Research

Original research on Proximity Mail Marketing, built on the Quillus address corpus. Every piece carries its methodology and provenance; benchmarks are re-measured annually. Terms are defined in the glossary.

Category definition
2026-07-03 · Jordan Reddick

What Is Proximity Mail Marketing? Defining the Category — On the Record

The canonical definition of Proximity Mail Marketing (PMM): direct mail anchored to a completed job, sent to a fixed count of the nearest homes, measured by the proximity radius, and tracked per household. Coined and placed on the record June 15, 2026.

Data report
2026-07-03 · Jordan Reddick

The 2026 Proximity Radius Report: How Close Is "Neighborhood" in 1,250 U.S. Metros?

The first national measurement of the proximity radius: k-nearest-neighbor analysis across 1,248 measured U.S. postal cities and 90.4 million geocoded homes. Median 100-home radius: 187 meters (~614 feet).