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AFP eWire
February 19, 2008 |
Nonprofit Postage Rates to Increase in May Nonprofit mail rates are expected to increase by an average of 0.7 percent starting on May 12.   |
AFP eWire
May 4, 2006 |
Postal Service Proposes More Rate Increases in 2007 While charities just began feeling the impact of the last rate case, the USPS has filed yet another Omnibus Rate Case, proposing to raise postage rates again by 8.5% on average, including a $0.03 increase in the price of a first class postage stamp. |
AFP eWire
February 17, 2009 |
U.S. Postage Increasing for First-Class Letters, Nonprofit Mail While most nonprofit mail increases will be small, nonprofit parcels and nonflat machinables are expected to see double-digit cost increases. |
AFP eWire
November 7, 2005 |
Nonprofit Postal Rates to Increase The latest recommendation by the U.S. Postal Rate Commission would increase nonprofit postage rates by as much as 13 percent for some organizations in 2006. |
AFP eWire
June 21, 2007 |
Postal Service Denies Temporary Discount for Nonprofits The United States Postal Service board of governors has rejected a proposal that would have reduced temporarily standard mail regular and nonprofit flat prices. |
AFP eWire
October 6, 2008 |
Direct Mail: Paying For Your Undeliverable Mail Nonprofits that are not aware of the new rules may find themselves paying first class rates on their standard mail (nonprofit discounted rate) mailings. |
AFP eWire
March 10, 2008 |
Defraying Postal Costs: How to Leverage the Expertise of Your Mail House There are ways nonprofits can avoid unexpected charges even as most nonprofit postage rates rise in May. |
AFP eWire
March 14, 2005 |
Be Prepared for Postal Rule Change on Personal Information A new United States Postal Service (USPS) rule regarding the use of personal information in solicitations will go into effect on June 1, 2005. Charities should review their mailing and the rule's guidelines. |
AFP eWire
June 14, 2004 |
Letters Needed on New Postal Service Regs---Write Now! The proposed USPS rule would change the guidelines for sending charitable solicitations and would no longer permit charities to distribute letters with dual purposes (education and fundraising). Deadline for letters to refute the exclusive purpose regulations is June 18, 2004. |
AFP eWire
May 2, 2005 |
Postal Rule Changed to Protect Nonprofit Use of Personal Information After a year of lobbying by a coalition of nonprofit organizations, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has amended its new rule to allow charities to use personal information in solicitations sent via Nonprofit Standard mail. |
AFP eWire
March 21, 2005 |
AFP Supports Alert Urging Nonprofits to Contact the Usps and Obtain Advanced Rulings on Sample Mail Pieces Many nonprofit mailers may have to change the format and language of some of their nonprofit standard mail pieces or risk paying first-class postage. |
AFP eWire
March 5, 2007 |
Charities Facing Major Rate Increases for Front-End Premiums and Cards The United States Postal Service has proposed a new standard rate Not Flat-Machinable category that could subject charities to mailing rate increases of 100% to 400% for front-end premiums and cards. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Will These Companies Get Stamped Out? A postal rate hike can have unexpected consequences. |
AFP eWire
December 1, 2008 |
Reminder: New Postal Service Mailing List Requirements in Effect As of Nov. 23, the United States Postal Service now requires address lists for standard mail to be cleared of incorrect addresses every 95 days, rather than every 185 days as previously required. |
AFP eWire
November 8, 2004 |
New Postal Rule Eases Restrictions on Use of Personal Information Bowing to pressure from the nonprofit sector, the United States Postal Service has changed new regulations on the eligibility of nonprofit mail which contains personal information for Standard Mail rates. |
Entrepreneur
July 2007
Melissa Campanelli |
Postage Cramp How entrepreneurs are coping with the new postal rates. |
AFP eWire
June 4, 2007 |
Charities May Receive Small, Temporary Break on Certain Postage Rates The Postal Regulatory Commission has recommended that certain nonprofit rates be reduced for four months until the significant postage increases for standard mail flats come into effect in September. |
Fast Company
January 2004
Suzanne Nam |
So, All Those Nifty Scanners Do What, Exactly? Guess what the post office doesn't know. |
Inc.
August 2003
Elizabeth Wasserman |
Repackaging the Post Office Will a shakeup at the Post Office be a special delivery for entrepreneurs? |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Adam Aston |
A First-Class Crisis In The Making? As mail and commerce move to the Net, the U.S. Postal Service is facing a slump. |
Inc.
November 2005
Darren Dahl |
Postal Rate Hike Gets Stamp of Approval The price is set to rise from $0.37 to $0.39 in the new year. The increase has been expected for some time to cover deficits that are rising as e-mail continues to eat into overall volume. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2011
Molly McCluskey |
Can These Stocks Deliver If the Post Office Can't? Businesses that will win or lose if USPS goes under. |
BusinessWeek
May 26, 2011
Devin Leonard |
The U.S. Postal Service Nears Collapse Facing insolvency, can the USPS reinvent itself like European services have -- or will it implode? |
AFP eWire
September 19, 2005 |
Despite Reform, Postage Rates May Still Increase A postal reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in July was supposed to eliminate the need for a postage rate increase in 2006, but the projected savings may be diverted for other purposes. Here's how it affects nonprofits. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2004
Rich Smith |
USPS Goes Postal USPS will increase its rates by 10%. So what? As its high-margin business moves elsewhere, USPS has increasingly been relegated to the role of junk mail transporter. |
AFP eWire
March 23, 2010 |
As Budget Shortfalls Loom, U.S. Postal Service Eyes Nonprofit Mail Facing predictions of huge budget shortfalls, the United States Postal Service has signaled that it will take a closer look at nonprofit mail, which could mean steeper rate increases for nonprofit mailings. |
Inc.
October 1, 2009
Darren Dahl |
How Would You Make Over the U.S. Postal Service? With bankruptcy looming, the U.S. post office needs a major fix. We asked Inc. 500 CEOs how they would approach the problem. |
AFP eWire
August 16, 2011 |
Congress Considers Eliminating Reduced Rates for Nonprofit Mail The U.S. Postal Service's financial crisis has resulted in the introduction of four different bills in Congress to address the problem. Here is an example of how to construct a letter in opposition to your congressman. |
Inc.
July 2007
Ryan McCarthy |
Keep Those Cards and Letters Legislators in 15 states have introduced bills to create the snail mail equivalent of popular Do Not Call and Do Not Fax registries. |
CIO
February 27, 2015
Jim Cochrane |
USPS Tries to Keep Mail Relevant in a Digital Age We have analytic capabilities to track where mail is, improve efficiency, predict workloads, understand customers, provide feedback, and deliver consistently reliable service. |
AFP eWire
April 30, 2007 |
Action Needed to Delay New Postage Increases New U.S. postal regulations could increase postage costs by 100% - 400% for some charities. A list of key members of Congress to contact (if they represent your organization or employees of the organization) is below. |
Popular Mechanics
May 4, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
10 Geeky Ways to Deliver Mail: U.S. Postal Service Technology A history of devices used to deliver the mail and some thoughts on future delivery systems |
Inc.
November 1, 2009
Shivani Vora |
Websites to Help Streamline Your Shipping Shipping can be time-consuming and expensive. These online services can remove some of the hassle and expense from the process. |
Entrepreneur
August 2007
Amanda C. Kooser |
Tired of Waiting in Line? Save a trip to the post office with the DYMO Desktop Mailing Solution. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2012
Mark Anderson |
E-mail Isn't Killing the Post Office Revenues at the U.S. Post Office are doing just fine, thank you |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2011
Robert Eberhard |
Avoid the Post Office With This Industry Leader Internet postage leader Stamps.com soared on recent quarterly results. |
CRM
February 8, 2013
Dustin Sapp |
Are Your Sales Proposals Working? In today's fast-paced business and technology landscape, the most important question to ask is whether your sales process is working. Here are six tips for evaluating your sales process. |
Entrepreneur
June 2005
Kim T. Gordon |
Stamp of Approval Looking for a marketing campaign that will get your name in front of new customers? Direct mail takes you right to their mailboxes. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
New Stamps, Old Problem Postage rates are going up -- how will it affect companies like Netflix and Amazon.com? Investors need to carefully consider postage issues. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2011
Robert Eberhard |
Wait a Minute, Mr. Postman! Problems at the U.S. Postal Service could hurt Netflix's home delivery service. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2013
Skylar Bergl |
The U.S. Postal Service Fights To Survive Under Stifling Government Regulations Saturday mail delivery was supposed to disappear this August -- a cost-cutting measure by the U.S. Postal Service -- but the Government Accountability Office said that the change would be illegal. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Adam Aston |
Sniffing Out Danger in the Mail USPS has already installed anthrax sniffers in 104 sorting sites and it's on track to outfit all 282 centers by yearend, completing a $525 million effort. When all the machines are in place, USPS plans to scan the mail for other threats. |
AFP eWire
September 19, 2005 |
Direct Response in the Time of Katrina, Public Scrutiny With the impact of Hurricane Katrina, increasing amounts of mail and diminished public trust of the charitable sector, direct-response fundraising faces more challenges than ever before. |
Entrepreneur
August 2007
Kim T. Gordon |
A Guide to Effective Mailings Are you getting the most out of your direct-mail campaign? Follow this advice and post record returns on your efforts. |
Macworld
October 2000
Tom Negrino |
Corral Your E-mail Use Outlook Express 5 to Control the E-mail Stampede |
PC World
May 1, 2006
Tom Spring |
Consumer Alert: Ads That Look Like Bills The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is conducting a review of Listing Corp., a company whose mailed marketing pitches look like domain-name invoices. |
AFP eWire
September 19, 2005
Geoff Peters |
Best Practices in Direct Mail Fundraising Direct response is both art and science for charities, and as such, trends and hot ideas tend to flood the marketplace suddenly and then recede just as quickly. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008 |
Plain English: The Cost of Compliance The SEC voted in February to propose changes to the structure of the Form ADV, the disclosure document that all investment advisors must complete. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2011
Rich Smith |
Goodbye, Post Office, We Hardly Knew You The USPS is set to close more than 3,600 outlets. |
AFP eWire
September 11, 2013 |
Year-end Appeal Checklist Maya Gasuk is a senior consultant at West Wind Consulting Strategies in Fund Raising LLC, a firm dedicated to helping nonprofits. She still uses a checklist for every mail project she is involved in. |
