Email Delivered the Old-Fashioned Way

I created a comic strip at the end of 2005 that illustrated how technology, like everything else, is cyclical. A company that implements a live-person customer service strategy today is seen to be more in touch with customers than those who rely on modern, automated systems.

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To see this and other comics from The Messaging Times, just click the strip.

Little did I know when I created the strip above that email actually would be delivered by hand some day. Postful will print your email, put it in an envelope and send it in the post to your recipients.

“…In business, you don’t have time to deal with letters. We put a corporate mailroom in your e-mail client. Postful is smarter, faster and more cost-effective than stocking stamps, envelopes, and letterhead (not to mention wasting your time stuffing letters). Whether in the office or on the go, Postful will change the way you work…” continue reading

In this modern age, sometimes doing things the old-fashioned way is the most innovative thing you can do.

About Tom O'Leary

I am a vegetarian VP of sales and marketing and brand ambassador for GroupMail, the award-winning email marketing software that is loved by awesome people in over 160 countries around the world. I <3 canoeing, kayaking, hiking, beach combing, going on road trips and planning the (wildly anticipated) annual All-Night-Stay-Up-Night with my daughters!
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2 Responses to Email Delivered the Old-Fashioned Way

  1. Tom O'Leary says:

    Nice one Jason. RSS rocks!

  2. I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.

    Jason Rakowski

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