It’s Here Again! The 2024 Informed Delivery Promotion
June 25, 2024   Dave Lewis
	It’s summertime, and two critical postal events lie just over the horizon – a semi-annual postage rate increase and the Informed Delivery promotion. Rates increase about 7% on average on July 14, 2024. A couple of weeks later, on August 1,... Continue Reading 🠢
What’s Your 2025 USPS Promotions Strategy? You’re Going to Need One.
June 25, 2024   Dave Lewis
	The Postal Service has proposed some of the most significant changes to their promotions in 2025 that we have seen since promotions began. Change is always a pain, but there are real opportunities for mail service providers in the new promotions –... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 24, 2024
June 24, 2024   Dave Lewis
	A PECULIAR WEEK FOR SERVICE PERFORMANCE.  OVERALL, SERVICE STAYS ABOUT THE SAME. Nothing changed much in First-Class letters, with 84.2% delivered on time, vs 83.4% last week.  Average delivery days of 3.50 is better than YTD, so that’s... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 17, 2024
June 17, 2024   Dave Lewis
	SO MUCH FOR AN IMPROVING SERVICE TREND. A RETURN TO THE MEAN. The past couple of weeks had shown some promise that the Postal Service could shake off a couple of problem areas (I’m looking at you, Atlanta) and get into a better summer pattern. ... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT JUNE 10, 2024
June 10, 2024   Dave Lewis
	THIS WEEK WAS EVEN BETTER THAN THE ONE BEFORE.  WE’RE CAUTIOUSLY SMILING. Those who are following along at home will remember that last week was a pretty good week for USPS service.  This week is even better, with First-Class letters... Continue Reading 🠢
Practical Real-World Applications for Mail Tracking
May 30, 2024   Dave Lewis
	Ask me about the benefits of mail tracking – go ahead, ask me. We can do it in an elevator if you want, because those benefits get hard coded in my mind after all these years  – it’s my elevator pitch…or at least one of them. But... Continue Reading 🠢
Leadership – Making a Great Company Great
May 30, 2024   Dave Lewis
	You’ll forgive me if I drift away from postal news for a bit and talk about something else near and dear to my heart – leadership. Leadership to me is one of those delicate things that I’m almost afraid to look at too closely or acknowledge,... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 27, 2024
May 28, 2024   Dave Lewis
	MAIL USUALLY DELIVERS FASTER THIS TIME OF YEAR – NOT THIS YEAR Another week of poor performance across the country.  You should ignore the First-Class flats number…there weren’t enough pieces to be statistically valid –... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 20, 2024
May 20, 2024   Dave Lewis
	MARKETING MAIL SHOWS A SLOWING TREND, AND ATLANTA ACUALLY GETS WORSE First-Class Mail continued its disappointing performance this week, still influenced by even worsening service is the Atlanta area.  A First-Class letter to an Atlanta address... Continue Reading 🠢
US MAIL TRAFFIC REPORT MAY 13, 2024
May 13, 2024   Dave Lewis
	GEORGIA ON MY MIND – THE PROBLEM THE POSTAL SERVICE CAN’T SEEM TO FIX After a few promising weeks of progress, service performance sagged again – not to its worst performance levels, but well below where it should be.  And, standing... Continue Reading 🠢