SANTA MONICA, CA — The Postal Service continues its ongoing seminar series for small businesses with a new session on learning how to sell items online and discover simpler, more economical ways to ship those items to buyers. Find out about Priority Flat-Rate shipping rates, ordering free eco-friendly envelopes and boxes, scheduling free Package Pickup and other helpful services.
For details on selling online and simplified shipping — and other programs that can benefit virtually any business — join the Postal Service at one of these free business seminars:
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Aug. 3 – 1:00 p.m. |
Aug. 11 – 1:00 p.m. |
Aug. 12 – 11:00 a.m. |
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Aug. 16 – 11:00 a.m. |
Aug. 23 – 11:00 a.m. |
Aug. 31 – 11:00 a.m. |
To reserve a spot at one of these free business events, visit usps.com/growyourbusinessdays or call (323) 586-1455.
The previous seminar series covered a new way for businesses to reach local markets quickly, easily, and cost-effectively with Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM). Perfect for businesses that have not tried Direct Mail and want to prove its effectiveness, EDDM saves on mail preparation time, permit fees, mailing lists and printing costs. The “butcher, baker and real estate broker” can reach every mailbox in the neighborhood with EDDM, getting complete coverage with a simplified address of “Postal Customer.”
Additional information about this innovative new mailing service is available by visiting USPS.com/everydoordirectmail.
We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com
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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
