Pitney Bowes Launches Small Business Magazine

Posted on July 25, 2003

Pitney Bowes has announced the official launch of Priority, A Pitney Bowes Publication, its bimonthly magazine that provides information and insight for small businesses. The magazine reaches more than 700,000 small businesses in the U.S. and covers a variety of topics important to small businesses such as customer service, marketing, technology, competitiveness and financial solutions. Since the first issue in October 2002, a total of four issues have been published and distributed.

"We are excited about the readership response to Priority, A Pitney Bowes Publication which provides small businesses vital information they can use to run their businesses more successfully," said Neil Metviner, President of PB Direct, Pitney Bowes' small business group. "Pitney Bowes' strategy for the small business marketplace is to deliver world-class mail and document management solutions and offer access to valuable products, services and information that they need to run their businesses more efficiently and effectively."

Companies that have advertised in Priority, A Pitney Bowes Publication, include Administaff, IBM, Sprint, Dell, US Postal Service, Discover and Brother. The magazine is distributed to more than 700,000 established small businesses (4-250 employees) in a range of industries including healthcare, engineering, law, accounting, real estate, advertising, construction, landscaping, equipment rental/leasing, computer programming and insurance with revenues up to $3,000,000. Priority is distributed to existing Pitney Bowes customers and is not available on newsstands.

Pitney Bowes is a provider of integrated mail and document management systems, services and solutions. The $4.4 billion company has approximately 33,000 employees worldwide.