After months of sifting through hundreds of applications, meeting with nominees face to face and intense judging deliberations, PostcardMania CEO, Joy Gendusa had been officially selected as one of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalists.
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.
Joy’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 to educate business owners on effective ways to grow and expand their companies through marketing. Gendusa has also developed a specialized division within her company with the sole purpose of handling pro-bono work for non-profit organizations - the only stipulation being that these organizations have the purpose of assisting mankind to improve his lot and make the world a better place.
Now in its 23rd 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 11, 2009 at the Omni ChampionsGate, 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 in Palm Springs, California on Nov. 14, 2009.
About PostcardMania:
PostcardMania is a full-service postcard direct mail marketing company which includes graphic design, printing, mailing list acquisition, mailing services, websites and landing pages with free marketing advice. PostcardMania has seen positive expansion every year since its inception and has won many awards for creativity and marketing farsightedness, best business practices and expansion, including the Inc. 500 & 5000 lists. Joy Gendusa began PostcardMania in 1998 with nothing but a phone and a computer and zero investment capital. By 2008 revenues reached nearly $19 million and the company now employs over 160 people, prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards representing more than 35,000 customers in over 350 industries each week. www.postcardmania.com
About Joy Gendusa:
Using a powerful, simple, extremely cost effective way of communicating with customers has earned Joy Gendusa Inc. Magazine’s recognition as the nation’s fastest growing direct mail postcard-marketing firm with year 2008 revenues close to $19,000,000. Gendusa began in 1998 with zero investment capital. Today, her Clearwater, FL firm called PostcardMania, employs over 160 people and prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards representing 35,000-plus customers in over 350 industries each week. Download the first three chapters of Joy’s book “The Ultimate Postcard Marketing Success Manual” here: http://www.postcardmarketingsuccessmanual.com/
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