Getting Better Delivery of Your Direct Mail
When direct mail is a critical part of your marketing communications program, getting it delivered is a key to your success. Here are some ideas to help y... Read story
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Hot Tip: Shipping Costs
Former teacher Scott Kunst started Old House Gardens, a catalog retailer of heirloom bulbs in Ann Arbor, Mich., six years ago. Like a lot of rookie busine... Read story
Shape Up Your Shipping
"Free Shipping!" As customers, we all like to get free shipping when we place an order. But as business owners, we know shipping costs can quickly eat up ... Read story
Delivery Services
The U.S. Postal Service was established by the Continental Congress in America on July 26, 1775—thus before the U.S. had had its official start. The fir... Read story
Postal Costs
Related Terms: Mailing Lists All business owners h... Read story
Can You Find Your Company Here?
The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled its long-awaited stamp honoring small business, due to go on sale in May 1984, during National Small Business Week. A... Read story
Franchising The Mails
There is at least one government official who advocates getting the private sector involved in mail delivery, and some businesspeople agree with him. Read story
How to Cut Postage Costs
Cutting costs by using nine-digit zip codes. Read story
Software to Target Customers By
Various direct mail software and their capabilities. Read story
Postal-Rate Increase Could Actually Save Businesses Money
While the cost of mailing a letter will go up by two cents, rates for other categories will drop. Read story
A Travelocity for Sending Packages
A new website lets you compare shipping rates from multiple carriers. Guess which big-brown-truck-deploying shipping company is not amused? Read story
Repackaging the Post Office
Will a shakeup at the Post Office be a special delivery for entrepreneurs? Read story
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 Read story
Websites to Help Streamline Your Shipping
What with printing labels, calculating postage rates, and managing addresses, shipping can be time-consuming and expensive. These online services can remo... Read story
Mailroom Revolution Is Electrifying News
Sending a Mailgram is probably old hat for many businesses in the United States. But by 1995 some 30% of all business correspondence will be sent electro... Read story
Mail-Order Business
A mail-order business is one that receives and fulfills orders for merchandise through the mail. The terms "mail-order," "direct mail," and "direct market... Read story
Keep Those Cards and Letters
Direct mailers face a rate hike and other woes. Read story
Forecast: A New Year's Guide for CEOs
Various Inc. editors and other experts discuss a number of topics and how they relate to the 1996 economy. Read story
How to Get Off Junk-Mail Lists
Ordering information for 'Stop Junk Mail Forever,' a pamphlet describing how to get off unwanted mailing lists. Read story
Masters Of What?
Bravo for publishing Tom Richman's story "Meet the Masters" (March). These types of operations are apparently proliferating at an astounding rate. I know... Read story
Return Policies
Return policies are the rules retail merchants establish to manage the process by which customers return or exchange unwanted or defective merchandise tha... Read story
CEO's Notebook
CEOs give advice on employee sabbaticals, recruiting at trade shows, speeding up collections, taking advantage of electricity deregulation, and cutting costs... Read story
Ebay Most Trusted For Privacy, Says Study
June 15, 2004 -- As identity theft worries swell and spamming goes almost unabated, consumers have developed a newfound appreciation for ... Read story
Reining In Office Rumors
Shutting down the company rumor mill. Plus: Finding sales talent; curing the PO box blues. Read story
The Year in Start-ups
A survey of some of America's most fascinating new companies. (1989) Read story
CRM Plays Different Roles for Different Companies
The mad rush toward "I've got to do CRM" has turned to boardroom discussion of "What's the benefit?" -- and companies have become increasingly more skeptical... Read story
How I Did It: Tim Litle, Chairman, Litle & Co.
As told to Leigh Buchanan Industry: Financial Services 2006 Inc. 500 Ranking: Read story
Postal Rate Hike Gets Stamp of Approval
Price to rise from 37 to 39 cents in the new year. Read story
Flying Low
It is, depending on your point of view, either the first real challenge to the U.S. Postal Service's dominance of the firstclass-letter business, or a cri... Read story
Keeping Up: Books;
Ever wonder how a banker can possibly know so many little facts about such a wide variety of businesses? How do they figure out, for example, that a part... Read story
CEO's Notebook
CEOs give advice on adding star power to your board; the ins and outs of PEOs; venture capital's coastal bias; and the truth about Internet recruiting. Plus:... Read story
Bulletin Board
A collection of short articles about technology. Topics include dealing with a disgruntled customer's disparaging Web site; automating product inspection; an... Read story
The Best Way to Combat Rising Postage Costs? Free Stamps
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business. Read story
Feds Will Stamp Out Business, Vendors Say
Many of the 4,500 small, independent U.S. postage stamp vendors -- those who install and service vending machines in supermarkets and covenience stores --... Read story
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
Entrepreneurs from the 2009 Inc. 500 recall their best and worst moments running a company Read story
Warehouses Unplugged
Inc Senior Writer Anne Stuart offers a listing of some major players in the wireless data-collection industry, including questions you should ask wh... Read story
The Inner City 100
100 street-smart companies. Read story
Passions: Scott Mitic, CEO of TrustedID
"Watching the bees interact is mesmerizing. Bees have a bad name, but they are docile creatures." Read story
In Praise of E-mail
You may take e-mail for granted, but it just might be the simplest, most effective weapon in the marketer's arsenal. Read story
Fed Contractor Sought for Back Wages
A small trucking firm awarded multimillion contracts with the U.S. Postal Service owes its drivers nearly $1.4... Read story
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