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Whether postal groups of which BCC Software is a member, or industry organizations of proven integrity and reliability, the industry resources listed below offer valuable insights into vital issues affecting professional mailers every day.

BCC's goal is to help your business succeed. These resources can help.

The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers is a national coalition of nonprofit organizations sharing a vested interest in postal policy. The Alliance is the primary representative of nonprofit mailers before the Postal Rate Commission, at US Postal Service (USPS) Headquarters, and on Capitol Hill.

Founded in 1917, the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is today the largest trade association for businesses interested in direct, database, and interactive global marketing, with about 5,200 member companies from the United States and 44 foreign nations on six continents.

Both consumer and business-to-business marketers are the users of direct marketing techniques. These marketers employ a number of media, including telephone marketing, catalogs and other direct mail pieces, television, radio, newspaper, magazines, and the Internet to market directly to their customers. The suppliers, of course, are those companies that provide users with supplies and services.

The DMA shapes the way that organizations apply direct/interactive marketing methods to all marketing, sales and customer service activity. Our mission is to encourage the education, growth and profitability of our members and their adherence to high ethical standards.

Mailing & Fulfillment Service Association (MFSA) is the national trade association for the mailing services industry.

NACUMS, The National Association of College and University Mail Services is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to serving the interests of college and university mailers.

NPES, The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, is a trade association of over 400 companies which manufacture and distribute equipment, systems, software, supplies used in printing, publishing and converting.

Postal Rate Commission is an independent agency of the Executive Branch created by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 for the primary purpose of setting postal rates.

The Association for Postal Commerce, or PostCom, is a national association supporting the use of mail for business communication and commerce. PostCom represents member businesses and organizations on all matters pertaining to postal policies and operations. A weekly postal-issues newsletter, the PostCom Bulletin, is considered must reading by members of Congress, all USPS officers, and postal officials at all levels.

PostCom works on its members' behalf before the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Postal Service and its Board of Governors, and all federal agencies and audiences affecting U.S. postal policies and operations. It is regarded in Washington circles as "the association for postal communication and commerce." If your business depends on the continued viability of a universal postal system, your company should belong.

The Rochester Business Alliance is the chamber of commerce for the nine-county Rochester region, which includes Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates counties. They provide information, advocacy, human resource services and networking to help employers grow.

You can find a wealth of information on direct mail at the United States Postal Service® website.

IDEAlliance is an established industry organization with diverse and impressive member partners that has been developing and validating specifications and best practices in publishing and information technology, as well as educating the industry for the past 40 years.

Maponics--now available in BCC's Customer Portal--provides mapping services for sales and marketing professionals nationwide. Their expertise is in generating the tools needed to make money-saving decisions and coordinate field activities, including maps based on ZIP Codes, carrier routes, sales territories or customer-specified criteria. Maponics is committed to data currency; postal data is updated monthly and street data is updated quarterly.

The mission of OutputLinks is to simplify and accelerate the sales, purchase and implementation process in the high-volume computer output industry.

Other Links

• B2B Today: The b2b search directory marketplace.
• Biznetix: A leading search engine optimization and website design provider.
• Virtual Systems: A direct mail order management system developer.

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