How does my switching from mail delivery save time and money?
A. In the past, we have mailed out about 5000 newsletters. That’s 4 sides of 11X17 heavy stock paper printed in two colors (on some sides). These newsletters are run on our own press by a staff person. They are then folded on a folding machine. Another staff person runs off all the mailing labels ($70) on a printer. The two pages are then stuffed one inside the other and then they are folded on a commercial folding machine. Approximately 12 volunteers then put the labels on and peel/stick the closing tabs on the edges (required by the post office). The whole group is then sorted to bulk mail standards and prepared for the post office. Someone else then loads them in a van/truck and delivers them to the post office. Are you tired yet from reading that? Think of all the machinery wear and tear, ink, tabs, rubber bands, etc. on top of the cost of the paper and labels.
