Essential Courier

When Timing is Everything, Does Your Courier Service Deliver?

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 12:05:13 +0000

Courier services deal in life and death situations. A delay, a mis-delivery or missed delivery can create severe and lasting consequences for an individual or a company. That’s why you must be able to trust that your same-day delivery service will perform with complete accuracy and no unexpected delays. What might go wrong? Consider pharmacies …

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Do You Know Where Your Package Is? (At Essential Couriers, the Answer is Always Yes!)

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 12:03:27 +0000

The biggest fear businesses face when entrusting a package to a courier service is that it will disappear without a trace. If your courier service doesn’t employ a proper tracking system (surprisingly, not all of them do!), once the driver picks up a package there’s no way to know where it is, what time it …

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Essential Couriers: Your Eyes and Ears on the Ground

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 12:01:27 +0000

What do your clients think of the service and products you provide when you messenger materials to them? What problems may be bubbling just below your awareness that might boil over if not addressed? And how valuable would it be for you to have a confidential “heads-up” so you can resolve that situation before it …

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5 Costly Courier Mistakes – And How to Avoid Them

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 12:00:42 +0000

At Essential Couriers we know that nobody likes to pay more than they have to, so we want you to know how to avoid costly mistakes in booking your same-day deliveries. MISTAKE #1: OverestimatingIf you require delivery by 5:00, scheduling it for noon can increase your cost by 30-40%. Choose the service level that’s right …

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Hot Bodies and Express Caskets — Scary Deliveries? We’re Not Spooked!

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 11:59:04 +0000

Dealing with the dead can be scary. Yet not even dead bodies or Halloween can rattle the bones of Essential Couriers when it comes to providing service above and beyond the call of duty. When “the Late” Can’t be Late to Their Own Funeral One of our clients, a mortuary, fell behind schedule in cremating …

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Dog Rescue Gives Thanks for Pasadena’s Essential Courier

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 11:46:17 +0000

During Thanksgiving, we traditionally express gratitude for what we have. We don’t usually consider gratitude when it comes to a courier service, other than being happy that they provide service as advertised. But sometimes, when Essential Couriers is called upon to go beyond the usual, there’s gratitude enough to go around. A while back, we …

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Essential Couriers: Santa’s Ultimate Helpers!

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 11:44:57 +0000

Stressed-out businesses and procrastinating shoppers alike benefit from last-minute holiday deliveries made by Santa’s favorite helpers, Essential Couriers. The easiest way to avoid last minute gift delivery insanity is to plan ahead… but let’s get real: we all have gifts that we wait too long to send, that fall through the cracks or maybe just …

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How to Hold Down Courier Service Costs in 2019

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 11:42:19 +0000

Companies that make repeated deliveries to the same location every day can often decrease their courier service costs by analyzing delivery patterns and making minor changes. That’s what Essential Couriers did recently for one of our clients – and it’s a lesson that can be used other businesses that want to significantly cut their courier …

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EMERGENCY! When Overnight Courier Service Isn’t Fast Enough

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 11:38:12 +0000

Emergencies happen. When one hits your business and you need immediate courier delivery support, overnight courier service just won’t cut it. That’s when a local courier service like Essential Courier can make all the difference between a deadly hit to your bottom line and you getting back up and running, fast. Recently, we received a …

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Got a “Delivery Service Oops?” Essential Couriers Make It Right!

Uplevel Operations — Sat, 11 May 2019 11:36:06 +0000

Missed the drop-off time for Fedex or UPS? Don’t panic! Essential Couriers delivery service regularly rescues businesses that just missed the deadline with those other overnight carriers. It happens. A business goes late with a client or underestimates how long it takes to put together a package, so they miss the regular driver. The problem …

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