From the category archives:

The Economy

A Few Stamps Short of a Full Roll

November 28, 2011

The battle goes on, for the life and soul of the United States Postal Service.  Life and soul?  Yeah, that’s what I think.  We are at a cross roads to decide whether we will keep the USPS as we know it, or will cut it down to a botique service used for direct mailers and [...]

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Support Your Local Mail Carriers…Please!

November 10, 2011

In my search for updates on the current postal service issues I came across a new source of information – PostalReporter.com.  This is a site maintained by the APWU, and I suppose other affiliated postal service unions and workers.  A concise site for all things related to postal issues,especially postal worker issues it was informative [...]

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Digital Media on the Move…Newspapers in Retrograde

November 1, 2011

This is a very tough environment for newspapers, and one that does not look to be brightening any time soon.  A lingering recession level of spending and generational and lifestyle changing trends point to a dismal future for any newspapers looking for a resurgence to past days of glory. Not only is the economy one [...]

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“Time to Letter Go?”

September 9, 2011

That was the headline recently in The Daily, the first online news product from the Murdoch family of ‘news’ vehicles.  Actually, I added the ‘?’ at the end, because they didn’t.  Their proposal was that it was time to end the postal service as we know it, not whether we should or not.  I know [...]

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The Initiative to Radically Change the USPS

August 14, 2011

Last month I posted on the issues that the USPS is dealing with in their search to find profitability.  Profitability for a government agency?  Yes, unlike every other unit of our government the USPS operates as a non-funded agency – they make all of their money from postal fees.  Since 1971 they inherited their charter [...]

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The Crisis Being Delivered to You Daily – Part 2

July 11, 2011

In my last post I discussed the problems of the USPS, their pension issues, and their overall solvency.  These issues could lead to higher rates, or major cutbacks in services.  Why is this happening?  Like any business, and just like the rest of the whole communications arena, including all print media, and telephonic services – [...]

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The Crisis Being Delivered to You Daily

June 29, 2011

This week I received my copy of Deliver, the magazine for marketers published by the USPS.  I have received it for a number of years, and it is now fully relevant, mainly because it not focuses on the role of mail in our new integrated marketing world.  Early on it was just a booster for [...]

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