Hey, Zooppers, imagine a world untethered from the hassle, clutter and inconvenience of snail mail. Earth Class Mail takes postal mail and puts it online, so it can be accessed as easily and conveniently as email! This Seattle-based company has embraced the digital age by giving its customers a virtual PO Box that lets them access and read their postal mail on the web, 24/7, from wherever life takes them.
Here’s how it works:
- You pick a new mailing address from Earth Class Mail’s international network of street and P.O. Box addresses.
- Earth Class Mail receives your mail at that address on your behalf, scans the envelopes, and sends you an email message containing the full-color envelope images.
- You then log in to your secure online account and, with just a few mouse clicks, tell Earth Class Mail what to do with each envelope, from opening it and securely scanning the contents for you to read online to recycling it, shredding it, or forward-shipping it to you. You can even deposit any checks directly into your bank account, or archive documents at the secure Earth Class Mail facility.
This is the ultimate 21st century postal-mail solution. It’s ideal for a small business that doesn’t want to use a home address as a business address and needs for its employees to keep up with mail when they’re away from the office. Plus, there’s no need for a business to rent a P.O. Box or private mailbox that has to be driven to, and no need for it to pay big bucks for an executive suite just to have a big-city business address. Earth Class Mail gives customers a chance to have a street address on Park Ave. in Manhattan, in Los Angeles near Hollywood and Beverly Hills, in San Francisco’s Financial District, and in Seattle, or a P.O. Box address in any of 18 other major U.S. cities, even if the customer doesn’t live in one of those cities or even in the States. Coming soon will be street addresses in 16 countries, including those in Europe and Asia.
Besides small businesses, Earth Class Mail is perfect for any mail recipient who doesn’t want to be chained to an old-fashioned mailbox, from expats, traveling executives, RVers, and snowbirds to military personnel, consultants, entertainment-industry professionals and more. Why be stuck with mooching off a family member or paying an expensive mail-forwarding service to get your mail taken care of when you’re away? Earth Class Mail means no more missed bills and the subsequent dings to your credit rating, no more risk of responding too late to business opportunities sent through the mail, and no more worry about ID theft from a criminal absconding with unattended mail. But Earth Class Mail’s state-of-the-art system isn’t just used by individuals and small businesses – it’s being used by Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and even by some national postal operators that offer the service to all the citizens and businesses in their country.
So Zooppers, get out your laptops and start your creative engines, because Earth Class Mail needs your best viral videos. (Hint: They’re most interested in seeing videos that creatively explain how Earth Class Mail works and the benefits it provides to individuals and small businesses.) And they’re willing to put their money where their mouth is to the tune of $5000 for the winning submission, and one-year’s free usage of a U.S.-based Earth Class Mail account for the next three runners-up. The deadline is April 12. So say goodbye to trips to the mailbox and may the best submission win.
To participate in this Zooppa contest, you must comply with the rules of this brief, and with the general contest rules, which can be found in the Terms & Conditions, and in the Submission Agreement. Please note that in order to win a prize, you will be required to certify in writing, via Zooppa’s Copyright Clearance Form, that all content in your entry is your original work, is in the public domain, or is used with the written permission of the author or owner of the work, and does not violate the publicity or privacy rights of any person. The unlicensed use of another person’s copyright, publicity or privacy rights could disqualify your contest entry. This includes the use of video, photographs, animation, still or motion graphics, music, sound effects, fonts and in some cases trademarks unless provided by the contest sponsor.
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