Mail Tracking: The Secret Sauce to Save Fulfillment Dollars
February 24, 2022   Dave Lewis
	Fulfillment providers are shifting their packaging to flats where possible and saving 30% + on shipping. SnailWorks Informed Visibility tracking is making it possible. Have you ever bought anything online?  I’m going to go out on a limb... Continue Reading 🠢
The Perspective from the Postmaster General
February 24, 2022   Dave Lewis
	Wow!  It was nice to sit in a room with more than 200 other people!  It was my first -in-person postal event in about 2 years, and the Tampa PCC meeting was worth the trip. The big draw, of course, was a speech by the Postmaster General, Louis... Continue Reading 🠢
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... Continue Reading 🠢
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... Continue Reading 🠢
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... Continue Reading 🠢
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... Continue Reading 🠢
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... Continue Reading 🠢
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... Continue Reading 🠢
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. ... Continue Reading 🠢
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... Continue Reading 🠢