MAIN POINTS:

• Triggered direct mail is a form of automated direct mail marketing that sends print marketing material to contacts based on a specific action or event.
• The benefits of triggered direct mail include creating more timely, personalized, and streamlined direct mail marketing.
• Quantum has decades of experience in helping marketers integrate their CRM with a print automation solution based on any number of triggers.

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• Print marketing materials are the kind of tactile touchpoint travel companies need to boost bookings.
• Digital integrations, triggered mailers, and high-value print materials can help travel companies connect with travelers in ways that drive increased bookings.
• As an experienced full-service commercial print and direct mail marketing partner, Quantum can help travel companies streamline the production of cost-effective print marketing materials.

MAIN TAKEAWAYS:

• The USPS^® Mail Growth Incentive (MGI) offers eligible mailers a postage discount of up to 30% on additional mail volume over the previous year. 
• Registration for the 2026 MGI runs from March 2026 to May 2026. 
• Companies have through December of 2026 to surpass an established mail volume threshold to be eligible for postage savings. 
• The 2026 USPS postal promotions offer additional postage discounts for direct mailers that incorporate elements like digital technology or sensory components.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS: 

• Some of this year’s USPS^® postage discounts are increasing, helping to ease the pinch of hikes in postage rates and material costs
• Informed Delivery and Sustainability return as discount add-ons and upgrades
• The Mail Growth Incentive (MGI) program is still open for 2025 to help high-volume mailers reduce postage costs

MAIN TAKEAWAYS: 

• The future of AI in print means faster and more efficient pre-production processes
• AI can produce hyperpersonalized print using large sets of customer data
• AI in print can help extend the lifespan of equipment by proactive maintenance
• AI in print means more precise, detailed quality control

It would be a stretch to say that AI is revolutionizing the commercial print space. Rather than upending what’s been proven to work, this new technology will enhance and accelerate print processes — and the customer experience by extension — in ways that many of us print industry veterans have wanted for some time.