Thursday, June 26th the Tampa Bay Business Journal named its finalists for its popular 2008 BusinessWoman of the Year awards. An independent panel of judges named finalists in 9 categories and Joy Gendusa, Founder and CEO of PostcardMania, was listed as one of those finalists.
Joy Gendusa, a sought-after marketing expert, bootstrapped her way to success in the spirit of true entrepreneurialism, creating PostcardMania – the fastest growing direct mail postcard marketing firm in the nation, recognized nationally by Inc Magazine. Joy began PostcardMania in 1998 with no capital injections of any kind, only a computer and a phone. Almost ten years later, Joy is still sole owner of the Clearwater, Fla. firm that boasts a revenue of nearly $19 million, employs over 150 people, and prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards weekly representing 31,000-plus customers in more than 350 industries. Gendusa’s story lies in how she did it:
1) without a formal education,
2) never taking a dime of investment capital; and
3) by using only direct mail to grow her company in its formative years.
The story of Joy’s success was recorded in a one-hour interview, exclusively for aspiring entrepreneurs to help them grow their own businesses and can be heard at http://www.postcardmania.com/marketing-articles/marketing-audio/interviews/.
Gendusa will be at the Oscar-style, black-tie gala at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa on August 15th, where the finalists will be honored and celebrated, and category winners, as well as an overall winner, will be named. Tampa Bay Business Journal Publisher Bridgette Mill and Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio will emcee.
About PostcardMania:
Using a powerful, simple, extremely cost effective way of communicating with customers has earned PostcardMania Inc Magazine’s recognition as the nation’s fastest growing direct mail postcard-marketing firm with year 2007 revenues at nearly $19,000,000. Joy Gendusa began in 1998 with zero investment capital. Today, her postcard marketing firm employs over 150 people and prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards representing more than 31,000 customers in 350-plus industries each week. Visit www.postcardmania.com
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