You might also split your mailing into smaller batches so the calling staff can better manage the
mail date and the follow-up call date.
Don't try to target your
mail date "too closely." Land's End mails in such quantities that they can pre-sort and print on the cover, "Please Deliver On or Around October 30" and have it happen.
mail Date of postal service postmark Registered moil Date of registration Certified moil Date of postal receipt Mail from foreign country Date of foreign country postmark Electronic return transmitter Date of electronic postmark Private delivery service Date received by the delivery service as recorded by that service Any other means Date received by the IRS
Send a member of your marketing staff to physically go to the letter-shop on the
mail date and eyeball the job to be sure the correct pieces are put together in the correct envelopes.
The Member Services Department receives hundreds of calls a month concerning the mailing dates of various ACM publications, We thought it would be helpful to include a chart indicating the scheduled
mail date for the last issue published of each major journal.
It used to be 11 or 12 days after the
mail date. What's doubling day now--30 days?
In non-holiday periods, a mailing project should be begun approximately six weeks before the
mail date. During tight holiday periods, it is prudent to add an additional two to three weeks in order to provide a safety margin to handle possible delays in producing data files, legal approvals, last minute changes in the creative direction and SO on.
Squeezing schedules will cost you overtime dollars, low morale, poor vendor partnerships and worse, a possible missed print window or
mail date.
Reservations: 10/10 Materials: 11/7
Mail Date: 12/22