CM2 Features

PAVE-Certified plus CASS processing

• PAVE-Certified means the Postal Service has pre-approved your system. Your postmaster will like this.
• Interlink’s CASS processing service will process your list every two months at dramatic savings over subscribing to separate CASS processing software.

Postage Savings

• Is fully AUTOMATION compatible. Many papers already qualify for these lower rates. Qualifying papers save an average of 3¢ per piece on all non-carrier-routed pieces. As of March ’98, all newspapers will qualify for these savings.
• Supports ZIP+4 + Delivery Point and Postnet barcodes.
• Automatically packages for lower-postage "Unique" 3-digit packages.
• Uses regularly updated postal tables to automatically package all subscribers in the lowest cost packages.
• Co-mingles multiple newspapers for reduced postage.
• Cuts postage with automatic FIRM-package function.
• Cuts postage by walk sequencing if applicable.
• Cuts postage by automatically applying postal carrier route saturation walk-sequence levels where possible

Quicker Mail Preparation & Delivery

• Prints complete 3541 and 3602 postage reports at the touch of a key.
• Prints Bar-coded mail sack and tray tags in the order the labels print.
• Calculates and handles inserts automatically. Prints individual postage reports for sublists automatically created by insert combinations.
• Groups label packages by insert combination.
• Automates USPS provision for user-defined 5-digit and 3-digit package override. This lets you speed distant delivery by bypassing ADCs and even SCFs.
• All labels include Optional Endorsement Line which eliminates separate package/bundle labels, facing slips, and stickers.
• Automates route sampling. Just indicate the routes you want to sample in a simple table, and the rest is automatic.
• Makes 5-digit packages and sacks with fewer than six pieces for speedier delivery—simply enter ZIP in the package exception table.

Single Copy Sales & Non-Mail Delivery

• Bills and manages Counter / Vendor / Agent sales.
• Manages Rack Sales.
• Supports non-mail carrier route delivery for systems with up to 900 delivery routes.
• Full Paid-in-Advance (PIA) / Office-Pay management for private-carrier-delivered subscriptions.
• Full messaging system for private carrier bundle tops.

Subscriber Records

• Alternate address and scheduled switching for snow birds and other temporary away-from-home subs.
• Bill-To addresses for separate billing and delivery addresses.
• Gift-From linkage to donor record for automatic billing of donor rather than recipient of a gift sub.
• Uses temporary stop/restart date fields to extend subscription renewal dates.
• Up to six levels of renewal notification for sequenced renewal efforts.
• Includes phone field for easier personalized phone solicitation of renewals.
• Capacity for up to 30 different subscription rates, each with up to four subscription lengths.
• Extends renewal dates automatically when payments are posted.

Financial Records

• Figures earned income and unearned income monthly.
• Unlimited number of payment records stored. Payments may be printed by any date range historically.

Conversion

• Interlink’s list conversion service converts your data to CM2 format so when your software arrives, your list is ready to use.
• Import lists in comma delimited, tab delimited, and fixed length ASCII.
• Simplified keyboard entry for those converting from plates or cards. Keyboard entry speeds of up to 200 records per hour are possible.

Special Features

• Includes more than 75 ready-to-use reports.
• User-definable reports let you customize reports.
• Stores extra information in 8 user-definable fields.
• Supports non-duplicated Total Market Coverage shoppers.
• Print-run estimate report can cut newsprint consumption.
• Lookup by name, address, phone and record number.
• Query by any field or combination of fields.
• Compressed backups put 8 diskettes of data on a single disk.
• Automatic backup option lets your system keep daily and weekly backups on your hard disk for quick replacement if needed.
• Full support for CDS service from your Postal Service.
• Automatic postal and home delivery routing at the touch of a key.
• Cross tabulates your list by fields you choose.
• Powerful search-and-replace function lets you make corrections for selected records automatically.
• Full circulation audit reporting for ABC, CAC, etc.
• Password protection

Pricing

Interlink Circulation Management software is licensed on an annual basis. Your fee will be determined by your demands, based on frequency of publishing and size of your publications as measured by their circulation, as well as any of the various list services you may choose to use.

The goal of sliding-scale fees is always to minimize fees through pricing that makes it possible for the largest number of publications to use the software and services. While increased frequency or circulation will increase overall fees, fees per subscriber actually drop as circulation increases.

Newspapers with a few hundred circulation once weekly to papers with thousands of circulation daily already find CM2 delivers an excellent return on their investment.

The smallest circulation publication pays just pennies per subscriber annually, including even the higher first year fees that include data conversion, list setup, and training. Of course, the higher the circulation and publishing frequency, the less per subscriber copy CM2 fees represent.

Helen Sosniecki will be pleased to provide you with your own personal quote. You may email her at: sales@ilsw.com or call her at 269 473-3103.

Note:

Interlink updates your system several times each year, which means that this list continues to expand. The Interlink update schedule also means that you’ll never fall behind in Postal Service requirements.