Customer Relations
Mail Alert
The mailings below will be deposited in the near future.
Offices should honor the requested delivery dates.
Mailers wishing to participate in these alerts, for mailings of
1 million pieces or more, should contact Business Service
Network Integration at 202-268-3258 at least 1 month preceding the requested delivery dates. The Postal ServiceTM
also offers electronic Mail Alerts via ADVANCE. For more
information, see the ADVANCE Notification & Tracking
System Technical Guide on the Internet at
http://www.ribbs.usps.gov/files/advance/ADVTECH.PDF or
contact the National Customer Support Center at
800-458-3181.
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Title of Mailing
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Class and
Type of
Mail
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Requested
Delivery
Dates
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Number
of Pieces
(Millions)
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Distribution
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Presort Level
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Comments
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Life Line Screening Jackie
Mayer Image and
Repositionable Note
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Standard/
Letter
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2/18/06-2/27/06
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2.0
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Nationwide
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3/5-Digit
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Mail America,
Forest, VA
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Through the Country Door
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Standard/
Catalog
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2/21/06-2/24/06
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4.47
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Nationwide
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Barcoded,
3/5-Digit, Car-Rt
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Quad Graphics,
Lomira, WI
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The Sportsman's Guide
March/March Intro
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Standard/
Catalog
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2/21/06-2/25/06
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3.1
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Nationwide
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3/5-Digit, Car-Rt
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RR Donnelley,
Lynchburg, VA
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The Sportsman's Guide
TGW/March Main & Intro
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Standard/
Catalog
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2/21/06-2/25/06
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3.1
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Nationwide
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3/5-Digit, Car-Rt
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RR Donnelley,
Lynchburg, VA
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USPS Dialogue Campaign
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Standard
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2/22/06-2/28/06
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131.0
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Nationwide
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Barcoded,
3/5-Digit, Car-Rt
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Freedom Graphics,
Milton, WI
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Life Line Screening Jackie
Mayer Image and
Repositionable Note
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Standard/
Letter
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2/24/06-3/4/06
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2.0
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Nationwide
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3/5-Digit
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Mail America,
Forest, VA
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Midnight Velvet
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Standard/
Catalog
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2/27/06-3/2/06
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2.2
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Nationwide
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Barcoded,
3/5-Digit, Car-Rt
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Quad Graphics,
Martinsburg, WV
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Draper's and Damon's/March
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Standard/
Flat
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3/1/06-3/3/06
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1.6
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Nationwide
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Barcoded,
3/5-Digit, Car-Rt
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Arandell
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— Business Service Network Integration, Customer Service, 2-16-06
NOTICE
Overview of Dialogue Campaign
Beginning the end of February, the Postal ServiceTM is
starting a "dialogue" with every residential and business
customer. The Dialogue Campaign aims to connect with
customers on a monthly basis and provide information
about a variety of products and services, ranging from flat-
rate packaging to Click-N-Ship® service and NetPost®
CardStore. The objectives of the campaign are to educate
customers and to encourage them to try our many products
and services.
To grab customer attention, the advertising, in the form
of 4" x 6" postcards, features comic strip images of Dilbert
(for business customers) and Cathy (for residential customers). The cards will contain detailed information on a particular product or service, as well as instructions on where
customers can go for more information.
The Dialogue Campaign kicks off the 4th week of this
month with postcards going to business customers about
the My Desktop Post Office, a downloadable software
application that takes users directly to the postal transactions they use most often on www.usps.com. Postcards regarding access to postage stamps (Buy Stamps Here) will
be sent to residential customers. Each month the message
will change as we continue the dialogue with our
customers.
— Advertising,
Marketing, 2-16-06
ANNOUNCEMENT
usps.com Week Preparation
This year, usps.com week is March 27-31, 2006.
Post OfficesTM must confirm usps.com week events no
later than 8 P.M. EST on February 24, 2006. This means
that the location, date, and time must be secured and information available to order invitations for scheduled events
around My Desktop Post OfficeTM (MDTPO). Local people
coordinating these events need to work through their respective district advertising coordinators or customer relations coordinators (CRCs) that have Message Maker
access.
In an effort to reduce costs and increase production efficiencies, all invitations and "Take Ones" will be produced in
one batch regardless of when the event is scheduled. Invitations will be stored until it is time to drop so they arrive in
customers' mailboxes 7 to 10 working days prior to the
scheduled event. Once invitations are ordered and printed,
no information on the event can be changed. It is critical
that people check to ensure the information is correct and
changes are not made after the fact.
Production Schedule
Invitations and MDTPO (Winter Campaign) Take
Ones orders must be placed between February 20,
2006, at 8:00 A.M. EST and February 24, 2006, at 8 P.M.
EST. The orders will be in production status February 28
and March 1, 2006. The first round of shipping from the
printer will be during the week of March 6, 2006, so they are
delivered between March 9 and March 15, 2006. If you
cannot schedule your event during usps.com week and
plan customer events around MDTPO, you may want to
schedule your event in April after you receive the second
round of shipping mailed the week of March 27, 2006.
Remember, to order the invitations and the MDTPO Take
Ones, local personnel must work through their district advertising coordinator or CRC.
usps.com week puts you in a great position to deliver
some of our most convenient, easy-to-use solutions to your
small business customers just in time for tax day, and for
the busy spring shipping season, which includes Mothers'
Day, graduations, and Fathers' Day. We encourage you to
start planning activities now.
We will publish more information on usps.com week in a
publicity kit in Postal Bulletin 22175 (3-2-06).
— Advertising,
Marketing, 2-16-06
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