mailmerges

Customizes mass correspondence

Mailmerges is the plural of mailmerge, a process that combines a template document with a data source to generate personalized copies—typically for mass mailings.

Each record in the database produces a customized letter, label, or email: She ran mailmerges for the fundraising campaign.

The term also works as a verb: He mailmerges the quarterly statements.

process

templates

Preset formats for copying

fieldsExpanses for cultivation
placeholdersTemporary substitutes for content
documentsFormal written records

personalization · automation · recipients · data source · variables · insertion · batch · generation · customization · formatting

correspondence

letters

Alphabetic characters or mail

envelopesPaper containers for letters
labelsIdentifying markers attached to items
addressesLocations for correspondence

salutations · greetings · signatures · mailings · invitations · announcements · newsletters · form letters · bulk mail · postcards

software

Excel

Microsoft's data-crunching application

spreadsheetsTabular data documents
databasesOrganized electronic information collections
OutlookMicrosoft email application

Google Docs · plugins · wizards · CSV · import · export · Office · compatibility · integration · formatting

business

campaigns

Organized efforts toward goals

marketingPromoting goods to consumers
outreachProactive community assistance
clientsThose receiving professional services

customers · prospects · leads · contacts · CRM · sales · invoices · statements · contracts · proposals

Opposites

automation vs manual creation

mailmergeshandwritten letters

Mail composed manually

mass communication vs individual communication

mailmergespersonal letters

Individual written communications

private correspondence

automation vs. manual creation

mailmergeshandwrites

Produces text by pen

Family

mailmerge, mailmerged, mailmerging

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