Breaking through the digital noise: The rebirth of dimensional mail.

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The 3-step plan: Orchestrating programmatic dimensional mail with LetterAPI

Technical implementation: Automated CRM webhook to LetterAPI dispatch

src/services/dimensional-mail-dispatcher.ts — typescript
import express, { Request, Response } from 'express';
import axios from 'axios';
​
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
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interface DealWebhookPayload {
  dealId: string;
  dealName: string;
  companyName: string;
  contactName: string;
  contactEmail: string;
  targetCfoName: string;
  estimatedAnnualSavings: number;
  streetAddress: string;
  locality?: string;
  town: string;
  postcode: string;
}
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app.post('/webhooks/hubspot/closed-stage', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  const payload: DealWebhookPayload = req.body;
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  // Guardrail: Validate minimum deal threshold for dimensional mail
  if (payload.estimatedAnnualSavings < 5000) {
    return res.status(200).json({ status: 'skipped', reason: 'Below ACV threshold' });
  }
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  try {
    // 1. Generate individualized executive briefing HTML
    const dynamicHtml = `
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <html>
      <head>
        <style>
          @page { size: A4; margin: 20mm; }
          body { font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #111827; line-height: 1.6; }
          .address-block { margin-top: 15mm; margin-bottom: 25mm; font-size: 11pt; }
          .header { border-bottom: 2px solid #0f172a; padding-bottom: 8px; margin-bottom: 24px; }
          .title { font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; color: #0f172a; }
          .highlight-box { background-color: #f8fafc; border-left: 4px solid #2563eb; padding: 16px; margin: 20px 0; }
          .metric { font-size: 20pt; font-weight: bold; color: #2563eb; }
          .footer { position: absolute; bottom: 20mm; font-size: 9pt; color: #64748b; }
        </style>
      </head>
      <body>
        <div class="address-block">
          <strong>${payload.targetCfoName}</strong><br/>
          ${payload.companyName}<br/>
          ${payload.streetAddress}<br/>
          ${payload.locality ? payload.locality + '<br/>' : ''}
          ${payload.town}<br/>
          <strong>${payload.postcode}</strong>
        </div>
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        <div class="header">
          <div class="title">Commercial Efficiency Briefing: ${payload.companyName}</div>
        </div>
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        <p>Dear ${payload.targetCfoName},</p>
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        <p>Our research team recently completed an operational efficiency audit across UK commercial enterprises within your sector. Based on publicly available reporting and industry benchmarks, we identified that ${payload.companyName} is likely expending unnecessary operational capital on legacy manual postal and dunning infrastructure.</p>
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        <div class="highlight-box">
          <div>Projected Annual Operating Capital Recoverable:</div>
          <div class="metric">£${payload.estimatedAnnualSavings.toLocaleString('en-GB')}</div>
        </div>
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        <p>By modernizing from manual franking and fragmented document handling to programmatic cloud infrastructure, peer organizations in your sector have eliminated 70% of mailing overhead while accelerating invoice settlement by 12 days.</p>
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        <p>I have prepared a private executive dashboard detailing this analysis for your board. You can review the secure audit by scanning the QR code below or visiting your confidential briefing portal.</p>
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        <p>Sincerely,<br/><strong>Alexander Vance</strong><br/>Managing Director, Enterprise Infrastructure</p>
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        <div class="footer">
          LetterAPI Verified Executive Dispatch • Confidential Communication
        </div>
      </body>
      </html>
    `;
​
    // 2. Dispatch to LetterAPI REST endpoint
    const response = await axios.post(
      'https://api.letterapi.uk/v1/letters',
      {
        recipient: {
          name: payload.targetCfoName,
          company: payload.companyName,
          address_line1: payload.streetAddress,
          address_line2: payload.locality || '',
          city: payload.town,
          postcode: payload.postcode,
          country: 'GB'
        },
        template_html: dynamicHtml,
        postage_class: 'first_class',
        color: true,
        double_sided: false,
        metadata: {
          dealId: payload.dealId,
          accountName: payload.companyName,
          campaign: 'enterprise_q3_dimensional'
        }
      },
      {
        headers: {
          'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.LETTERAPI_API_KEY}`,
          'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        }
      }
    );
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    console.log(`[LetterAPI] Letter queued successfully: ${response.data.id} for ${payload.companyName}`);
    return res.status(200).json({ status: 'dispatched', letterId: response.data.id });
  } catch (error: any) {
    console.error('[LetterAPI Error]', error.response?.data || error.message);
    return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Letter dispatch failed' });
  }
});
​
app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Dimensional mail dispatcher running on port 3000'));

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