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The P&L of DM Fundraising

About P&L  While traditionally P&L refers to profit and loss, for this NEW monthly e-newsletter, the P&L will represent Postal and Legal issues. Postal and Legal issues can be boring (we all know that!), BUT, let’s face it, they do impact every direct marketer’s and fundraiser’s bottom-line. So this e-newsletter is just going to shed…

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Your Mail Piece has a “License Plate” Now! Be careful you don’t get a ticket…

Submitted by Dave Lewis, Vice President, ProList, Inc. When the US Postal Service implemented the new Intelligent Mail barcode in 2006, they introduced enough digits to put a unique number on every piece of mail. This is a wonderful thing if you want to track when your mail gets delivered. The only downside is that…

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DM Professionals vs Regulators

Score: 1 Potential Win to 1 Potential Loss Submitted by Geoff Peters, CEO, CDR Fundraising Group First the Win … As reported in the inaugural edition of P&L news – the Florida Legislature with the encouragement of the states’ top charity regulator, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam, introduced “reform” legislation (Senate…

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A Discount Coming Your Way — If You Register For It!

The Post Office is running a very important postage discount program for direct mail companies and nonprofits. The discount gives two cents back on each piece of business reply mail or courtesy reply mail received in April, May, and June but the discount is not automatic and all mailers need to register. Mailers need to…

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How charity scandals sell newspapers AND garner votes for politicians?

As often seems to be the case with electoral politics, as a result of a scandal in Florida, there has been much press (which is now national) and proposed legislation that would add to the regulatory burden of charities and fundraisers.  In a multimillion-dollar charity scam, employees of Allied Veterans of the World were accused…

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