Chicago IL — Home-based businesses and other entrepreneurs can find out how to save money on postage and use the mail to increase revenue, at U.S. Postal Service’s Grow Your Business Days throughout the month of July, at the following locations:

Thursday, July 12 – Lincoln Park Station, 2643 N Clark St
Friday, July 13 – Loop Station, 211 S Clark St
Wednesday, July 18 – Henry McGee Station, 4601 S Cottage Grove Ave
Thursday, July 19 – Mount Greenwood/Alsip Station, 3349 W 111th St
Friday, July 20 – Irving Park Station, 3319 N Cicero Ave

All seminars will take place from 9 am to 2 pm.

Representatives from the Chicago District’s Business Development Team will explain how small companies can benefit from the Postal Service’s products and services. They will show customers how to take advantage of quick, easy and convenient features like Click-N-Ship®, which lets customers pay for postage and schedule package pickups online at usps.com.  They will also provide information on the new postage rates, and show how the new rate structure provides opportunities to reduce mailing costs.

The Grow Your Business Days are free and open to the public. For more information, call the Chicago District Marketing Department at (312) 983-8419.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to cover its operating expenses. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $73 billion and delivers nearly half the world's mail volume.

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