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3 dimensional blocks building out the word brand.

4 Effective Direct Mail Strategies to Build your Brand

FSSI logo FSSI on January 15, 2024

New Direct Mail Technology and Techniques There are huge ROI benefits to making your direct mail more helpful and engaging. Whether they take the form of greater brand awareness, deeper customer connections, higher response rates, or good old postal discounts. We are going to review some strategies to improve your...

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piggy bank with postage stamps with money bags.

Postal Optimization Guide: How to Reduce Postage Costs

FSSI logo FSSI on January 10, 2024

How to Optimize Your Mailing Practices and Lower Your Postal Rates Your ultimate goal as a mailing service provider is to get the lowest possible postage rates for your customers. There are many readily available ways to save on your postage and mailing costs without sacrificing the design of your mailpiece or...

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stacks of paper with dollar signs.

Why Are Paper Prices Going Up? Here’s Why Paper Costs So Much

FSSI logo FSSI Marketing on November 21, 2023

The Effect of Higher Paper Prices on the Print Industry In the last few years, there has been a combination of factors leading to paper price increases. With a combination of price hikes, increased demand, availability issues, and other related factors, the following dynamics are responsible for the recent shift in the...

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USPS Ultimate Guide Header.

An Ultimate Guide to the USPS: Certified Mail, Move Update, Mailer Scorecard, Address Cleansing

FSSI logo FSSI on November 21, 2023

The United States Postal Service (USPS) offers a complex array of tools, services, mail types, discounts, regulations, and insider tips for mail management that can be challenging to grasp. To shed light on this intricate landscape, we present a comprehensive guide that empowers businesses to effectively navigate and...

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Loan documents with a toy car and someone being handed a car key

Why Auto Finance Companies Should Utilize Direct Mail Services

FSSI logo FSSI Marketing on June 23, 2023

In today's digital age, we constantly consume information from various brands through emails, web ads, social media and even text messaging. This may tempt some auto finance companies to focus solely on digital marketing, but one traditional communication channel still gets customers’ motors running: letter printing and...

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passion for service logo with image of a handshake

Myths About Outsourcing Print and Mail

FSSI logo FSSI on April 20, 2023

Do you remember a time that you reached out to a company and were able to get your question answered or issue resolved quickly and to your satisfaction? How about another time when you couldn’t reach anyone and were given the run around – with less than stellar results? Service is the cornerstone of every...

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person holding a letter with different faces in the background.

Why Direct Mail Marketing Is Still Relevant in the Digital Age

FSSI logo FSSI on March 16, 2023

Direct Mail Marketing Deserves a Second Look By disregarding direct mail, you may be neglecting a lucrative revenue stream for your company. According to a Winterberry Group forecast, direct mail spending is projected to increase from 1.6% to 4% of advertising dollars in 2023, while spending in many other digital...

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a head with lots of colored arrows coming out of it.

How to Select the Right Colors to Match your Campaign Objectives

FSSI logo FSSI on March 9, 2023

We, humans, are a highly visual bunch.  How else can you explain why our species collectively consumes hundreds of millions of hours of visual content each day, including TV, movies and of course online video. Globally, we support each other’s visual Jonesing by uploading more than 300 hours of video per minute...

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