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Streamlining the Process for Postage Statements

In an ongoing effort to streamline and improve the submission of postage statements, we encourage customers to save time and money by using an electronic postage statement every time they present a mailing.

Beginning in March, 2010, we request that mailings being presented at acceptance use the PostalOne! system to:

• submit electronic postage statements
• obtain receipts in lieu of the currently-used round stamp
• view their mailing activities
• retrieve processed postage statements

Acceptance at non-PostalOne! sites will continue to process hard-copy postage statements as they do today, completing the USPS section of the form and round-stamping the statement.

We’ll use the DMM Advisory to keep you informed.

The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) is available on Postal Explorer (pe.usps.com).

Gotta love the article in today’s Clickz e-newsletter. If you have ever been stuck in the middle of these type of arguments between your customer, a developer, the designer and their agency you can appreciate this article.

The divisiveness of the SEO ndustry has reared its tenacious, albeit link-baiting head again in recent weeks. Apparently as contentious as politics and religion, SEO tactics should not be discussed in polite company; especially the company you keep includes Web designers, Internet technologists, and failed spammers.

To read the full article click here

Check out this on-line cooking show and read about Claudia Yuskoff and her motivation to start up the website.

PJ Rosch - Senior Marketing Manager at James Hardie Building Products

Kymberli Schiavone - Account Manager

Bryan Fisher – owner & creative director, perfectholiday brand design inc.

Ann-Marie Goodson - Marketing and Advertising Professional

Kenneth Franck – Account Executive/Cheil Communications-Samsung

Luz Marina – ExecProducer/CreativeDirector, Marin Productions, LLC Orange County, California Based

Brendan Hughes - Account Manager at GSI Commerce

Prashant Panchal - Head of Marketing at James Hardie Building Products

Robert Gonzales – IT Systems Administrator

Franck Boistel - Creative Director at FBDESIGN

Today’s LinkedIn.com update to my contacts brings me up to 667 contacts.

Thanks for the connections!

Ruben S. Gonzalez

Dot Fulfillment Services

Chelsea Madren - Marketing Administrator at Cardiogenesis Corporation

Rick Atwood - Owner, Atwood Design Studio, LLC

Claudia Yuskoff - Creator/Host at Mmm, Me Gusta

Jason Penning - Art Director slash Idea Generator slash Photographer slash Surfer slash Pizza Crust Eater slash Tool.

Valentin Balanescu - Owner at 648 Group

Shea Stone - Director of Advertising Sales at CyberCoders

Chris Bolduc – V.P. Retail Sales and Marketing at Roex, Inc.

Today’s LinkedIn.com update to my contacts brings me up to 656 contacts.

Thanks for the connections!

Ruben S. Gonzalez

Dot Fulfillment Services

Our task is to strike a balance,

to find a middle way,

to learn not to overstretch ourselves

with extraneous activities and preoccupations, but to simplify our lives more and more.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Wow what a challenge especially in today’s work atmosphere. Customers are stressed, employees are stressed and stretched. Our job is not to add to the stress but help everybody find that middle of the road of balance and simplicity. Easy to say, harder to do but actually when achieved makes everything so much easier to deal with.

Ruben S. Gonzalez – Dot Fulfillment Services

Kelly Shannon - Copywriter at StageEnvy.com

Karim Houry - Advertising Student at California State University of Fullerton

Leslie Dunham - Marketing Executive looking for a new opportunity

Jim Musgrove - senior account manager at Imageoptions

John Stremel - Sales and Marketing Pro

Mirna Bard - Social Media & SEO Strategist

Chris Kelly - Marketing Communications/PR Professional

Maureen Woodward - Sr. Account Executive at Touchstone Merchandise Group

Lauren Dunn - Idea Management Supervisor at Saatchi & Saatchi, Los Angeles

Christian Bright - Account Management Coordinator at Earthbound Media Group

Julie Duong-Rianda - CEO and Sales Executive at Posh Promotional Marketing, Inc.

Christina Tang - Experienced marketing consultant who knows how to create brand culture

Jill Richardson - Broadcast Producer

Anica “Ana” Newbold – Newbold Life Executive

Mason Narramore - Associate Marketing Manager at CareCredit/GE Money

Neil Solomon - Managing Director at The Properties Group

Today’s LinkedIn.com update to my contacts brings me up to 650 contacts.

Thanks for the connections!

Ruben S. Gonzalez

Dot Fulfillment Services

How Do I Create & Market My Personal Brand?

As advertisers, we all know what branding is (and hopefully, how to do it). However, many times we are better at advertising for our clients or companies than for ourselves. This first part of a two-part luncheon series will feature Colleen Wainwright. Colleen is a writer-speaker-illuminator who started calling herself “the communicatrix” when she hit three hyphens.

She spent 10 years as an award-winning TV copywriter crafting ads for brands like Wheaties®, Gatorade® and Jell-O®, and another 10 acting in them for cash money. Since deciding she’d blow her brains out if she had to sit through one more meeting about which way the bears danced around the cereal box, Colleen spends her time teaching other creative souls how to talk about what they do in a way that wins them attention, work and satisfaction.

In between speaking to groups like the Cornell Entrepreneur Network, the Seattle Design Center, and Casting Networks, Inc., she consults one-on-one with solopreneurs about their online marketing presence and creates content for an alarmingly large number of online outlets.

To learn more about Colleen and her insights, visit: http://www.communicatrix.com/about-bio-long.

Expected Audience: Agencies, Salespeople, Consultants

Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm

Venue: Dot Fulfillment Services
1801 S. Standard Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92707
714-708-5800 ext 5818 tel
www.dotfulfillment.net

Registration: $25 Members, $35 Non-Members

Karen Wagner – Partner at XPO

Sharon Nguyen – Market Research & Strategy Analytics Manager at Boost Mobile

Tatiana kleinman – director of operations at ryjac computer solutions

Julie Creed - Marketing, Branding Strategist and Public Relations Executive.

Anoush Agahi - web developer at trident internet

Matt Gillespie – Marketing Specialist, List Broker at Mailers Haven

Linda Duke - Principal and CEO Duke Marketing

Lee Goldston - Owner, Lee Goldston

Cynthia King - Director, Center for Entertainment and Tourism Studies, Cal State Fullerton

Brian Torres – Creative Director at Core Products Design Group

Today’s LinkedIn.com update to my contacts brings me up to 635 contacts.

Thanks for the connections!

Ruben S. Gonzalez

Dot Fulfillment Services

Karin Conroy - Marketing Consultant at Conroy Consults and Senior Project Director at Shoestring Creative Group

Alex Gonzalez – CEO at Branch Interactive, Inc.

Janice Rosenberg – Seasoned Marketing Professional

Caroline Scott - Director of Production at merit/andrew

Vicki Harper – Executive Assistant at BDS Marketing

Doug Childers – Executive Director at Say Cargo Express, a Professional Domestic Freight Forwarder and Shipping Service!

Scott Pohle - Digital Print Manager at The Dot Printer

Jesse Gutierrez - Social Media Marketing

Rod Roels - Art Director at Midnight Marketing and Owner, Rod Roels Design

Today’s LinkedIn.com update to my contacts brings me up to 625 contacts.

Thanks for the connections!

Ruben S. Gonzalez

Dot Fulfillment Services