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BREAKING: USPS Postpones 2015 Postage Price Increase

Posted October 2, 2014 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates

UPDATE: The USPS filed a notice for a postage price increase on January 15th, 2015. Find the details here. Postmaster General (PMG) Patrick Donahoe has announced that the Postal Service will not be filing for a price adjustment in January and will wait until early 2015 to reconsider any price changes. The Postal Service is […]

New FICO 9 Scoring System Equals More Direct Mail Loan Offers

Posted October 1, 2014 by Michelle Peel in Direct Mail Tips, Direct Marketing Trends

Fair Isaac recently announced changes to its credit scoring system, named FICO 9, which is welcomed news for consumers and lenders. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Changes Could Lead to More Bank Lending, Easier Credit for Some Consumers,” described changes in how the most widely used credit score in the U.S. […]

Leading Direct Marketing with Proprietary Intelligence

Posted September 26, 2014 by Mike Ertel in Announcements, Direct Marketing Trends

We’re no strangers to blazing our own trail in the direct marketing industry. Whether it’s leading the industry in the adoption of continuous inkjet digital print technology or pioneering commingling nearly 20 years ago, we take pride in our ability to lead clients toward improved, sustainable results for their marketing investment. This time we have […]

What’s an EDBOK, and What Does it Have to do with Mail-Gard?

Posted September 24, 2014 by Jerry Montella in Announcements, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Critical communications recovery. Well, it’s not up in neon lights yet, but it did just make it to the bright lights of the publishing world. Mail-Gard is proud to be part of the second edition of EDBOK: The Electronic Document Book of Knowledge, published by Xplor, The Electronic Document Association. In 2012, a group […]

Dear Diary: What’s New about Advertising Mail?

Posted September 19, 2014 by Kurt Ruppel in Direct Mail Tips, Direct Marketing Trends, Postal Issues Updates

The Postal Service recently released its annual Household Diary Survey (HDS), a market research study of the mail sent and received by American households. At nearly 400 pages the study covers mail trends during the Postal Service’s 2013 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2012 – Sept. 30, 2013). Let’s take a look at what it tells […]

Student Backpack Drives Help Meet Local Community Needs

Posted September 17, 2014 by Bev Lohs in Announcements

IWCO Direct employees have once again shown their commitment to ensuring educational success for students in our communities. This fall employees in our Chanhassen, MN and Warminster, PA facilities participated in drives to provide backpacks full of school supplies for students in need in our communities. Chanhassen Employees Reach Out to Meet Growing Need Our […]

Digital Marketing and The Shiny Object Syndrome

Posted September 12, 2014 by Tom Hexamer in Direct Mail Tips, Direct Marketing Trends

There are many adjectives I would use to describe working in the marketing industry. Rewarding, challenging and highly competitive come to mind. One thing for certain is it’s never boring! Marketers are not tasked with maintaining status quo; they are expected to drive growth, and innovation is a key tenet of the marketing gospel. In […]

Supplier Summit Highlights Evolution of “Total Package”

Posted September 10, 2014 by Jim Andersen in Announcements

On Monday we had the pleasure of hosting our 14th Supplier Summit. This annual event provides an opportunity to thank our suppliers for the role they play in allowing IWCO Direct to maintain our leadership position in the direct marketing industry, as well as updating our business partners on the state of IWCO Direct from […]

What Makes a Standout Employee: Profile of Past President’s Award Winners

Posted September 5, 2014 by Bev Lohs in Announcements

Every fall, IWCO Direct employees are given the opportunity to recognize the hard work and dedication of their peers by nominating them for the President’s Awards. Human Resource Managers for our Hamburg and Little Falls campuses, Diane Ohlinger and Sheila Olson, collaborated with me to explain how this employee recognition program highlights the incredible talent […]

Many Wish Paperless Billing Would Go Away

Posted September 3, 2014 by Debora Haskel in Direct Marketing Trends, Sustainability

It was just last week that I spotted a very interesting story on paperless billing, but I can’t remember whether I saw it as a Google Alert or if it was flagged by our media monitoring service. It could have been both. I’m telling myself that my age is not to blame for forgetting the […]

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