Direct Mail

Direct mail is one of the most cost-effective tools available for communicating with your target audience. But the biggest advantage of direct mail is its ability to make personal, one-to-one contact with customers and prospects with a high return on investment.  And when used in conjunction with other methods of communication, the multiplied effect of direct mail knows no bounds.

EDWARDS offers a full spectrum of mailing services, from inkjetting, and inserting, to metering and mailing directly from our facility. We maintain staff trained by the USPS in postal regulations and make it a point to help our customers maximize their budget.

InkJetting

• 4” Print Path

Collation

• Can be done by hand or automation

Sequential Numbering

• We often sequentially number variable imaged (personalized) pieces, as a control number.

Inserting

• Inserting into an envelope, boxes, presentation folders, etc.
• Pitney Bowes Intelligent Inserting System with accumulator
  • 4 stations and accumulator folder
  • Inline inkjet
  • Camera watching system using 2-D barcode
• Mailcrafters six-pocket inserter, max size 6.5 x 9.5
• Hand inserting also available

Kitting

• Most kitting is done by hand
• We do have a variety of systems in place for those complex kits requiring us to check each package for accuracy

Presorting

• We can take data in a variety of formats and run it through address correction, move-update, and presort software to prepare mailings with greatly reduced postage rates.
• We can also get reduced postage rates when provided with print-ready PDFs.
• CASS/NCOA
• International
• Comingle and Co-Palletization Discounts

Affixing card or labels

• Permanent or removable adhesives
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• We can package and ship with assorted shippers to as many locations as requested
• We are at national account status with FedEx

Other Services

• In addition to complex personalization, we can also imprint names and addresses on postcards, letters, etc., and meter and mail directly from our facility
• We can also create shipping lists for package and other non-USPS distribution directly from our facility

Metering/USPS Rules and Regulations

• We have two people on staff that have been trained by the USPS in postal regulations
• Based upon the volume of mail that we process we have a dedicated representative to assist in getting approval and clarification of mail
• We process and meter mail two shifts a day

Other Fulfillment Services

No matter how complex you might think that a job is, we will work to offer a solution for how we might fulfill, and process the kit to it can arrive to your customer as you intended. Learn more about our fulfillment services.