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Try Googling "USPS Damaged My Package"

Sari McConnell wrote 2 years ago: USPS Damaged My Package Yesterday the USPS delivered a package from Amazon in a corrugated box that … more →

Tags: mailers, Corrugate mailer, Tips, conformer, USPS, United States Postal Service, Mailer, damaged package, amazon resellers

6 Tips to Avoid Overpackaging 1 comment

Sari McConnell wrote 2 years ago: Take out a measuring tape. Measure the length, width, and thickness of the contents you want to mail … more →

Tags: mailers, Freight and storage Savings, environmental consciousness, USPS savings, Tips, Packaging, overpackaging

FAQs: Can I Afford to Buy Eco-Friendly Products?

Sari McConnell wrote 2 years ago: Many of our clients are surprised to hear that eco-friendly presentation and mailing materials can c … more →

Tags: environmental consciousness, FAQs, How it works, mailers, Plastic Portfolios, Presentation folders, Business, conformer, Conformer Products

Try It, You'll Like It

Sari McConnell wrote 2 years ago: As anybody in new product development or technology can tell you, it’s challenging to get peop … more →

Tags: Branding and print opportunities, About Conformer, Innovation, Marketing, conformer, Packaging, sampling, Best in Packaging, Anton Steeman

Breaking News: PRC Denies USPS Exigent Rate Case

Bob Makofsky wrote 2 years ago: With a surprising and unanimous decision, the Postal Regulatory Commission has thrown out the USPS r … more →

Tags: USPS savings

USPS Innovation: A Closed-Door Affair

Bob Makofsky wrote 2 years ago: Earlier this week I had the pleasure of attending National Postal Customer Council Day at Gotham Hal … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, Innovation, USPS, United States Postal Service, PCC, National PCC Day

USPS Marketing Exec Robert Bernstock Resigns 2 comments

Bob Makofsky wrote 2 years ago: As an innovator of packaging and postal solutions, I have learned all about the strict regulations o … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, USPS, United States Postal Service, Robert Bernstock, blue ocean

“For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Used.”

Sari McConnell wrote 2 years ago: The shortest story ever written, by Ernest Hemingway, is just six powerful words.  At an innovation … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, Innovation

Be the Buffalo, says Canvas

Sari McConnell wrote 2 years ago: The publisher of Canvas magazine, Mark Potter, has been doing a great job lately of channeling every … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, About Conformer, Innovation

Canvas Magazine Repackages Great Advice

Sari McConnell wrote 3 years ago: I’m a little in love with this new print magazine, Canvas, that my colleague Matt Feldman at M … more →

Tags: Branding and print opportunities

10,000 Solutions: Use Your Best Bait When Fishing

Marv Makofsky wrote 3 years ago: We all know how difficult it is to get business these days.  Those of us in the printing business ha … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, 10,000 Solutions, differentiator

Blue Ocean Moment: Steer Clear of Best-in-Class

Sari McConnell wrote 3 years ago: The Blue Ocean Strategy Bob and I are delivering one of the keynote speeches at the Envelope Manufac … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, About Conformer, Conformer customers, EMA, Innovation, conformer, Conformer Products, Blue Ocean Strategy, mailing solutions

Put Your Initials on Conformer's Interoffice Envelope

Sari McConnell wrote 3 years ago: Many of you are on environmental task forces charged with the job of implementing reduce, reuse, and … more →

Tags: Plastic Portfolios, environmental consciousness, About Conformer, conformer, environmentally friendly, Expansion, envelope, Conformer Products, interoffice envelope

Uncommon Economic Indicators, Post Office Sale?1 comment

Bob Makofsky wrote 3 years ago: National Public Radio in NYC has been running a series recently called Uncommon Economic Indicators. … more →

Tags: USPS savings, USPS, postal savings, United States Postal Service, Standard mail, first class mail

Gusseted Mailers: Lower Your Expectations and You’ll Be Fine.

Sari McConnell wrote 3 years ago: I’m about to debunk a HUGE myth in the gusseted envelope world…so get ready for it. Traditional Guss … more →

Tags: mailers, environmental consciousness, gusset; expansion; mailer; envelope; Conformer

Mail Volume Drops, USPS Price Increases 15%

Bob Makofsky wrote 4 years ago: I awoke this morning to a news report of the USPS increasing postage by $0.02 today.  The report wen … more →

Tags: USPS savings, USPS, shape based postage, United States Postal Service

USPS Investment Puts Money in Your Pocket

Sari McConnell wrote 4 years ago: About a year ago, the U.S. Postal Service put out a detailed report on exactly how its investment in … more →

Tags: mailers, USPS savings, conformer, USPS, envelope, Mailer, U.S. Postal Service, gusseted envelopes, tyvek

Universities Are Getting Even Smarter

Sari McConnell wrote 4 years ago: I’ve gotten to know a lot of folks who manage marketing communications at universities across … more →

Tags: Presentation folders, environmental consciousness, Branding and print opportunities, conformer, FSC Certified, Forest Stewardship Council, Folders, pocket folders, university office supplies

Cheaper Than Cheap1 comment

Sari McConnell wrote 4 years ago: Two weeks ago, I helped my Kindergartener assemble his penny Valentine’s Day cards for his cla … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts


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