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Most tracking companies can help you track specific addresses within a file.  However depending on the quantity of the mailing by the time you factor in the extra steps in tracking just specific records in the file, minimum costs you may find it easier and cheaper to track the whole mailing. Additionally i have had incidents where the seeds are in one state -say Utah, while the mailing itself was mostly around the Nashville area. The delivery the seeds received were not representative of the delivery the rest of the mailing received.  So by tracking the entire mailing you get a much better picture. I would suggest you talk to tracking companies to find your best options.  If you want to email me at scolella@... I would be happy to share with you some of my tracking experiences and the contact information for the company i use. 

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Stephen Colella
V.P.-Postal Affairs
Calmark Group
Bedford Park IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 10:56
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We have a customer that is having issues receiving their "seeds". We did a seed test, and sent them out first class, and of course, they received those. So now the customer is wanting to know if we can leave the seeds in the mailing, mail them at the same class of mail as the rest of the mailing (nonprofit), and yet track just the seeds. I'm under the impression that we can track them, but we'd have to track the entire mailing, not just specific records. Am I correct? Or is there another alternative that I'm not considering?

Jenn Davis
Data Processing/Programming Manager
Harmony Marketing Group
115 N Main St, Bourbon, IN 46504
Toll Free: 1-800-525-3742 x 115
Phone: 574-342-0215 x 115
Fax: 574-342-0409
Email: Jenn.Davis@...<mailto:Jenn.Davis@...>

We're tracking 10% of a mailing that we're processing right now.  We LOVE and use www.snailworks.com (an Epicomm member from back in the MASA days).  It's super easy.  It's super intuitive for you and your client.  I would be happy to tell you our experience doing this as well.  Oh yeah, you can pay by the job (which we've been doing) or get, kind of a subscription so it's even easier.

Good luck.

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Emmet Marshall
President
Mail Advertising Bureau, Inc.
Kent WA
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:05
From: Stephen Colella
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Most tracking companies can help you track specific addresses within a file.  However depending on the quantity of the mailing by the time you factor in the extra steps in tracking just specific records in the file, minimum costs you may find it easier and cheaper to track the whole mailing. Additionally i have had incidents where the seeds are in one state -say Utah, while the mailing itself was mostly around the Nashville area. The delivery the seeds received were not representative of the delivery the rest of the mailing received.  So by tracking the entire mailing you get a much better picture. I would suggest you talk to tracking companies to find your best options.  If you want to email me at scolella@... I would be happy to share with you some of my tracking experiences and the contact information for the company i use. 

------------------------------
Stephen Colella
V.P.-Postal Affairs
Calmark Group
Bedford Park IL
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 10:56
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We have a customer that is having issues receiving their "seeds". We did a seed test, and sent them out first class, and of course, they received those. So now the customer is wanting to know if we can leave the seeds in the mailing, mail them at the same class of mail as the rest of the mailing (nonprofit), and yet track just the seeds. I'm under the impression that we can track them, but we'd have to track the entire mailing, not just specific records. Am I correct? Or is there another alternative that I'm not considering?

Jenn Davis
Data Processing/Programming Manager
Harmony Marketing Group
115 N Main St, Bourbon, IN 46504
Toll Free: 1-800-525-3742 x 115
Phone: 574-342-0215 x 115
Fax: 574-342-0409
Email: Jenn.Davis@...<mailto:Jenn.Davis@...>

Another very cost effective tool is BCC Track and Trace. As a full service mailer you can get some tracking for free... but BCC has made it so simple it is worth the few dollars it costs.

Any time we onboard a new customer we add the feature as a standard service. Again for the cost it saves many a headache trying to explain where the mail is... 

------------------------------
Glen Swyers, MDP
Sales Manager - Mailing & Fulfillment
Classic Graphics - Imagine!
Charlotte, NC
704-597-9015
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:17
From: Emmet Marshall
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We're tracking 10% of a mailing that we're processing right now.  We LOVE and use www.snailworks.com (an Epicomm member from back in the MASA days).  It's super easy.  It's super intuitive for you and your client.  I would be happy to tell you our experience doing this as well.  Oh yeah, you can pay by the job (which we've been doing) or get, kind of a subscription so it's even easier.

Good luck.

------------------------------
Emmet Marshall
President
Mail Advertising Bureau, Inc.
Kent WA
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:05
From: Stephen Colella
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Most tracking companies can help you track specific addresses within a file.  However depending on the quantity of the mailing by the time you factor in the extra steps in tracking just specific records in the file, minimum costs you may find it easier and cheaper to track the whole mailing. Additionally i have had incidents where the seeds are in one state -say Utah, while the mailing itself was mostly around the Nashville area. The delivery the seeds received were not representative of the delivery the rest of the mailing received.  So by tracking the entire mailing you get a much better picture. I would suggest you talk to tracking companies to find your best options.  If you want to email me at scolella@... I would be happy to share with you some of my tracking experiences and the contact information for the company i use. 

------------------------------
Stephen Colella
V.P.-Postal Affairs
Calmark Group
Bedford Park IL
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 10:56
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We have a customer that is having issues receiving their "seeds". We did a seed test, and sent them out first class, and of course, they received those. So now the customer is wanting to know if we can leave the seeds in the mailing, mail them at the same class of mail as the rest of the mailing (nonprofit), and yet track just the seeds. I'm under the impression that we can track them, but we'd have to track the entire mailing, not just specific records. Am I correct? Or is there another alternative that I'm not considering?

Jenn Davis
Data Processing/Programming Manager
Harmony Marketing Group
115 N Main St, Bourbon, IN 46504
Toll Free: 1-800-525-3742 x 115
Phone: 574-342-0215 x 115
Fax: 574-342-0409
Email: Jenn.Davis@...<mailto:Jenn.Davis@...>

Another very cost effective tool is BCC Track and Trace. As a full service mailer you can get some tracking for free... but BCC has made it so simple it is worth the few dollars it costs.

Any time we onboard a new customer we add the feature as a standard service. Again for the cost it saves many a headache trying to explain where the mail is... 

------------------------------
Glen Swyers, MDP
Sales Manager - Mailing & Fulfillment
Classic Graphics - Imagine!
Charlotte, NC
704-597-9015
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:17
From: Emmet Marshall
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We're tracking 10% of a mailing that we're processing right now.  We LOVE and use www.snailworks.com (an Epicomm member from back in the MASA days).  It's super easy.  It's super intuitive for you and your client.  I would be happy to tell you our experience doing this as well.  Oh yeah, you can pay by the job (which we've been doing) or get, kind of a subscription so it's even easier.

Good luck.

------------------------------
Emmet Marshall
President
Mail Advertising Bureau, Inc.
Kent WA
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:05
From: Stephen Colella
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Most tracking companies can help you track specific addresses within a file.  However depending on the quantity of the mailing by the time you factor in the extra steps in tracking just specific records in the file, minimum costs you may find it easier and cheaper to track the whole mailing. Additionally i have had incidents where the seeds are in one state -say Utah, while the mailing itself was mostly around the Nashville area. The delivery the seeds received were not representative of the delivery the rest of the mailing received.  So by tracking the entire mailing you get a much better picture. I would suggest you talk to tracking companies to find your best options.  If you want to email me at scolella@... I would be happy to share with you some of my tracking experiences and the contact information for the company i use. 

------------------------------
Stephen Colella
V.P.-Postal Affairs
Calmark Group
Bedford Park IL
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 10:56
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We have a customer that is having issues receiving their "seeds". We did a seed test, and sent them out first class, and of course, they received those. So now the customer is wanting to know if we can leave the seeds in the mailing, mail them at the same class of mail as the rest of the mailing (nonprofit), and yet track just the seeds. I'm under the impression that we can track them, but we'd have to track the entire mailing, not just specific records. Am I correct? Or is there another alternative that I'm not considering?

Jenn Davis
Data Processing/Programming Manager
Harmony Marketing Group
115 N Main St, Bourbon, IN 46504
Toll Free: 1-800-525-3742 x 115
Phone: 574-342-0215 x 115
Fax: 574-342-0409
Email: Jenn.Davis@...<mailto:Jenn.Davis@...>

Thanks Glen - we are currently BCC TNT subscribers, but I just called, and the options are either:

1) the entire mailing

2) the first piece of a tray

3) the last piece of a tray

So I can't target specific records.

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Jenn Davis
Mailing Services Supervisor
Harmony Marketing Group
Bourbon IN
jenn.davis@...
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:27
From: Glen Swyers
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Another very cost effective tool is BCC Track and Trace. As a full service mailer you can get some tracking for free... but BCC has made it so simple it is worth the few dollars it costs.

Any time we onboard a new customer we add the feature as a standard service. Again for the cost it saves many a headache trying to explain where the mail is... 

------------------------------
Glen Swyers, MDP
Sales Manager - Mailing & Fulfillment
Classic Graphics - Imagine!
Charlotte, NC
704-597-9015
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:17
From: Emmet Marshall
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We're tracking 10% of a mailing that we're processing right now.  We LOVE and use www.snailworks.com (an Epicomm member from back in the MASA days).  It's super easy.  It's super intuitive for you and your client.  I would be happy to tell you our experience doing this as well.  Oh yeah, you can pay by the job (which we've been doing) or get, kind of a subscription so it's even easier.

Good luck.

------------------------------
Emmet Marshall
President
Mail Advertising Bureau, Inc.
Kent WA
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:05
From: Stephen Colella
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Most tracking companies can help you track specific addresses within a file.  However depending on the quantity of the mailing by the time you factor in the extra steps in tracking just specific records in the file, minimum costs you may find it easier and cheaper to track the whole mailing. Additionally i have had incidents where the seeds are in one state -say Utah, while the mailing itself was mostly around the Nashville area. The delivery the seeds received were not representative of the delivery the rest of the mailing received.  So by tracking the entire mailing you get a much better picture. I would suggest you talk to tracking companies to find your best options.  If you want to email me at scolella@... I would be happy to share with you some of my tracking experiences and the contact information for the company i use. 

------------------------------
Stephen Colella
V.P.-Postal Affairs
Calmark Group
Bedford Park IL
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 10:56
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We have a customer that is having issues receiving their "seeds". We did a seed test, and sent them out first class, and of course, they received those. So now the customer is wanting to know if we can leave the seeds in the mailing, mail them at the same class of mail as the rest of the mailing (nonprofit), and yet track just the seeds. I'm under the impression that we can track them, but we'd have to track the entire mailing, not just specific records. Am I correct? Or is there another alternative that I'm not considering?

Jenn Davis
Data Processing/Programming Manager
Harmony Marketing Group
115 N Main St, Bourbon, IN 46504
Toll Free: 1-800-525-3742 x 115
Phone: 574-342-0215 x 115
Fax: 574-342-0409
Email: Jenn.Davis@...<mailto:Jenn.Davis@...>

Here's a thought for you. If all the seeds go in the same tray, or if you can determine what trays the seed names are in, you can track the track using the Informed Visability report in the Gateway.  You might be able to get the piece details, but at least you'll know where the tray went.  To get there open the Gateway, choose Mailing Reports, then the visability report is half way down on the screen.

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Tammy Caserta, EMCM, MDP
Director of Mailing Services
Think Patented
Dayton OH
tcaserta@...
937.254.4023
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 12:06
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Thanks Glen - we are currently BCC TNT subscribers, but I just called, and the options are either:

1) the entire mailing

2) the first piece of a tray

3) the last piece of a tray

So I can't target specific records.

------------------------------
Jenn Davis
Mailing Services Supervisor
Harmony Marketing Group
Bourbon IN
jenn.davis@...
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:27
From: Glen Swyers
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Another very cost effective tool is BCC Track and Trace. As a full service mailer you can get some tracking for free... but BCC has made it so simple it is worth the few dollars it costs.

Any time we onboard a new customer we add the feature as a standard service. Again for the cost it saves many a headache trying to explain where the mail is... 

------------------------------
Glen Swyers, MDP
Sales Manager - Mailing & Fulfillment
Classic Graphics - Imagine!
Charlotte, NC
704-597-9015
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:17
From: Emmet Marshall
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We're tracking 10% of a mailing that we're processing right now.  We LOVE and use www.snailworks.com (an Epicomm member from back in the MASA days).  It's super easy.  It's super intuitive for you and your client.  I would be happy to tell you our experience doing this as well.  Oh yeah, you can pay by the job (which we've been doing) or get, kind of a subscription so it's even easier.

Good luck.

------------------------------
Emmet Marshall
President
Mail Advertising Bureau, Inc.
Kent WA
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:05
From: Stephen Colella
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Most tracking companies can help you track specific addresses within a file.  However depending on the quantity of the mailing by the time you factor in the extra steps in tracking just specific records in the file, minimum costs you may find it easier and cheaper to track the whole mailing. Additionally i have had incidents where the seeds are in one state -say Utah, while the mailing itself was mostly around the Nashville area. The delivery the seeds received were not representative of the delivery the rest of the mailing received.  So by tracking the entire mailing you get a much better picture. I would suggest you talk to tracking companies to find your best options.  If you want to email me at scolella@... I would be happy to share with you some of my tracking experiences and the contact information for the company i use. 

------------------------------
Stephen Colella
V.P.-Postal Affairs
Calmark Group
Bedford Park IL
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 10:56
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We have a customer that is having issues receiving their "seeds". We did a seed test, and sent them out first class, and of course, they received those. So now the customer is wanting to know if we can leave the seeds in the mailing, mail them at the same class of mail as the rest of the mailing (nonprofit), and yet track just the seeds. I'm under the impression that we can track them, but we'd have to track the entire mailing, not just specific records. Am I correct? Or is there another alternative that I'm not considering?

Jenn Davis
Data Processing/Programming Manager
Harmony Marketing Group
115 N Main St, Bourbon, IN 46504
Toll Free: 1-800-525-3742 x 115
Phone: 574-342-0215 x 115
Fax: 574-342-0409
Email: Jenn.Davis@...<mailto:Jenn.Davis@...>

Here's a thought for you. If all the seeds go in the same tray, or if you can determine what trays the seed names are in, you can track the track using the Informed Visability report in the Gateway.  You might be able to get the piece details, but at least you'll know where the tray went.  To get there open the Gateway, choose Mailing Reports, then the visability report is half way down on the screen.

------------------------------
Tammy Caserta, EMCM, MDP
Director of Mailing Services
Think Patented
Dayton OH
tcaserta@...
937.254.4023
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 12:06
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Thanks Glen - we are currently BCC TNT subscribers, but I just called, and the options are either:

1) the entire mailing

2) the first piece of a tray

3) the last piece of a tray

So I can't target specific records.

------------------------------
Jenn Davis
Mailing Services Supervisor
Harmony Marketing Group
Bourbon IN
jenn.davis@...
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:27
From: Glen Swyers
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Another very cost effective tool is BCC Track and Trace. As a full service mailer you can get some tracking for free... but BCC has made it so simple it is worth the few dollars it costs.

Any time we onboard a new customer we add the feature as a standard service. Again for the cost it saves many a headache trying to explain where the mail is... 

------------------------------
Glen Swyers, MDP
Sales Manager - Mailing & Fulfillment
Classic Graphics - Imagine!
Charlotte, NC
704-597-9015
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:17
From: Emmet Marshall
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We're tracking 10% of a mailing that we're processing right now.  We LOVE and use www.snailworks.com (an Epicomm member from back in the MASA days).  It's super easy.  It's super intuitive for you and your client.  I would be happy to tell you our experience doing this as well.  Oh yeah, you can pay by the job (which we've been doing) or get, kind of a subscription so it's even easier.

Good luck.

------------------------------
Emmet Marshall
President
Mail Advertising Bureau, Inc.
Kent WA
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 11:05
From: Stephen Colella
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

Most tracking companies can help you track specific addresses within a file.  However depending on the quantity of the mailing by the time you factor in the extra steps in tracking just specific records in the file, minimum costs you may find it easier and cheaper to track the whole mailing. Additionally i have had incidents where the seeds are in one state -say Utah, while the mailing itself was mostly around the Nashville area. The delivery the seeds received were not representative of the delivery the rest of the mailing received.  So by tracking the entire mailing you get a much better picture. I would suggest you talk to tracking companies to find your best options.  If you want to email me at scolella@... I would be happy to share with you some of my tracking experiences and the contact information for the company i use. 

------------------------------
Stephen Colella
V.P.-Postal Affairs
Calmark Group
Bedford Park IL
------------------------------


Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 10:56
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We have a customer that is having issues receiving their "seeds". We did a seed test, and sent them out first class, and of course, they received those. So now the customer is wanting to know if we can leave the seeds in the mailing, mail them at the same class of mail as the rest of the mailing (nonprofit), and yet track just the seeds. I'm under the impression that we can track them, but we'd have to track the entire mailing, not just specific records. Am I correct? Or is there another alternative that I'm not considering?

Jenn Davis
Data Processing/Programming Manager
Harmony Marketing Group
115 N Main St, Bourbon, IN 46504
Toll Free: 1-800-525-3742 x 115
Phone: 574-342-0215 x 115
Fax: 574-342-0409
Email: Jenn.Davis@...<mailto:Jenn.Davis@...>

We've used Accutrace (Accuzip service) to track individual pieces many times. You can look up the IMBDigits directly in the portal and see the last place that piece was scanned.

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Russ Veinot
Director Mail Operations
Graphic Partners Inc.
Zion IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-26-2015 10:56
From: Jenn Davis
Subject: Tracking Mail Pieces

We have a customer that is having issues receiving their "seeds". We did a seed test, and sent them out first class, and of course, they received those. So now the customer is wanting to know if we can leave the seeds in the mailing, mail them at the same class of mail as the rest of the mailing (nonprofit), and yet track just the seeds. I'm under the impression that we can track them, but we'd have to track the entire mailing, not just specific records. Am I correct? Or is there another alternative that I'm not considering?

Jenn Davis
Data Processing/Programming Manager
Harmony Marketing Group
115 N Main St, Bourbon, IN 46504
Toll Free: 1-800-525-3742 x 115
Phone: 574-342-0215 x 115
Fax: 574-342-0409
Email: Jenn.Davis@...<mailto:Jenn.Davis@...>