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National PCC Day - August 28, 2025
Registration 8 am, Program 9 am - 2 pm
The NEW Center at NEOMED
4211 State Route 44, Rootstown OH 44272
Take I-76 to 44, go south. Enter across from Giant Eagle and look for the American / Ohio flags. Park in that lot and enter under the awning. Once inside, take the stairs or the elevator on the right.
Your Registration of $55 will cover:
• Featured speaker Bob Tomer of AMASTI - Mail Smarter - Money Saving Strategies for Mailers.
• Additional Presentations from USPS Experts
• Award Presentations & Prizes & One-on-One Networking Opportunities
• Industry Education - Certificate for all Attendees
• Visit Exhibitors for State-of-the-Art Products & Services
• Registration includes education, continental breakfast, and a hot lunch.
Please note that the registration fee will be $75 per person after July 25th.
Vendor Table cost is $125
Questions? Contact Pam Wood at pamela.m.wood@usps.gov or Sam Morris at sam@smartmarketingco.net
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Mail Meets the Web - Keeping Direct Mail Relevant in an Online World
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 FROM 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 FROM 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST
Direct mail remains an essential channel in a marketing campaign, but it is at its best when coordinated with other channels. The fast-paced session will explain the rules and tools of multi-channel marketing – QR codes, PURLs, Informed Visibility, web landing pages, email and more – and present a process for tying them together into an effective coordinated campaign with direct mail at its heart. We’ll explain the whats, whys, and hows of multi-channel marketing. Attendees will leave this session prepared to execute their own multi-channel campaign.
Presented by Dave Lewis. Dave Lewis is the founder and president of SnailWorks. SnailWorks helps profitable mailers take advantage of advanced USPS services with its intuitive, easy-to-use platform. Dave has been in the mailing industry for more than 40 years. He has held just about every position available, from six months as a letter carrier out of college, to managing and owning a variety of mailing businesses. He is a nationally recognized expert on all things mail, particularly mail tracking and Informed Delivery. He is a regular speaker at the National Postal Forum and has won multiple industry awards for his dedication to education for the industry he loves.
Dave lives in Frederick, MD, with his wife, cats, dogs, and guitars
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2024 PCC Platinum Award Winners
Addressing’s Best Practices & Reducing Undeliverable Mail
February 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST
No two businesses are the same – different business needs around addresses. Within a business, not all mailings are the same. They have different priorities relative to goals, purposes, needs, fraud, restrictions, regulations and requirements. So it makes sense they may have different “Best Practices” when it comes to Address Quality. Best Practices mailers have undeliverable mail rates 50-65% lower than the industry average. And recent changes provided an opportunity to reduce their undeliverable mail by an additional 10+%. This translates to lower costs, faster bill payments, happier clients, increased sales and so much more.
In this session, Adam Collinson, Director of Address Intelligence, GrayHair Software LLC will focus on address-related issues that businesses are facing as well as the tools and data that can be utilized to make positive process changes. Adam analyzes and improves processes in all areas of mail including Data Entry, Address Quality and Return Mail, Database Management, Regulatory Compliance, Cash Flow Optimization, and Mail Tracking Analytics. In his position, Adam uses his experience and knowledge to analyze, research, design and implement new solutions to meet the needs of the ever-changing mailing industry. Adam also serves as the MTAC (Mailers Technical Advisory Committee) Industry Focus Leader for Data, Technology and Addressing.
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Most recent event
Promotions and Incentives
The Ohio 1 District Postal Customer Councils invite you to our educational and networking event on Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Join us in January as we begin 2025 with a Lunch & Learn Session featuring Lori Joyner-Swetlin, Postal Solutions Leader, GrayHair Software.
Over two and a half decades of expertise in tackling USPS mailing and operational mail workflow issues, Lori’s primary focus currently lies in designing and integrating top-tier data quality and workflow solutions. These ensure mail is aptly addressed and adorned with intelligent mail barcodes which makes it possible to manipulate data in several ways for various users resulting in significantly profitable outcomes.
Lori has facilitated many presentations within the USPS sector, including subjects such as Informed Delivery, USPS Promotions, Address Quality, Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB) tracking, and IMB Address Change Services along with Data Usage.
Lori’s collaborations with the USPS lead to establishing the Electronic Return Receipt product and procedures for USPS Certified Mail. Holding the front line for Pitney Bowes at the Ohio State Supreme Court, the pioneering state to employ this service, which is now implemented nationwide.
As CEO/President of ACDC Atwood Community Development Corporation, Lori steers a community organization that is dedicated to enhancing the living standard in the Atwood Lake Region via financial and ecological responsibility and openness.
Cost is free. Since this is an in-person event, please bring your lunch if you wish. The USPS Administration Building is located at 2200 Orange Ave., #201, Cleveland, OH 44101.
Please register your intent to attend by Friday, January 17 with Tina Grabovez, USPS Customer Relations Coordinator via email at valentina.grabovez@usps.gov.
Salem Christmas Parade of Floats and Light Up Night 2024
Our PCC participated in this wonderful community event on December 5, 2024. We were able to use a 2-ton USPS truck and handed out candy to children along the parade route. For the adults, we handed out flyers promoting Operation Santa with a business card providing information about Steel Valley PCC. We were joined by Safety SAM and a handful of Salem Ohio's letter carriers.
Steel Valley Postal Customer Council
2023 Large Market PCC of the Year Winner!
The Steel Valley PCC was awarded "2023 PCC of the Year - Large Market" by the U.S. Postal Service. Industry Co-Chair Jeff Politano from SMARTmarketing, co. is shown here with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Postal Co-Chair Youngstown Postmaster Renee Twitty.
The text of the press release is as follows:
U.S. Postal Service Honors Postal Customer Council Leaders’ Accomplishments
June 30, 2023
The U.S. Postal Service recognized Postal Customer Councils (PCCs) throughout the nation for their outstanding achievements and innovations in 2023. This year’s winners of the PCC Leadership Awards were announced during an event held at Postal Service Headquarters in Washington DC yesterday.
PCCs are a grassroots network that provides a local channel for USPS business mailers and the Postal Service to continue building upon their relationships so they can increase the use of mail and work on solving concerns and challenges together. These relationships provide a means to share best mailing and shipping practices, as well as give PCCs around the country opportunities to connect and learn from each other
PCC Leadership Awards are presented each year by the Postal Service in recognition of exemplary work to strengthen and grow the PCC network. More than 220 nominations were submitted this year.
Top honors were presented to PCC groups that achieved overall excellence in their efforts to serve their communities. The PCCs offered innovative solutions for challenges for businesses of all sizes.
