• USPS MTAC First Class Mail Report

    Impact was recently honored by having John Stifter, our Vice President of Solution Sales,  selected to participate on the USPS’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC).  John is assigned to MTAC’s First Class Mail work group. This is a big opportunity and we’re so pleased that John was chosen. We now have two voices in Washington, DC […]

  • 4 Work Habits Others Hate About You

    We all have bad habits but sometimes we don’t think they are a big deal, other times we’ve just accepted them and move on. Obeying the Golden Rule is just as important at work as it is anywhere else so here are a few reminders of ways to be a better worker (and a better […]

  • 5 Keys For Direct Mail Success

    Having success with direct mail isn’t automatic…but that doesn’t mean it’s complex. A little work and a little thinking can help your direct mail piece succeed. Here are a few tips: 1. Have a Hook If you’re investing in direct mail, make sure you give your target audience something to respond too. There are thousands […]

  • Mobile Marketing Email Trends

    If things didn’t change email marketing would be a lot easier to keep up with. As people change the way they get their information (read mobile devices) the technology is also changing to keep up. Here are some ways to alter your strategies as more folks go mobile. 1. Smartphone owners more likely to read […]

  • Who Do You Target

    Generalizations are the heart of marketing decision-making. When we look at an audience–customers, prospects, constituents–we make decisions on the whole based on our assumptions about the individuals within the group. But are we basing those generalizations on our vision of the ideal member of the tribe, the average member or the outlier who got our […]

  • 5 Ways to be a Better Time Manager

    When you’re part of a small to medium size business everyone wears more than one hat, even the owner. Here are a few tips, tricks and solutions to help that continually changing dynamic of juggling responsibilities. 1. Empower Your Employees Business owners must learn to let go of the day-to-day tasks that are taking up […]

  • USPS Postal Reform Update from our CEO Tim Johnson

    On February 14th, the Senate held a hearing on postal issues. As expected the USPS announcement that it is planning to end Saturday delivery dominated the discussion.  (Note: Impact supports the USPS’s desire to end Saturday delivery; however, you should know that that plan is on shaky legal ground and it may be prevented by […]

  • Imagine a World With No USPS

    Here is an excerpt from an article from the February issue of Esquire on the USPS and how its simple and amazing: The letter is mailed from Gold Hill, Oregon. The eleven hundred residents of this lingering gold-rush town, mostly mechanics and carpenters and retail clerks in other places, wake with the sun and end […]