The Guide To America's Mailstream
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We Speak Your Language No Matter What Language You Speak

America may be a melting pot, but many of us continue to use and enjoy languages from all over the world.
English is a second tongue for more than 47 million Americans — individuals who buy and invest, vote for candidates, support causes, and donate to charities. To reach this vast and diverse marketplace, you need [...]

23May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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The Wonderful Thing About Green Is That It Comes In Different Shades

Few matters generate more controversy than environmental questions. Honorable people with deeply-held convictions routinely debate a host of issues, everything from owls to elephants and from old forests to new ones.
But debate is healthy. It’s a sign of activity rather than stagnation, a chance to test ideas, and an opportunity to build consensus.
Through debate and [...]

23May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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Free Newspapers — Who Ever Heard Of Such A Thing?

Each week in the United States more than 100 million free newspapers are delivered to homes and businesses. Consumers love free newspapers, if they didn’t then the local companies and small businesses that advertise in such publications would not get such terrific responses to their ads and coupons.
Free newspapers are delivered individually, carried by local [...]

23May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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You Work Hard for Your Money, Ad Mail Makes Shopping Easy & Convenient

Advertising mail makes you the boss. You can open it now, read it later, or not at all. And with advertising mail, there are no bells to answer, program interruptions, or other distractions.
You can choose to buy or not buy a product or service. You can choose in the comfort of your home or the [...]

23May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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The Truth About America’s Landfill Glut

For many years the media has published innumerable stories which worry that we are running out of landfill space. Such stories properly raise public concerns and have required virtually every community to look at landfill issues.
But if it’s fair to raise questions about landfill capacity then it’s equally fair to provide some answers. Are we [...]

22May2008 | PGM | 1 comment | Continued
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Mail & Advertising: Myth Versus Reality

Although advertising mail is widely used by businesses, charities, unions, politicians, and associations, the image of this advertising medium is often clouded with myths and fables.
Despite whispers (and sometimes shouts) to the contrary, advertising mail is not clogging the nation’s landfills, not subsidized by first-class postal rates, and not unwanted.Here are advertising mail’s most common [...]

22May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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Mail, Trees & Common Sense

Many people are concerned with the preservation of forest land and with good reason: Forests are beautiful, they produce vast quantities of oxygen, they are home to innumerable animals and they are part of our heritage.
There’s no question that mail is regarded as a paper-based product, and so it’s fair to ask: How does the [...]

19May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued
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Why We’re Here

This is the Internet era, a time when our day is filled with email, online shopping and web surfing. We receive a growing proportion of our news and information online. In terms of total shareholder value some of the largest companies in America have their roots online and it is the U.S. which leads the [...]

17May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued