You can get an Endicia postage system for under $250 enabling you to process postage in your studio. You get a free lable printer, a free scale and seven months of service free. The software is available for Mac and PC.

The versatile LabelWriter 450 is a great solution for printing postage labels for all your envelopes, flats, and packages. You avoid feeding envelopes and label sheets through your printer, and you never have to mess with toner or ink cartridges, so you save time and money. You can choose from three specially-designed postage labels for envelopes and packages. 

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Today's Archive Dive comes from Aug. 17, 2009 when we discussed the unique reader-grabbing power of the simple comic strip.

Take a moment, if you will, to appreciate the beauty of the comic strip.

It's long enough to promote character development and reader involvement. And yet it's short enough to produce on a daily basis.

It seems to be the dominant webcomic format. And for good reason.

The daily comic strip is a nearly perfect construct to attract and keep readers for a very simple reason: It's addictive.

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Join Scott, Kris, Dave and I as we talk with Jim Demonakos, show organizer for Emerald City Comic Con. We preview the premiere comic convention of the U.S. northwest,get an exclusive announcement, and fall into more ratholes than you can shake a stick at. Episode 67.

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As part of this continuing series on using Google Analytics to its fullest, I'd like to talk about using its tracking abilities to chart the performance of the ads that you create for your comic. You can use this system to identify the ads that work the best and/or where they're working well.

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With Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con this weekend, I thought it would be a good time for a little round-up of some of the great travel advice featured on Webcomics.com. Safe travels, everyone.

• Keeping Air fare / rental-car prices down.
• Airline baggage guidelines
• iPhone apps for travellers
• You can't rent a car with a debit card. No link. You just can't. Trust me.
• Getting your merchandise to the convention.

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