In the Running Again! PostcardMania CEO Named Finalist for 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

After months of sifting through hundreds of applications, meeting with nominees and intense judging deliberations, PostcardMania CEO and Founder, Joy Gendusa, has been officially selected as one of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalists for the second year in row.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Finalists were selected by a panel of independent judges. 

Gendusa’s hard work and innovation awarded PostcardMania the title of the fastest-growing direct mail postcard marketing firm in the nation by Inc. Magazine. Aside from PostcardMania’s success, Gendusa also focuses on her passion on educating business owners about effective ways to grow and expand their companies through marketing. She has also developed a specialized division within her company with the sole purpose of handling pro-bono work for non-profit organizations. In 2008, PostcardMania donated over 207,000 printed pieces and in 2009 that number jumped to over 371,000. PostcardMania continues to support non-profits of all walks of life - the only stipulation being that these organizations have the purpose of assisting mankind to improve his lot and make the world a better place.

“I am very honored and humbled to be named a finalist for the Ernst & Young EOY award for a second time,” says Gendusa. “When I heard I was a finalist, I was pretty surprised; mainly because I never think of myself as ‘the top’ or ‘the best.’ Actually, I’m not either of those things! I surround myself with them and I owe my main thanks to my incredible staff! Without them, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

Now in its 24^th year, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world. The regional award winners will be announced at the annual awards gala on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at the Omni ChampionsGate in Orlando. Regional awards winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur of the Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala and summit in Palm Springs, California on Nov. 10–14, 2010. 

About Joy Gendusa:

Joy Gendusa began PostcardMania in 1998 out of her home, with nothing but a phone and a computer, never taking a dime of investment capital. Joy originally started PostcardMania as a full-service postcard marketing company helping clients create turn-key marketing campaigns with graphic design, printing, mailing list acquisition and mailing services. Over the years, Joy has grown PostcardMania into one of the nation’s most effective, top marketing agencies specializing in lead generation for small to large-sized businesses. Since then, PostcardMania has expanded to offer its clients more services including website and landing page design and development, email marketing and full marketing evaluations — all while continuing to educate clients with free marketing advice.

Joy and PostcardMania have won many awards for creativity, best business practices and expansion and have been recognized on the Inc. 500 and 5000 lists. By 2008, revenues reached nearly $19 million and the company now employs over 160 people, prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards each week, and has more than 39,000 customers in over 350 industries.

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