WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – February 21, 2022 |
February 22, 2022 Dave Lewis |
Happily Boring Performance Week
USPS delivery performance bounced back to “OK” after a kind of terrible weather-driven performance the week before. It’s a holiday report, so we’re grateful for...
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WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – February 14, 2022 |
February 14, 2022 Dave Lewis |
Blame it on a rainy day? Terrible First-Class service
Depending on how your count, last week the US Postal Service suffered either their third-worst or worst First-Class service performance in the last year. And...
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WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – February 7, 2022 |
February 7, 2022 Dave Lewis |
What’s Going on with Marketing Mail?
OKOKOK! The weather sucked. We get that. But we’re still not happy with Marketing Mail performance across the country. It was worse for the 5th...
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WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – January 31, 2022 |
January 31, 2022 Dave Lewis |
A stubborn mediocrity persists
We just can’t get any consistency in Postal performance – we thought we had the pattern figured out: Worse but not terrible during the holidays, and strong comeback in...
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Share Mail – The Postal Service Gets All Social |
January 28, 2022 Dave Lewis |
Share Mail from the US Postal Service is not a new service. It lived an earlier life as Alternative Postage, not quite as fun and bouncy as “Sharing.” In many respects it resembles Business Reply Mail, in that the mailer does not...
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So, How IS the Postal Service Doing? |
January 28, 2022 Dave Lewis |
The view from a mail tracker
Last May, we embarked on an interesting new project at SnailWorks – creating an overview of postal service performance based on the billions of pieces of mail we track. I’ll spare you the gory details...
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WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – January 17, 2022 |
January 24, 2022 Dave Lewis |
A much better week as early month issues resolved!
After a troubling report last week, Postal performance snapped back up to the good place we had been hoping for. In most categories, on-time deliveries were much improved. ...
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SnailWorks Makes the Most Out of Political Mail Campaigns |
January 19, 2022 Karen Bartram |
Another election year is upon us and the pressure is on to deliver results. Political mail is expected to be at an all-time high, with more candidates seeking support and more vote-by-mail ballots in circulation than ever.
Political Mail Best Practices
The...
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WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – January 17, 2022 |
January 17, 2022 Dave Lewis |
The USPS and the Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Week
Huh?? After gushing on how well the Postal Service was recovering from its peak season, and sharing the data on two great weeks, this happens?? In most categories,...
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WEEKLY US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT – January 10, 2022 |
January 10, 2022 Dave Lewis |
Still no Holiday Hangover – Service Stays Very Strong
Two weeks into the New Year, postal service performance continues to strengthen in virtually every category. I know many mailers entered this past holiday...
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