MFSA Southwest Advertising Award

The PremierIMS sales and management staff attended the annual meeting of the Mailing Fulfillment Services Association, Southwest conference in New Orleans on April 3, 4 and 5. Postal change information was presented by speakiers from the USPS along with strategies to assist customers with future mailing budgets. Director of the World War II museum gave a dynamic presentation about their fund raising success through direct mail.

PremierIMS was awarded the Chance-Saling Award for outstanding achievement of Self Promotion Advertising. Martha Justice, Vice President of Marketing and Norm Pegram, President and CEO display the award before photos of their mentors, Luke Kaiser, Martha's father and founding member of this organization more than 50 years ago. Also pictured is Norm Pegram's father in law, Roy Sowell. Roy and Luke were great friends and leaders of award winning Direct Marketing companies in Houston.

Norm Pegram was the 2008 President of MFSA, Southwest and maintains leadership in the Direct Marketing industry both locally and Nationwide.

MFSA National Luke Kaiser Education Award

We are pleased to announce that Norm Pegram has been named the 2009 winner of the Mailing and Fulfillment Services Association Luke Kaiser Education Award for outstanding contributions to education in the industry. This prestigious National award presented in Chicago on June 4, came just two short months after PremierIMS received the MFSA Southwest Award for outstanding advertising and self promotion.

With undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Texas in marketing, Norm has always loved teaching. In November of 2008, he purchased The Premier Company, Houston's most established Direct Mail Printing company, founded by Luke Kaiser in 1925. Luke Kaiser, a member of the National Direct Marketing Hall of Fame, established this National award to further his passion for education and the future of the Direct Marketing Industry. Norm has taught marketing classes for many years at Houston's Leisure Learning Center and the University of Houston. He sits on the course board at the University of Houston College of Printing Technology which is offering one of the first 4 year digital graphic/printing degree programs in the country. Norm has published "The Direct Mail Marketing Little Black Book" as a free complimentary publication to promote the value of direct mail.