Postal/Mailing Archives - Assurety Consulting & Solutions

Sharick Mirza, CEO at Assurety Consulting, and Rex Bull, CMO at Assurety Consulting, joins Ian Kerr from Postal Hub to talk about using data to improve the customer experience in delivery and reverse logistics: Listen to the podcast by clicking on the play button on the audio player below. Case study of how data improved...

Informed Delivery® has grown tremendously in the last three years, and USPS is working hard to add features most requested by Mailers and Mail Owners. And that effort is paying off in a big way. Since its release in 2018, Informed Delivery has grown substantially – both in its consumer base and in adoption by...

  Sharick Mirza, CEO at Assurety Consulting, and Rex Bull, CMO at Assurety Consulting, discusses digital mailbox with Ian Kerr: Assurety’s history with the US Postal Service’s Informed Delivery What Informed Delivery is for consumers, businesses, and the post: Sustaining letter volumes Helping marketers exponentially increase ROI Giving customers a preview of their mail Penetration...

Postal Rate Commission Approves Financial Incentives for Seamless Acceptance Participants The Postal Rate Commission (PRC) has approved the proposed new postage rates that will take effect on January 24, 2021. This includes a program to financially incentivize Mail Service Providers (MSPs) to enroll in its Seamless Acceptance Program. An incentive of $.001 per mail piece...

Few governmental agencies can boast a history as long the United States Postal Service, and none matches the number of personal contacts USPS racks up six days a week as carriers make their rounds throughout the country. Millions of Americans rely on the United States Postal Service every day to send and receive essential physical...

  In a previous article, we covered the Postal Service’s goal of moving all Intelligent Mail Barcode Full-Service mailers to Seamless Acceptance by 2021. The Postal Service has taken the next step in making this goal a reality by filing a proposed Federal Register notice. The Seamless Acceptance FRN was published on Wednesday, January 8,...

As 2020 quickly comes into view, the upcoming year has been well primed for a busy year of postal activity for the mailing industry. January 2020 Price Change: The first item on deck is the annual price change which will go into effect on January 26, 2020.  The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has provided the required...

The final MTAC meeting of 2019 occurred the week of October 28th.  Many attendees were thinking this was likely the last MTAC meeting for Post-Master General™ (PMG) Megan Brennan with the recent announcement that she would be retiring.  PMG Brennan will officially retire on January 31, 2020.  At the same meeting, the dates for the...

The Postal Service has stated that they have a goal of moving all Intelligent Mail Barcode Full-Service mailers to Seamless Acceptance by 2021.  Is your company ready to make that move?  Seamless Acceptance is a Postal Service program that has been available to mailers for several years now.  The Seamless Acceptance Fact Sheet and Guide...