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Shared postcard advertising · Central Virginia

Your business in 5,000 local mailboxes.

LOVElocal is one big 9×12 postcard shared by local businesses and mailed to every home on our Lynchburg and Forest routes. You get the reach of your own mailer for a fraction of the cost, and we design your ad.

From $450 · design, printing & postage included

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    Who's on the card

    Your neighbors on the fridge.

    These ads ran on our fall card. Every one was designed by LOVElocal for a business right here in Lynchburg and Forest.

    Hover or tap an ad to see who it's for.

    Why mail

    The most overlooked ad in town.

    Every business is fighting for the same feed. A card in the mailbox skips that fight.

    No algorithm

    Every home on the route gets the card. No platform decides who sees you, and nobody scrolls past it in a second.

    It gets picked up

    People bring the mail in, sort it at the counter and keep what's useful. A 9×12 card is hard to miss in that pile.

    Only your neighbors

    Every card lands in Forest or Lynchburg. You never pay to reach someone three states away.

    Where your ad goes

    Every home on these streets.

    The gold streets are the USPS carrier routes the card mails to. Your carrier walks every one of them, and your ad goes into every mailbox along the way.

    5,000

    homes on this card

      Be the name they know

      People call the name they've seen before.

      Nobody buys a magazine ad for the clicks. They buy it so that when a reader needs a roofer, a realtor or a caterer, one name is already there. LOVElocal works the same way: 5,000 kitchens, every card, and your ad in the same spot each time.

      1. Card 1

        They see you.

        Your name lands on 5,000 kitchen counters.

      2. Card 2

        They remember you.

        Same spot, same name. It starts to feel familiar.

      3. Card 3

        They call you.

        When they need what you do, yours is the name they already know.

      Keep your spot

      The more cards you're on, the less each one costs.

      Choose "Keep my spot" when you claim. Your space is held for you every issue, and the price drops the longer you stay. Stop anytime before the next card prints.

      Claim a spot and keep it
      First card$450Full price
      Second in a row$40510% off
      Every card after$38315% off

      Shown for a back Small. Works the same on every size.

      How it works

      Claim it in two minutes.

      1. Pick your spot on the card

        See who's already on it and choose an open space. One business per category, so no competitor shares your card.

      2. Pay online

        Checkout is through Stripe. The spot is yours the moment payment goes through.

      3. We design it, you approve it

        Send your logo and what you want to say. You get a proof and a round of edits.

      4. It lands in 5,000 mailboxes

        Printed locally and delivered by USPS to every home on the route.

      Two sizes on a 12 × 9 inch card

      LOVElocal header
      Small2.8 × 3.8 in
      Large5.8 × 3.8 in

      Mark Angelini

      Who's behind it

      Local business owners, not an ad agency.

      LOVElocal was started by Mark Angelini, owner of READ Landscapes and Three Arm Farm, so small businesses here can reach their neighbors without paying a fortune, and so the money we spend keeps circulating in our own towns.

      Read our story →

      Got the card in your mailbox?

      Meet every business on this issue.

      Links, offers and phone numbers for everyone on the Lynchburg & Forest card, in one place.

      lovelocal.space/lyhforest →

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