So, I started searching.
One thing I love about today's world is that usually, when you have a good idea because of a need you encounter, you can search for it and ta-dah, someone is already offering that service. That was the case here. I
found a couple of services that I tried out, L-Mail.com and MailALetter.com.
I found both very easy to use. At the time I tried it out, L-Mail didn't offer the option to upload a PDF. The main reason I wanted to mail a PDF was so that I could write a letter on "my letterhead" along with "my signature" (scanned in) and have it accompany my sales data sheet.
I found the best option with MailALetter. MailALetter charges only $0.99 (USD) to print and mail a letter. That's only one page, but additional pages are only $0.25 and that includes color printing.
MailALetter also lets you upload a PDF, which I found essential for business technology.
Of course, before I was going to try it on a prospect, I wanted to make sure it was going to work and work well.
I tried it out by sending myself a sales data sheet. Creating the account and uploading the PDF was painless. A few days later I received this in my PO Box:
The return address has the "www.mailaletter.com" line, so I emailed them asking if they could replace the return address with a return address logo block of my choosing. They said yes.
There is no way to do this in your account on MailALetter (at the time I reviewed it), but the support response was prompt and they said I just needed to email it to them and they would add it to my account.
I haven't actually tried that yet, but it's reassuring to know that anywhere I am I can post a letter virtually, even internationally (it's $2 for an international letter).
