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  #1 Jerry Snow on 30 May 12

   

  
  In this modern fast paced environment staying competitive is only part of how a business might help itself remain in business. Marketing and advertising strategies, cost cutting and trimming down business expenses are necessary factors in the equation. As a result, ensuring you receive full benefit from your postal system means you are not spending extra cash needlessly on something that has to be done.
  
  The Royal Mail today has numerous methods for helping companies run their outgoing and incoming mail every day. Buyers can perform most of their invoicing online by turning off their regular invoices. For much larger companies, this is an invaluable service that saves them money and time. They may setup an OBA Direct Debit that is slightly different to a regular DD. Anybody who creates an OBA Direct Debit has total control over which invoices they pay and when they pay them, compared with ordinary direct debits that can be taken out of accounts instantly in a given time.
  
  Discovering precisely how you can save cash on the mail you send out means getting up to scratch on which sizes of letters they send out will be the more cost effective. There have been increases in postage rates. One easy option to counteract this is to use smaller sized envelopes (Royal Mail charges by weight and size of item) so if you've normally sent your mail in A4 envelopes, you may want to think again about this and begin sending it out in letter sized envelopes instead since this will certainly be a lot less costly.
  
  If you possibly can afford to buy a franking machine, then do this since this will entitle you to a postage price reduction on both first and second class mail you send out. The cash you can save may well be a large amount that soon covers the investment in the machine, but this does depend on the volume of mail you send out each and every year. It goes without saying that you'll be freeing your staff up to do other things throughout the office when you've got a franking machine within your mail room, meaning they also are more effective for the company.
  
  Should you often send batches of franked mail such as newsletters or marketing promotions, Royal Mail offer further discounts for batch mailings with a minimum of 500 items. So it makes sense to review in the event you could batch your mail and if the discounts would justify the special franking machine you need to access these discounts.
  
  There has been plenty of talk of companies whether large, medium or small might resort to using second class mail rather than the first class service because this would be more cost-effective for them. So long as customer satisfaction in the service you are offering them is not diminished by doing this, then it would be a really effective way of avoiding the extra postage costs you might otherwise have to pay. It is estimated that 85% of 2nd class mailing arrives the following day anyway which means you can be saving a good deal with little real impact on delivery time.
  
  All businesses today have to can an eye on their expenses. The majority are already working with small profit margins, so if they can keep their postage costs down even when a rise in the rate has been implemented, then they must do so in any way they're able to and if sending mail out second class means avoiding extra costs, then so be it.
  
  I work for a marketing business in the communications department and take care of all of our mail, letters and postal solutions in general. We use the latest in print management software and franking labeling. In my spare time I enjoy backpacking and going to summer fetsivals.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><br />In this modern fast paced environment staying competitive is only part of how a business might help itself remain in business. Marketing and advertising strategies, cost cutting and trimming down business expenses are necessary factors in the equation. As a result, ensuring you receive full benefit from your postal system means you are not spending extra cash needlessly on something that has to be done.<br /><br />The Royal Mail today has numerous methods for helping companies run their outgoing and incoming mail every day. Buyers can perform most of their invoicing online by turning off their regular invoices. For much larger companies, this is an invaluable service that saves them money and time. They may setup an OBA Direct Debit that is slightly different to a regular DD. Anybody who creates an OBA Direct Debit has total control over which invoices they pay and when they pay them, compared with ordinary direct debits that can be taken out of accounts instantly in a given time.<br /><br />Discovering precisely how you can save cash on the mail you send out means getting up to scratch on which sizes of letters they send out will be the more cost effective. There have been increases in <a href="http://www.neopost.co.uk/royal-mail/how-can-small-businesses-cut-postage-costs" rel="nofollow">postage rates</a>. One easy option to counteract this is to use smaller sized envelopes (<a href="http://www.royalmail.com/" rel="nofollow">Royal Mail</a> charges by weight and size of item) so if you've normally sent your mail in A4 envelopes, you may want to think again about this and begin sending it out in letter sized envelopes instead since this will certainly be a lot less costly.<br /><br />If you possibly can afford to buy a franking machine, then do this since this will entitle you to a postage price reduction on both first and second class mail you send out. The cash you can save may well be a large amount that soon covers the investment in the machine, but this does depend on the volume of mail you send out each and every year. It goes without saying that you'll be freeing your staff up to do other things throughout the office when you've got a franking machine within your mail room, meaning they also are more effective for the company.<br /><br />Should you often send batches of <a href="http://www.neopost.co.uk/franking-machines" rel="nofollow">franked mail</a> such as newsletters or marketing promotions, Royal Mail offer further discounts for batch mailings with a minimum of 500 items. So it makes sense to review in the event you could batch your mail and if the discounts would justify the special franking machine you need to access these discounts.<br /><br />There has been plenty of talk of companies whether large, medium or small might resort to using second class mail rather than the first class service because this would be more cost-effective for them. So long as customer satisfaction in the service you are offering them is not diminished by doing this, then it would be a really effective way of avoiding the extra postage costs you might otherwise have to pay. It is estimated that 85% of 2nd class mailing arrives the following day anyway which means you can be saving a good deal with little real impact on delivery time.<br /><br />All businesses today have to can an eye on their expenses. The majority are already working with small profit margins, so if they can keep their postage costs down even when a rise in the rate has been implemented, then they must do so in any way they're able to and if sending mail out second class means avoiding extra costs, then so be it.<br /><br />I work for a marketing business in the communications department and take care of all of our mail, letters and postal solutions in general. We use the latest in <a href="http://www.neopost.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">print management software</a> and franking labeling. In my spare time I enjoy backpacking and going to summer fetsivals.</div>

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