Your Firm Could Win $5,000 - Mail Boxes Etc seeking small businesses in advertising contest - Brief Article

Nation's Business, Oct, 1998 by Thomas Love

Mail Boxes Etc. is searching nationwide for a small-business owner with 20 or fewer employees to be featured on the company's television commercial that is scheduled to appear during the Super Bowl game on Jan. 31. The featured business owner will receive $5,000, and two runners-up will receive $2,000 each.

Entrants must answer the following questions, each in 25 words or fewer: "How does your business demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit of small business m America?" "What would you say about your business to 130 million Super Bowl viewers?" Forms for entering the promotion can he obtained at participating Mail Boxes Etc. centers or through the company's Internet site at www.mbe.com. The search will end Oct. 15.