ORANGE COUNTY, CA — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is helping small- to medium-sized and home-based businesses grow by hosting free business seminars in Orange County during November and December. USPS has an array of services to benefit any business and improve the bottom line.

“Grow Your Business” seminars will take place at the following locations:

These Grow Your Business seminars include sessions that will share the new way businesses can advertise quickly, easily, and cost-effectively. Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) provides a reach unparalleled to build customer traffic and find new business.

The EDDM Retail option is perfect for businesses that have not tried Direct Mail and want to benefit from its effectiveness. Save time on mail preparation and save cost with no permit fees or mailing list needed. Now the “butcher, baker and pizza pie maker” can reach every mailbox with EDDM and EDDM Retail and get complete coverage to a designated delivery route with a simplified address of “Postal Customer.” Businesses just need to register to utilize EDDM Retail. For more information, visit USPS.com/everydoordirectmail.

And moving from local to global business solutions — businesses can learn about the Postal Service’s international shipping options and free Global Shipping Software, along with other services to reach customers and transact commerce worldwide, at “Grow Global” sessions on the dates and times indicated.

To reserve your spot at any of these no-cost business events, please visit USPS.com/growyourbusinessdays

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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only 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. 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.