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Postal Tips
Consulting assistance is an NNA-member benefit. Membership also includes a subscription to Publishers’ Auxiliary, featuring the monthly column, Postal Tips. We can help with:
- Interpretations of postal rules
- Understanding how to enter mail properly
- Assess steps you may be able to improve slow service
- Know whether you are eligible for Periodicals permits
- And unsnarl a host of other conundrums that arise when newspapers (and their shoppers/TMCs) are in the mail
Postal Tips: The July rate increase is here
Jul 1, 2025
July 13 will usher in the ‘Mount Everest’ of postal rate increases, representing the highest peak of increases experienced to date. These increases are hitting Periodicals especially hard, ...
Postal Tips: Thoughts on the new postmaster general
Jun 1, 2025
I wish the new PMG success in remaking the Postal Service into a sustainable organization that efficiently and promptly delivers the mail to every address at a fair price. I believe that’s not possible ...
How to make USPS’ Address Change Service work best for you
May 1, 2025
The NNA Postal Hotline has gotten a lot of traffic lately regarding issues that members are experiencing with address corrections.
Some alternatives exist for situations where plastic strapping isn't practical
Apr 1, 2025
By July 1, 2025, mailers of Periodicals newspapers and Marketing Mail shoppers or other flat newspaper-sized mailings will have to cross-strap bundles that go through mail processing. Plastic straps or ...
NNA offers resources to navigate USPS' new newspaper bundling rules
Mar 6, 2025
NNA resources to help members navigate the new USPS bundling requirements
An idea to save some postage, plus thoughts on the future of USPS
Mar 1, 2025
We came across a particular situation recently that allowed us to save a bit on delivery of subscriber papers to a retirement community in our town.
Bundles and the USPS
Feb 1, 2025
To refresh your memory, the Postal Service issued a proposed rule last summer that would require all flats bundles to be secured by two or more cross-strapped bands or be shrink-wrapped with two or ...
NNA’s influence in Washington benefits you
Jan 1, 2025
The U.S. Postal Service and the community newspaper industry have been partners in keeping America’s grass roots informed for well over two centuries, dating back to the time of Benjamin Franklin.
Some creative ways to leverage your renewal notices
Dec 1, 2024
Renewal notices, whether they be mailed paper notices or emailed digital notices, offer some opportunities for additional revenue, above just the money generated by the subscription renewal. Here are a ...
