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How to Address Wedding Invitations Properly

How to Address Wedding Invitations Properly

How to address wedding invitations with proper etiquette, with formal rules for couples, families, titles, plus-ones and inner and outer envelopes.

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How to Mail Brochures: Cost & Best Practices

How to Mail Brochures: Cost & Best Practices

Fold a brochure to about 3.67 by 8.5 inches and it mails at letter rate while a catalog mails as a flat, with USPS rules, tabs, classes and costs.

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How to Mail Flyers to a Neighborhood

How to Mail Flyers to a Neighborhood

How to mail flyers to a neighborhood with USPS EDDM or a targeted list, with step by step sizing, paper, prep and drop-off tips for custom flyers.

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When to Send Thank You Cards After a Wedding

When to Send Thank You Cards After a Wedding

Etiquette says to send wedding thank you cards within three months, so get the timeline, who to thank, wording tips and how to order the cards ahead.

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When to Send Thank You Cards: Time Frames, Etiquette & More

When to Send Thank You Cards: Time Frames, Etiquette & More

Send a business thank you card within 48 hours, a wedding card within three months and an interview card within 24 hours, with every window in one table.

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How to Label a Package for Shipping, Step by Step

How to Label a Package for Shipping, Step by Step

How to label a package: seal the box, print the label at full size, apply it flat on the largest face, cover old barcodes, add customs forms overseas.

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When a Print Order Outgrows Parcel and Has to Move as Freight

When a Print Order Outgrows Parcel and Has to Move as Freight

Ground, air and freight compared for print orders by weight, pallet size and deadline, including the point where a big sign run stops shipping parcel.

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How Next Day Sticker Printing Works, From Cutoff to Doorstep

How Next Day Sticker Printing Works, From Cutoff to Doorstep

Next day sticker printing means one business day on press after proof approval, with the cutoff, the die cut catch and how shipping days stack on top.

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How Printing and Shipping Work Together From Upload to Doorstep

How Printing and Shipping Work Together From Upload to Doorstep

Printing and shipping run on two separate clocks, so here is how turnaround, transit and business days add up, what delays orders and how to hit a date.

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How to Get Fast Brochure Printing Without Losing a Day to the Fold

How to Get Fast Brochure Printing Without Losing a Day to the Fold

Fast brochure printing without a missed date: what the fold adds to turnaround, when the production clock starts, and how to spec a job that lands.

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How Print and Deliver Works, From Press to Doorstep or Mailbox

How Print and Deliver Works, From Press to Doorstep or Mailbox

Print and deliver means the printer handles the last leg, shipping boxes to your door or mailing each piece to your list through USPS, with costs.

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Blind Drop Shipping Lets You Print Wholesale and Ship Under Your Own Brand

Blind Drop Shipping Lets You Print Wholesale and Ship Under Your Own Brand

Blind drop shipping means the printer ships to your client with your return address on the label, nothing of its own in the box, under your brand.

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