Routes and Rates | Drop Locations | Mailing Address | Service Instructions

We Get The Word Out!
Distribution drop off deadlines: Noon: 8/2 and 8/16
Serving the San Francisco Bay Area since 1976!
Sample Photos: postering service, flyer delivery, and postcard distribution
From Sonoma to San Jose- we get the word out. Our flyer, poster and postcard distribution routes include: San Francisco, Berkeley, San Rafael, San Jose and Oakland. We offer street teams, postering services, poster delivery guerilla marketing, campus postering, outdoor advertising and event promotions. From nonprofit theater events to corporate promotions we can help get the word out. Small business and nonprofit friendly services. We now also distribute brochures in drop stacks to area businesses. Flyer handout service also available.
info@thumbtackbugle.com / (415) 261-1641
Next Distribution Drop Off Deadlines: | Noon- 8/2 and 8/16
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Drop off materials along with check made out to Thumbtack Bugle, your business card, or contact information and the routes you want for distribution. (ex: East Bay, San Francisco, Marin). Seal all packages and clearly mark the package: Thumbtack Bugle. Please bundle smaller packages into one larger package. All materials must be dropped off by noon on the distribution deadline day. Materials for Berkeley, San Francisco, and Marin can be dropped at any of our East Bay, Marin or San Francisco drop locations.
Payment must be received prior to distribution. To pay via credit card use paypal and send payment to: info@thumbtackbugle.com . Payment must be received prior to distribution. For payment by check make the check out to Thumbtack Bugle and leave it with the materials being distributed.
Did know that the Thumbtack Bugle can accept payment by creditcards via paypal? From the paypal Web site (www.paypal.com) send money to: info@thumbtackbugle.com.
Materials to be distributed can also be mailed to us via UPS, or US Post at:
Thumbtack Bugle
Box "T"
Berkeley Mail Center, Room 210
2140 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
*Be sure to include payment made out to Thumbtack Bugle, your contact information and a note with the routes you want your materials distributed along.
Routes and Rates Drop Locations Mailing Address for Materials
Business Card Drops:
We drop or leave your business card in small stacks of between five to ten cards (you choose). Each drop is 1.00. Cards must be banded (rubber banded) into desired drop sizes. We distribute to East Bay and to San Francisco for our business card routes. We distribute to 100 locations in either side of the Bay (100 in the East Bay and 100 in San Francisco).
Distribute your postcard size flyers in stacks at high traffic locations for less than the cost of first class postage.
Service Note and Agreement
All work once delivered/paid is non-refundable. Sample photos of Stores and Shops distribution provided on request in advance of order being delivered. 20 sample photos provided $10.00 per distribution route. Note photos must be requested prior to distribution. Allow one week after distribution for photos to be posted.
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Our
Schedule: • Low cost pick-up service also available.
Bring your package to on of our convenient pickup points!
Or Mail Packages Flyers can also be mailed to Thumbtack Bugle Box "T" Berkeley Mail Center, Room 210 2140 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704
San Francisco
Deadline
on the drop off date.
10am to 6pm M-F Deadline on the drop off date.
Oakland Oakland, CA 94611 8am to 5pm M-F
10am to 4pm Sat Deadline on the drop off date.
San Rafael 9:30am to 6pm M-F
10am to 2pm Sat Deadline on the drop off date.
Santa Rosa Other Services
Flyer Handout--Instant Publicity! There’s still time to reach
thousands with Thumbtack Bugle’s Flyer Handout Service! We go to the
best locations in town and hand out your flyers to the people passing
by. We can distribute 300-500 flyers per hour depending on time of day
and the locations you request. We use only well groomed, friendly folks
who will represent you well. This is a great way to advertise your new
business or for last-minute ticket sales for your events. Call for
project quote.
Postcard Stack Drops now Available!
NEW: Premium Postcard Distribution: Your postcard tacked/ posted to a bulletin board or public location in a free taken one holder. $3 per location up to 20 pieces per holder. San Francisco: 50 locations. East Bay: 30 locations. Marin: 20 locations. We recommend PS Print for all of your poster, postcard and printing needs. Use the link below to checkout their great prices.
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Flyer and Poster Distribution Current Specials
Routes & Rates
Berkeley/Oakland: includes Shattuck, University, San Pablo, Solano
(Albany), Telegraph, Piedmont, UC Berkeley campus, College Avenue, also
North Oakland, plus other good boards all over! 100 flyers $75.00
Sonoma County: covers the towns of Santa Rosa, Petaluma,
Sebastopol and Cotati.
100 posters $150 (11
horizontal by 17
vertical)
100 legal size flyers $85 (8.5 by 14) 100 flyers $75.00 (8.5 by 11)* 100 flyers half page $45 (San Francisco Only) 200 flyers COOP flyer - letter size $70 (six flyer limit space must be reserved) 200 flyers COOP flyer - 1/2 page $60 (six flyer limit space must be reserved) 500 postcards (pre-banded) five to board $100 throughout the city *see postcards for drop stacks and brochure options
Stores and Shops:
Your poster (up to 11 horizontal by 17
vertical) is prominently
displayed inside stores and shops. This is a valuable
route. This is a high traffic/high visibility route and includes window
displays and front of shop displays were possible. 100 flyers/posters East Bay $250 100 flyers/posters Marin $250 150 flyers/posters Santa Cruz $450 100 flyers/posters Lower East Bay $350 (Hayward/Fremont) 100 flyers/posters South Bay$350 100 flyers/posters South Peninsula $350 100 flyers/posters North Peninsula $350 100 flyers/posters Contra Costa County $350
Berkeley Stores and Shops: Your poster (up to 11 horizontal by 17 vertical) is prominently displayed inside stores and shops. 100 flyers/posters $250 call for larger posters
100 posters (11 horizontal by 17 vertical) $150
100 posters (11 horizontal by 17 vertical) $150
100 posters (11 horizontal by 17 vertical) $150
100 posters (11 horizontal by 17
vertical)$150.00
100 flyers $75
San Francisco and Marin
Schools: we will place your posters (up to 11 by 17) on these & other College and
University campuses: San Francisco City College, San Francisco State, University of California at San
Francisco, College of Marin, and more.
East Bay Schools: we will place your posters (up to 11 by 17) on campus boards in these schools: University of California at Berkeley, Laney College, University of the East Bay, California College of Arts and Crafts and other more. 100 flyers $100 (includes campus areas)
100 flyers/posters East Bay $250 100 flyers/posters San Francisco $250.00 (up to 11”x17”) 100 flyers/posters South Bay: $250 100 flyers/posters Colleges San Francisco: $150
100 flyers/posters
Colleges East Bay: $150
Postcards: Stacks of up to 25 cards or small flyers (half letter size or smaller) are $2 per stack dropped. If stacks are counted and rubber banded rates are $1.5 per stack. East Bay - up to 300 locations San Francisco up to 600 locations (city-wide) Marin- up to 75 locations For other areas call first! Other options- flyer handouts. Call/email for quote.
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