Billions of Dollars in Tampa Bay: PostcardMania Named One of Tampa Bay’s “Fast Fifty”

Clearwater, FL, – Just days ago the Tampa Bay Business Journal released its annual “Fast Fifty” – the veritable list of the fastest-growing companies in the Tampa Bay area. PostcardMania, a direct mail postcard marketing firm based in Clearwater, landed the list at no. 24 — their 2nd year in a row to make the list as one of the 50 Tampa Bay companies contributing to the area’s growth.

Stuart Rogel, the Chair of the Tampa Bay Partnership spoke at the luncheon, congratulating the companies on their expansion quoting certain collected statistics about the region. Just over the past 5 years, Tampa Bay has created more net new jobs (217,700) than Atlanta, Charlotte Dallas, Jacksonville, and Raleigh-Durham combined. Nearly 15 years ago, the region had 3 million people. This spring, the area went over the 4 million mark – another stellar statistic in growth. Tampa Bay is now the 12th largest media market in the country.

The Fast 50 Companies are in industries from animals to electricity: Extensys Inc. at no. one; Power Design at no. 7; Lifestyle Family Fitness at no. 10; Sharn Veterinary at no. 14; on down to Quality Plywood Specialists, Inc. at no. 50. Even the 50th company on the list made 22.2 million in revenue in 2006 with a 25.5% change from 2004 – 2006.

Joy Gendusa, CEO of PostcardMania and also an Executive Board Member of the Clearwater Downtown Partnership said she loves being a part of an area that is growing so rapidly. “It’s exciting working on Clearwater’s redevelopment - both from a personal and business perspective.”

About PostcardMania:
PostcardMania is a full service postcard direct mail marketing company which includes graphic design, printing, mailing list acquisition and mailing services with free marketing advice. PostcardMania employs over 140 people, has seen positive expansion every year since its inception and is currently on a 23 million-dollar-revenue run rate for 2007. They have won many awards for their creativity and marketing farsightedness, such as the MarCom International Awards, the Stevie Awards, the Inc 500 List, the Creativity Annual Awards and the Webmaster awards – all of which the underlying theme contributing to their accomplishments is helping companies all over the nation expand. They print 4 million and mail 2 million postcards representing over 350 business, finance and industrial clients each week. Visit http://www.postcardmania.com

If you would like to interview Joy Gendusa, CEO of PostcardMania, please email PostcardMania’s VP PR, Karla Jo Helms at karla_jo@postcardmania.com or by calling 800-628-1804 x 342.