnson & Quin, Sales
Tagged Color Inkjet, Direct Mail, Direct Mail Production
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