(UK) Creating Mailing Labels

hi folks,

We're new to Tessitura and looking to understand what's best practice or indeed just what other venues in the UK do to produce labels from extractions or lists. Do you mail merge into your own templates, or save list to file and do something clever using word and excel, or do you print direct from Tessitura?

fingers crossed for lots of replies!

All the best,

Giles

  • Hi Giles

    We do a combination of the two! We have various mailing labels set up in Infomaker so that generic mailings can be sent out directly. The only time we would mail merge is if we need a one off different font, or need to print directly onto marketing letters.

    Hope that helps

    Siobhan

  • Hi Giles,

    we merge the data into our own template...but as always seems to be the case with these things, setting up the template in the first place was the tricky part. There are probably a million and one ways to do it, but this seems to work best for us.

     

    Thanks, Alex @ Royal & Derngate



  • Hi Giles,

     

    Mail merging from List Manager is really easy. You need to set up a template with the tessitura fields you want included (I’ve got a standard one I can send you if it helps?). Run your list and when you’re happy go to reports. Under labels and letters there’s a report called ‘User defined format from a list’. In the parameters your output format should be ‘standard mailing labels’ and then select your lists plus the other required fields (I usually don’t include decoys and select Alpha from the sort by field) Click ok and this will create a report that looks like a list of labels. Because everyone uses different size labels this never usually fits if you print straight from here but it you click the ‘mail merge’ button in the icons at the top (it’s to the right of the little disk icon – hover over it to check you’ve got the right one) it will allow to merge straight into you’re template.

     

    Hope this helps, Sarah

     

    Sarah Gilbert
    Swyddog Marchnata - Datblygu Cynulleidfa
    Marketing Officer - Audience Development

    Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru
    Wales Millennium Centre

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    From: Tessitura Marketing Forum [mailto:forums-marketing@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Giles conisbee
    Sent: 11 February 2010 16:55
    To: Sarah Gilbert
    Subject: [Tessitura Marketing Forum] (UK) Creating Mailing Labels

     

    hi folks,

    We're new to Tessitura and looking to understand what's best practice or indeed just what other venues in the UK do to produce labels from extractions or lists. Do you mail merge into your own templates, or save list to file and do something clever using word and excel, or do you print direct from Tessitura?

    fingers crossed for lots of replies!

    All the best,

    Giles




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  • Hi Giles

    Sarah's point about the labels not fitting is why we set up various different labels in Infomaker, hey can then be selected in the User Defined Output report.

    Siobhan