The USPS will increase rates on January 21, 2024. The average overall increase is 2%, however, some categories for flat rate postage will see rates increase as much as 4%. A carrier route letter and first-class postcards are increasing a modest 0.5%. The USPS is trying to balance rate increases with the cost it takes […]

Click here to listen to Phil Kelley Jr., President of Salem One, talk Printer to Printer with Warren Werbitt, The Print Whisperer. Hear Phil speak on his experiences with equity partners and his 2024 Corporate Vision and Industry Strategy for Salem One.    

Graphic Measures International is a worldwide print quality and color management system supported by SGS&Co. Numerous national and global brands contract with GMI to monitor and ensure their print vendors’ quality across all print and packaging.  Those brands who contract with GMI require that their print vendors be tested and certified by GMI every two […]

  Simply the Best…it’s not just a slogan! Congratulations and humble appreciation to the people of Salem One and the clients that allow us to partner in achieving their results. Salem One wins the Gutenberg Award (for the third straight year) for Most Best of Category Awards at the Printing Industry of the Carolinas (PICA) […]

Madelyn Davis is a senior intern with Salem One from Appalachian State’s Graphic Communications Management program. She’s a fast learner and here she is demonstrating her new skill in welding high quality banners for one of our financial clients. She has also worked with our marketing team to build web-based ordering portals for clients, helped […]

Appalachian State’s Graphic Communications Program has partnered with Salem One to help develop their new class focusing on direct mail. The GCM program helps educate tomorrow’s leaders in the graphic communications world with a hands-on learning environment. Forward thinking associate professor, Mandy Wu recognized the value of direct mail in today’s marketing mix and with […]

Direct Mail continues to deliver superior business results for marketers driven by consumer preferences for the channel across generations. Salem One partners with our national brand clients “upstream” to develop strategies and highly effective tactics to “activate” data for growth.  At the end of the day, planning and strategy require execution.  We are proud of […]

Leadership from Salem One participated in the Printing Industries of the Carolinas (PICA) Fall Management Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. Annually this conference brings together printing industry management and vendors from all over NC and SC and features speakers that are subject matters experts. This year, Salem One’s Jon Bowman presented how the use of […]