716 Spotlight — Grand Island Co-op

Get your business in front of
5,000 Grand Island front doors each month.*

A 12” × 9” postcard from Grand Island business owners, for Grand Island. One glossy card, front and back — no envelope, no fold, no competitor beside you. One business per category, and it’s yours.

Reserve my category

From $79/mo for a directory block, or $265/mo for your own ad · No contract · We design your ad for you

*Approximately 4,800 homes each month. Two consecutive editions cover all 9,572 Grand Island addresses.

The next edition

The next card is being set.

Tell us your category and we will hold it for the next edition. One business per category, first come, first served.

4Ad spots open
4,721Homes this edition

Already spoken for

Auto Detailing Junk Removal Pet Grooming Real Estate Septic Service Snow Plowing Yours?
Front of a recent Grand Island Spotlight postcard Back of a recent Grand Island Spotlight postcard

A recent edition, front and back. One business per category — once a category is taken it is gone for that edition.

The stories

The neighbors behind the ads.

Every advertiser gets one of these, written by us. Here are the most recent.

Read all 30 business stories →

What you get

Two things, every month.

1

Your ad on the postcard

Mailed to every home on Grand Island: about 4,800 homes each month, so all 9,572 addresses get it 6 times a year. Full color, professionally designed. We create your ad for you — just send your logo and what you want to say.

2

A featured story — on the house

Every advertiser gets a professionally written feature published permanently on 716Spotlight.com. It’s a bonus, not the product — we write about businesses that don’t advertise too, any time the story is worth telling. You never have to buy an ad to get covered. Just reach out if you have a business story you’d like told. Read the ones we’ve already written →

Why the postcard works

No envelope. No fold.
No competitor beside you.

01

12” × 9”. Seen the second it leaves the mailbox.

108 square inches — four times the face of a standard postcard. Nothing to open, nothing to unfold, nothing between your ad and the person holding it. The ANA’s 2023 Response Rate Report puts postcards at a 5.7% response rate against 4.3% for letter-sized envelopes — about a third higher, and the postcard is the one nobody has to open.

02

One pet groomer. One real estate agent. One junk removal business.

When you claim a category, it’s yours. Your competitor can’t buy their way onto the same card, the same month, next to your ad. Every other name on the card is a neighbor in a different line of work — not someone bidding for your customer.

03

The folded flyer puts you next to your competition.

The other mailer on the island is a folded flyer. On one recent edition it carried two liquor stores and two collision shops. Your ad, inside a fold, beside the business you’re trying to beat — and the reader has to open it to find you at all.

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This isn’t a national mailer with a local zip code on it.

It’s a group of Grand Island business owners sharing one postcard. Every name on the card is a neighbor. Valpak is a national company mailing a sealed envelope of coupons from Florida — and the first thing most people do with a sealed envelope of coupons is throw it out.

What it costs

Straightforward pricing. No contract.

5,000 front doors each month,* one card. Your rate drops the longer you stay on it and never goes up. Stop after any edition — there is nothing to sign.

Ad One edition Editions 1–2 Editions 3–4 Editions 5+best rate
Your own ad — single3” × 4” $350 $300 $285 $265
Your own ad — double6” × 4” · counts as two slots $600 $570 $530 $500
Directory blockName, logo, phone number · four to a block $99 $99 $89 $79

Prices are per edition. You move to the next rate automatically as you stay on the card, and it never goes up. No contract and no minimum — stop after any edition. If you come off the card and return later, you start again at the first rate. A double counts as two slots, so a double for one edition costs the same as a single for two.

  • A story about your business, written by us and published permanently on 716spotlight.com. Included, no charge.
  • Free event listings for every Island business — advertiser or not, forever.
  • One business per category. We turn the other guys down.
  • We design your ad for you, full color. No setup fees, no contract.
What one story can do

One story about radiation testing on Grand Island reached more people in a week than the island has residents. Neighbors read it, argued about it, and sent it to each other.

“Radiation Testing Is Coming to Grand Island” — one post, one local audience

42,533
Views
25,010
Impressions
110
Comments
How it works

Four steps, and we handle the rest.

  1. 1

    Reach out

    Fill out the form below or give us a call. Tell us about your business and which area you want to reach.

  2. 2

    We check availability

    We make sure your category isn’t already taken on the card. One business per category, first come, first served.

  3. 3

    Design your ad

    Send us your logo and info, or let us design the ad for you. We’ll send a proof for your approval before anything goes to print.

  4. 4

    We print and mail

    We handle printing, addressing, postage and delivery. Your ad goes straight into local mailboxes.

Where we mail

Grand Island now. More of the 716 coming.

Grand Island is mailing now. The other areas are in planning, so tell us your town and we will come to you first when it opens.

Reserve your spot

Claim your category before someone else does.

One business per category. First come, first served.

📱 Text us: (716) 771-2273
— or fill out the form —

You're on our radar!

We'll check availability for your category and get back to you within 24 hours. Welcome to the neighborhood.