Weekly Round-Up: EDDMs, 5 Reasons to use Labels, QR Codes, and More

Here’s a round-up of some popular posts and interesting articles we talked about this week (plus a sneak peek of what’s coming up next week!) in a brief, easy to digest post.

Grab your lasso!

Monday

• Verify your bar codes. The TruCheck Omni bar code verifier can help you ensure that your bar codes can be read by a variety of bar code scanners.
• Top 5 Bar Code Scanners Under $500.
  1. Symbol LS2208
  2. Hand Held Products 3800G
  3. Symbol LS4208
  4. Metrologic MS9540 Voyager
  5. Motorola Symbol LS4278

Tuesday

•  Educational QR Codes. If you have a minute, I urge you to check this out. Awesome periodic table! *Interesting Facebook tip at the bottom of this post.
• QR Marketing Getting Started Guide. Dive into marketing using QR Codes with our helpful getting started guide.

Wednesday

• 5 Reason to Use Shipping Labels by the Sheet. Why use labels instead of printing your shipping labels on plain paper and cutting them out? Here are five reasons why you should use labels.
• In response to our question, “Is it bad to tape over #BarCodes on #ShippingLabels?” Jody got it right on the dot!
  

  @whyamiheretoday Jody is exactly right! RT @pcforms Yes, It creates a glare and makes it difficult for bar code readers to scan. #usps

  ? BurrisComputerForms (@pcforms) February 24, 2012

Thursday

• Every Door Direct Mail Informational page from the USPS. It’s got a lot of really good PDFs to help you out!
• 16 Every Door Direct Mail Tips and Tricks. Here’s a sampling of what was in the post:
  1. Pick routes by entering your store’s location and using the map to decide which routes youd like to send to.
  2. Don’t try to say everything at once.
  3. Set printer to print 50 at a time.
  4. Use soft elastic loops to bundle sets of 50.

Friday

• Humorous Direct Mail tests on the USPS. They may not have a good record for tracking your packages, but if you ever want to mail a pair of tennis shoes minus the box, they’ll get it there!
• Epic EDDM Ebook. We’ve got a new eBook out! Go download it and take a look. …Please? (:
  

Next Week!

Coming up next week we’ll be diving into merging bar codes and inventory management systems, sheet labels vs. roll labels, what it means to be green, and more!

What would you like to talk about next week?

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*Interesting Facebook tip: To link to a specific Facebook post/status, look at the bottom of your most recent Facebook update. You see: Like – Comment – Share – Timestamp . Click on the Timestamp. (Time/Date you published your post) Bingo! (: Link to that specific status/update. (This works for Twitter as well!)

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