Our Most Important Core Value…All of Them
March 29, 2021   Dave Lewis
	I was going to send an inspirational email out to our team, reminding them of our most important core value – but I couldn’t pick the most important…because they all are the most important! Like many companies, as we have grown from being a start-up... Continue Reading 🠢
Looking for Trouble? Here’s How to Find It
February 24, 2021   Dave Lewis
	The observant among you may have notice that USPS delivery performance was, at times, um… suboptimal during the last few months.  Yeah, that’s it – suboptimal.  It is indeed getting better as spring approaches, but remains... Continue Reading 🠢
Understanding By/For as it Applies to Mail Tracking
February 24, 2021   Dave Lewis
	A really brief history of MID’s and CRID’s Before 2006, when the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) was introduced, there were no Mailer ID’s.  There were permits.  But the IMb required somebody’s MID in it, so the Postal Service decided that... Continue Reading 🠢
Seamless Acceptance and Informed Visibility
January 21, 2021   Dave Lewis
	Because 2020 was too easy a year for the mailing industry, the Postal Service has decided to up the ante in 2021 by throwing in an additional rate increase (maybe), and making Seamless Acceptance a requirement for Full-Service mail.  Whee! ... Continue Reading 🠢
USPS Earned Value Promotion – SnailWorks Gets You Pennies from Heaven!
January 21, 2021   Dave Lewis
	The Postal Service has a promotion this spring that can help you earn postage credits with almost no effort…well, at least no effort for you.  The Earned Value Promotion (EVP) rewards you for using Business Reply or Courtesy Reply envelopes in your... Continue Reading 🠢
A Secret Tour of the SnailWorks Skunk Works
December 24, 2020   Dave Lewis
	My favorite place to visit as I stroll the SnailWorks campus is the top-secret product development lab, or the Skunk Works as we like to call it.  Here you’ll find swarms of lab-coated mail scientists dreaming up new and better products for the... Continue Reading 🠢
Woo Hoo!! SnailWorks Starts Up a New MID!
December 24, 2020   Dave Lewis
	You know the problem with numbers?  There are only so many of them, and then you run out of numbers.  OK, I guess that is not technically correct – I have read there are infinite numbers available in the cosmos.  The Postal Service ain’t... Continue Reading 🠢
What We Learned From the 2020 Election
November 18, 2020   Dave Lewis
	I hope everybody enjoyed the election – we can hardly wait for the next!  Well we probably can wait.  Please make us wait. The Postal Service and the mailing industry played a big role in this election – both good and bad.  Suddenly... Continue Reading 🠢
Political Mail STIDs and Tracking Advice
September 29, 2020   Dave Lewis
	Political Mail STIDs and Tracking Advice So, here we are, about six weeks out from the election.  What’s the best way to track my political and election mail?  What STID should I use?  These are the worries that haunt a mailer’s heart... Continue Reading 🠢
Using Mail Tracking Proactively with Your Clients
September 29, 2020   Dave Lewis
	Here’s a game for you:  Ask a friend (not in the mailing business) who the Postmaster General is.  Easy one, right?  Louis DeJoy.  He’s all over the news.  Next, ask them to name the previous Postmaster General.  Give them... Continue Reading 🠢