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CLICK-N-SHIP
Click-N-Ship is the U.S. Postal Service's online shippingservice, where you can create labels and pay for your domestic andinternational shipping needs using your own computer and printer.Click-N-Ship calculates postage rates, finds ZIP codes, andstand-ardizes and saves addresses and shipping history information.You can even use the service to purchase insurance for the packagesyou send.

CRISPADS
CrispAds is an ad network for blogs and RSS/Atom feeds. Advertiserscan strategically place text ads within specific articles, blogentries and feeds that are relevant to their target markets forless than 60 cents per click. Reports are generated that displaytables of your placements with the resulting ad views, ad clicks,costs per click and total ad costs.

VENDORSEEK
Looking for a cost-effective business-based service? VendorSeek.comis an online B2B marketplace that processes more than 5,000requests per month from businesses seeking price quotes from itsApproved Vendor Network. VendorSeek offers quoting services in over150 different business service categories. There is no cost forbusinesses seeking price quotes; vendors pay an annual fee of $99plus minimal lead fees.

GOOGLE SUGGEST
Google's continual evolution has manifested in a beta site thatspeeds up the searching process. As you type in the search field, areal-time drop-down list appears, guessing potential words and/orphrases you might be searching for along with the number of Googleresults available. Aside from providing efficient searching, thiscan also benefit your site's optimization by offering glimpsesinto underdeveloped search phrases.

SOUNDVIEWEXECUTIVE BOOK SUMMARIES
Soundview Executive Book Summaries outline the key points and ideasof full-length business books in quick, easy-to-read summaries.Soundview offers print, online and audio summaries of the 30 bestbusiness books of the year to its more than 50,000 worldwidesubscribers. Soundview also offers a free e-newsletter to keep youinformed of new books. Online subscriptions start at $109.

LADIES WHO LAUNCH
This program is designed to motivate and facilitate women inbusiness through networking and an array of resources. Ladies WhoLaunch posts events, features on women business owners, andresources and tips, including facts about women in business and abusiness plan sample guide for those in the startup phase.

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