Blogs

New Team to Provide Full Complement of Data Processing and Production Management Services

For Immediate Release
Friday, October 16, 2009

MMI Direct announced today that it will be joining forces with the Production Management Group to offer a full complement of data processing and production management services to direct marketing organizations and the agencies that serve them. Effective November 1, MMI Direct will become an independent affiliate of PMG and relocate to the same office building in Columbia, MD.  Read More ...

CASS, which is short for Coding Accuracy Support System, is the process whereby your mailing records are reviewed for the quality of addressing and deliverability. CASS ensures that an address falls within a valid range of addresses in the USPS system. CASS-certified mail is automatable and thus you receive higher discount at the various presort levels.  Read More ...

DMA Nonprofit Federation Unveils New Guidelines
All mailers expected to adopt Commitment to Consumer Choice

Moving to address both privacy concerns and consumer desires to control what arrives in their mailbox, the
DMA this week announced the new Commitment to Consumer Choice (CCC) Guidelines at its national show in Chicago.  Read More ...

PMG Industry Alert: Paper Prices on the Rise Again  Read More ...

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In this issue:

Postage Rates Increase for Standard and First Class
Penalties for Noncompliance of Move Update Procedures Postponed
USPS Considering Summer Sale to Increase Mail Volume

Postage Rates Increase for Standard and First Class

Dear Colleague,

I hope you will read this inaugural issue of our Cause & Effect e-newsletter and find it informative. I enjoy discussing these issues and invite your comments!

Regards,

Rick Powell
President, PMG

> It’s Not A Rate Change, But A Wake Up Call

> When it Pays to Be Dense

> The Skinny on Flat Mailings

> A Holistic Approach To Fundraising Survival  Read More ...

THE GREEN ISSUE - SUMMER 2008

• A Note From Rick
• PMG's "Going Green" FAQs
• Taking the Cue from the DMA's "Green 15"
• Print Suppliers "Greening" the Way
• Green Glossary  Read More ...

By Eva Bowie & Sean Powell  Read More ...

By Eva Bowie

These days, most organizations are looking for ways to operate in a more eco-friendly manner and reduce their carbon footprint. Some changes in the office - such as recycling and switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs - are easy to do.  Read More ...