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The Giant Postcard Mailer — Bringing Business & Community Together

Print that performs like digital.

The Giant Postcard Mailer is an oversized co-op direct mail platform that dominates the mailbox and turns every scan into a measurable digital experience — powered by Spokenote. Premium print, shared cost, real engagement.

The Giant Postcard Mailer — oversized direct mail in Standard 9x12 and XL 18x12 folded formats

Mailbox dominating

Oversized format that can't be ignored.

Co-op advertising

Share the cost. Scale the reach.

Powered by Spokenote

Every scan opens a digital experience.

Measurable results

Track engagement beyond the mailbox.

What is the Giant Postcard Mailer — community-powered oversized direct mail

/ Why it works

Most local businesses are getting lost.

Digital ads are oversaturated. Social reach is collapsing. Email open rates are inconsistent. Standard postcards disappear into the stack. The Giant Postcard Mailer was built to break through the noise — by dominating the one place advertising isn't crowded: the physical mailbox.

Instead of competing inside a feed, GPM shows up at oversized scale, with the production quality of a premium publication and the interactivity of a modern digital campaign.

Premium print. Shared cost. Real engagement.

/ Two flagship formats

Standard impact. XL reveal.

The Standard Edition is a large-format flat mailer built for restaurants, retail, services, events, and community brands. The XL Edition folds 12" × 18" down to 9" × 12" — a dramatic reveal experience that reads more like a premium brochure or oversized invitation than an ad.

Standard 12x9 and XL 12x18 folded Giant Postcard Mailer format comparison
9" x 12"

Standard Edition

Oversized flat mailer, full color front and back. Built for restaurants, retail, service providers, and neighborhood-scale campaigns where mailbox presence matters most.

9" x 12" → 12" x 18"

XL Edition

Premium fold-out reveal with room to tell a story. Ideal for tourism, hospitality, real estate, sports, sponsor activations, and high-end community guides.

Your list

Targeted Direct

Customer-supplied list or audience targeting layered onto the GPM platform. Built for admissions, reactivation, donor outreach, and private offers.

The Giant Postcard Mailer

/ Proven in market

From neighborhood to region.

Already deployed in active EDDM campaigns across Fishers and Noblesville, and powering a 40,000+ home community campaign for the Noblesville Boom Basketball Organization. Saturate by carrier route, ZIP, or targeted list — postage is a USPS pass-through quoted at campaign time.

Built to scale: 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, and 40,000 home campaign tiers

Pilot / Founding

5,000

homes

Proof of concept, first local issue, smaller neighborhood test.

Standard preferred

Neighborhood

10,000

homes

Repeatable local campaign size. Strong balance of reach and sellability.

Standard or XL

Market

20,000

homes

Larger seasonal guide or multi-neighborhood campaign.

XL recommended

Regional

40,000

homes

Major sponsored edition, venue/event guide, or regional campaign.

XL or targeted

/ Co-op ad packages

Share the cost. Own the mailbox.

Multiple advertisers share one premium oversized edition — so every business gets bigger format, bigger reach, and Spokenote engagement for a fraction of going it alone. Anchor and feature spots sell first; reserve early to lock placement and category protection.

Standard Ad Unit

Founding 5,000-home edition

$200

Best for: Local businesses joining a founding or neighborhood edition with a 2.25" x 2.5" ad space.

  • 2.25" x 2.5" ad slot
  • Art & layout assistance
  • Spokenote QR scan
  • Shared co-op mailer
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Most popular

Neighborhood Feature Ad

10,000-home edition

$500+

Best for: Restaurants, realtors, home services, and growing brands wanting bigger placement and storytelling.

  • Larger feature ad slot
  • Premium layout placement
  • Spokenote video CTA (1–3 min)
  • Up to 3 CTA buttons
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Market Sponsor

20,000-home XL edition

$1,500+

Best for: Anchor advertisers, districts, venues, and seasonal guides on the XL 18x12 format.

  • Premium sponsor placement
  • Category protection available
  • Expanded Spokenote treatment
  • Sponsor mention in edition theme
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Regional Anchor

40,000-home XL edition

$3,500+

Best for: Regional sponsors, arenas, hospitals, multi-location brands, and presenting partners.

  • Anchor / presenting placement
  • Maximum mailbox reach
  • Full Spokenote integration
  • Post-mailing engagement reporting
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Why Spokenote matters — scan, video, CTAs, and engagement analytics

/ Powered by Spokenote

Print that performs like digital.

Spokenote turns every Giant Postcard Mailer into an interactive experience. One scan can launch a chef welcome video, a home tour, a booking link, ticket sales, a registration portal, a sponsor activation, or a lead capture flow — and every interaction is measurable.

The mailer captures attention. Spokenote continues the journey.

Scan to engage

Coupons, menus, offers, and reveals tied to the mailpiece.

Video stories

Chef welcomes, home tours, sponsor messages, event previews.

Action CTAs

Booking, ticketing, registration, donation, lead capture.

Real analytics

Track scans, engagement, and response by advertiser.

/ Who it's for

Built for the businesses that build community.

Restaurants, breweries, retail, realtors, contractors, med spas, gyms, sports leagues, events, tourism, hospitality, and nonprofits all share a single oversized edition — each with dedicated branded placement and Spokenote engagement.

Community editions: downtown guides, holiday/seasonal, venue/event, and targeted direct mail

Downtown & Main Street Guide

Business districts, chambers, Main Street orgs, shopping and dining campaigns.

Seasonal & Holiday Guide

Holiday shopping, seasonal events, gift guides, and community calendars.

Event & Venue Edition

Arenas, promoters, restaurants, hotels, transportation, family entertainment.

Targeted Direct Mail Campaign

Admissions, private offers, reactivation, donor campaigns, lead follow-up.

/ Spokenote in action

One scan. A different experience for every industry.

Instead of forcing every advertiser to fit their full message into a limited print space, Spokenote extends the mailer digitally. The same QR code can launch a chef welcome video, a home tour, a ticket checkout, or a donation portal — built around what each business actually needs the customer to do next.

Restaurants

  • Chef welcome videos
  • Live menu links
  • Reservation buttons
  • Catering promotions
  • Loyalty club signups

Realtors

  • Video home tours
  • Schedule-a-showing links
  • Neighborhood spotlights
  • Buyer & seller lead capture

Sports Organizations

  • Registration portals
  • Sponsor videos
  • Coach welcome messages
  • Donation links
  • Schedule announcements

Events & Festivals

  • Ticket sales
  • Sponsor promotions
  • Interactive maps
  • Performer previews
  • VIP upgrade offers

Hospitality & Tourism

  • Resort walkthroughs
  • Booking experiences
  • Destination videos
  • Package promotions

Home Services

  • Project galleries
  • Estimate request flows
  • Seasonal service offers
  • Financing CTAs

/ The shift

Instead of "Here is an ad."
the platform becomes "Scan this and engage instantly."

The mailer captures attention physically. Spokenote continues the customer journey digitally — deeper stories, clearer offers, measurable action, and trackable engagement well beyond the moment of delivery.

/ USPS & Distribution

Saturate a neighborhood. Or pinpoint a list.

Every Giant Postcard Mailer campaign is built around efficient, USPS-compatible distribution workflows. We help you choose the right strategy based on the audience you actually need to reach — then handle artwork prep, mailing logistics, and postage as a pass-through quoted at campaign time.

The oversized formats are intentionally designed to maximize mailbox visibility, perceived value, and response — without sacrificing scalable mailing efficiencies.

EDDM saturation

Every Door Direct Mail by carrier route — no list needed, lowest USPS rate, 100% home reach.

Carrier route + ZIP

Combine routes and ZIP codes to shape a custom market footprint.

Targeted lists

Customer lists, demographic targeting, donor files, reactivation, and lookalike audiences.

Volume tiers

5,000 / 10,000 / 20,000 / 40,000+ piece campaigns with transparent USPS pass-through pricing.

/ Built for scale & premium production

Produced inside the Personal Press production ecosystem.

Every Giant Postcard Mailer is produced through the advanced digital print and finishing platform at Personal Press — built for oversized formats, premium finishing, variable data, and repeatable, high-quality runs at gang-run efficiency.

Konica Minolta AccurioPress C7100

High-speed digital production for premium oversized direct mail with consistent color and sheet quality.

Fiery workflow systems

Color-managed RIP and prepress workflow for predictable, repeatable runs across editions.

Duplo DC-646 finishing

Precision creasing, scoring, slitting, and trimming — engineered for the XL fold-out format.

Variable data workflows

Personalize names, offers, QR destinations, and Spokenote experiences down to the recipient.

Wholesale production partnerships

Scalable trade-print partnerships when campaigns need to expand beyond in-house capacity.

Mailing & logistics

Bindery-to-USPS handoff, address prep, NCOA, drop-shipping, and EDDM bundling done in-house.

/ Ideal industries

Where the Giant Postcard Mailer wins.

The platform performs exceptionally well anywhere physical presence, story, and a clear next action all matter at the same time. These are the categories we build editions around.

Restaurants & Hospitality

Menu launches, catering, events, happy hour campaigns, loyalty promotions, seasonal specials.

Real Estate

Farming campaigns, luxury listings, neighborhood branding, just-listed / just-sold, open houses.

Community Organizations

Sports leagues, nonprofit fundraising, schools, civic initiatives, sponsor activations.

Retail

Grand openings, holiday campaigns, product launches, district-wide local shopping promotions.

Home Services

Roofing, HVAC, landscaping, plumbing, cleaning, remodeling, and seasonal service offers.

Events & Entertainment

Festivals, concerts, community gatherings, venue promotions, sponsor and ticketing campaigns.

/ Proven in the wild

Not theoretical. Already in mailboxes.

The Giant Postcard Mailer platform has been deployed in active, real-world campaigns across Central Indiana — from neighborhood EDDM saturation to a 40,000+ home community sports initiative.

EDDM saturation

Fishers & Noblesville EDDM Editions

Multiple oversized Every Door Direct Mail campaigns executed across Fishers and Noblesville carrier routes. The format consistently delivered stronger mailbox presence than conventional postcards while helping local businesses build neighborhood awareness, promote seasonal offers, drive event attendance, and generate QR-driven engagement.

  • Oversized format above the standard postcard noise floor
  • Co-op cost share across multiple local advertisers
  • Spokenote-powered offers, menus, and bookings per advertiser
Community campaign

Noblesville Boom Basketball — 40,000+ homes

A large-scale community direct mail initiative for the Noblesville Boom Basketball Organization, reaching over 40,000 Noblesville-area residents. The campaign demonstrated the platform scaling beyond standard business advertising into youth sports, nonprofit outreach, sponsor activation, and full-region awareness.

  • 40,000+ resident reach across Noblesville
  • Sponsor placement + organization storytelling
  • Spokenote-driven registration, donation, and schedule CTAs

/ The bigger vision

More than direct mail. A modern local marketing ecosystem.

The Giant Postcard Mailer is evolving into a modern community marketing ecosystem that blends premium print, digital interaction, cooperative advertising, community engagement, and measurable marketing performance.

It gives local businesses access to marketing experiences that traditionally only larger brands could afford — and helps communities spotlight local commerce, strengthen neighborhood identity, and create shared promotional ecosystems through premium physical marketing.

Be seen.

Oversized scale that physically dominates the mailbox.

Be remembered.

Premium production that reads like a publication, not an ad.

Be engaged with.

Spokenote turns every scan into a real next action.

Be measured.

Track scans, engagement, and response by advertiser.

/ How we talk about it

Core positioning.

Four lenses we use when introducing the Giant Postcard Mailer to advertisers, partners, and community stakeholders.

Primary positioning

A premium oversized direct mail platform that combines co-op advertising, interactive QR engagement, and modern digital storytelling into one mailbox-dominating marketing experience.

Consumer positioning

Oversized direct mail that turns print into an interactive digital experience.

Advertiser positioning

Print that performs like digital.

Community positioning

A modern community marketing platform built to help local businesses stand out together.

Dominate the mailbox. Measure the response.

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