Volume 2
Fourth Quarter 2008

Move Update Requirements You'll Need to Know...

Every year approximately 40 million Americans move their place of work and/or business. Most of the time their old address stays the same in a variety of valuable client databases resulting in lost opportunities, lost sales and wasted money.

Effective Nov. 23, 2008 the Postal Service is increasing its effort to improve the percentage of deliverable mail by revising the Move Update standards. The Move Update standards provide ways for mailers to reduce the number of mailpieces that require forwarding or return by the periodic matching of a mailer’s address records with customer-filed change-of-address orders. The final rule published Sept. 28, 2007, included the following changes related to Move Update processing: Increase the minimum frequency of Move Update processing from 185 calendar days to 95 days prior to the date of mailing, Extend the revised Move Update standards to include all Standard Mail (letters, flats, parcels and Not Flat-Machinables), as well as automation-rate and presort-rate First-Class Mail.

Mailer's Choice will keep you compliant by providing the required Move Update on your mailing lists prior to each mailing to ensure your campaign complies with the USPS Move Update regulations.

Terri Hedges and Jack Potter

Out and About!

Our very own Terri Hedges, meets and greets with Postmaster General, Jack Potter. Terri and Jack had the opportunity to discuss new postal regulations while attending the annual Mailing & Fulfillment Service Association (MFSA) meeting in Austin, TX.

On March 29, 2009, the USPS will implement new address placement and formatting requirements for Standard Mail including Non-Profit, Periodicals, Bound Printed Matter, Media Mail, and Library Mail flat-size pieces sent at automation, presorted, or carrier route prices. Also, the USPS will adopt related revisions for automation and presorted First-Class Mail flats. These changes are the result of the USPS’s new Flats Sequencing System (FSS), which will automate delivery sequencing for flat-size mail. To help mailers, the USPS has published four fact sheets, which are now available at Mailer's Choice online. Click Here for all four facts sheets.

Mailer's Choice Hires 5 New Team Members!

ln order to keep up with the supply and demand we have hired 5 new employees. We only strive for the best for our clients so we can efficiently execute our client's needs and objectives. We feel very fortunate to have such an experienced and driven staff. Check out our staff directory for details on how to reach any of our staff members.