Progress Report - Report

This morning we emailed out our latest Progress Report E-newsletter. Already, more than 25% of the 2,957 recipients have opened the email. This number should grow to about 40% in the next two days. What a great opportunity to call or email the contacts that opened this email.

A comment from one of Marshall’s customers:

“Just thought I would pass along that this piece is pretty neat. I was able to read it quickly and easily.  Good job at promoting the company and your services. Everyone likes “stories” because people can relate or garner ideas from it.

I learned something too about the “going green”.  When I was at corporate going green is something they’re looking at so now I know for next time.”

So this is a great time during mid-summer doldrums to check in. 

We’ll provide you a list of your contacts who opened (and who didn’t open) the e-newsletter.

If you would like to send the enewsletter to someone who may not be on the list, email them this link:

http://www.progprint.com/enewsletters/prog-report-july-08/index.html

Let us know if you have any more questions!

Next month we send out a new Mailing Matters…standby for a content summary for that piece.

Thanks,

Andy

Sweets for the sweet

We now have chocolate coins for our plant guests and trade show give-a-ways. Yummy milk chocolate foil-embossed in blue or red with the Progress logo. Ask for some after you take your client to lunch.

Updating Customers on the Latest from USPS

This Monday, May 12, the USPS announced new pricing specs. To answer customer questions regarding these changes, we have prepared a Mailing Matters E-Newsletter that will be mailed in the next week or so.

We’ll update you when the e-newsletter is ready to mail so yo can be prepared to answer any questions your customers may have.

Progress Printing - Certified Green

A groundswell of environmental consciousness is sweeping the globe. Countless companies and individuals are making active strides to protect the planet. Progress Printing is a veteran in the movement toward greater social responsibility. We were homegrown “green” long before being green was golden.

“Progress Printing has always operated in an environmentally friendly manner,” says Phillip Pryor, purchasing manager. “We’ve recycled our scrap paper, plates, boxes, and skids for over 25 years. Progress was one of the country’ s first printers to go all-digital (film-less) to eliminate chemicals and the use of silver in the printing process.”

“Our Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) designation is further proof of our commitment to preserving our environment and operating in an ethical and responsible way,” he adds.

FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
Progress Printing is a FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) vendor, certified by SmartWood, a program of the Rainforest Alliance. The FSC is a global non-profit devoted to encouraging the responsible use of the world’s wood resources by promoting responsible forest management. The body focuses on sustainable yield timber management, reducing soil erosion during harvest, preventing water pollution, and taking wildlife habitat into consideration by proper harvest management planning.

“The FSC is possibly the most stringent organization when it comes to their certification and use of logos, but it’s also the most recognized forest stewardship authority around the world,” according to Sabine Lenz, founder of Paper Specs in Printing Impressions magazine. “With 1,800 recycled papers and 600 FSC-certified papers to choose from-and more added every day-clients don’t have to be afraid that they’ll be constrained in their options, and they’ll feel good about making a smart choice for their project and for the planet.”

PRESERVE, PROTECT, REUSE, RECYCLE
We’re always pursuing creative ways to preserve, protect, reuse and recycle. We recycle at least 12 million lbs. of paper waste a year. More than 95% of our waste stream is recycled. Thousands of printing plates are recycled each year. We print alcohol-free, recycle used ink, recover solvents, and our air emissions are virtually clean. Progress Printing always welcomes suggestions from our customers to achieve greener ways to print!

 

Marketing Update #1

This is a new blog for Progress Printing Marketing, titled “Marketing Spotlight” The Marketing Team will be posting updates and info to keep our sales staff up-to-the-minute on what’s going on in Marketing.