Monarch Music & Media - Update 01/12/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Update 01/12/2014

Time seems to be flying by, we're now into the final month of 2014 and many of us seem to be caught up in a bit of a shopping frenzy with the Christmas period fast approaching. I couldn't quite believe some of the scenes I witnessed on the news from Black Friday and I really hope we're not going to see more and more of that madness in future!

As far as Monarch Music & Media is concerned it has of course been the busiest time of the year, with the main focus being to try and get more involved with Twitter as I'm discovering it's just as good if not better than Facebook for networking, marketing and just getting your message out there. What started out as a tool to simply enhance the website and bring in extra traffic has fast turned into a larger scale cross-promotion operation and I've now created a YouTube channel where I can showcase some of the talented but as yet unknown bands, musicians, games developers and artists out there. As a result of all this activity the Twitter page has grown rapidly in the last couple of weeks and has now reached the 500+ follower mark.

URL for the Twitter page :- twitter.com/MonarchMusicMed

URL for the YouTube page :- youtube.com/c/MonarchMusicMediaRudheath

There's also a new address for the Google Plus page as I've had to merge two existing pages in order to simplify things.

URL for the Google Plus page :- google.com/+MonarchMusicMediaRudheath

So almost a year on from starting this business there is still lots more to be done but it's been an interesting journey so far that has taken me in many new directions and brought me into contact with some great people.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support and I would like to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all who celebrate!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 15/11/2014

Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 15/11/2014

With all the existing content now transferred over from the old website to the new one we felt it was time to add some new content too and wanted to cater for customers outside of the UK as well as domestically. As a result a new Sports Fans section has been created featuring clothing, equipment and accessories for several sports including Football, Soccer, American Football, Ice Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Handball, Motor Racing, Cricket, Rugby and Cycling.

These items will be available at great value prices from our trusted partner Amazon's UK, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Spain and Italy sites.

Direct link to the Sports Fans section :-

http://monarchmusicmedia.blogspot.co.uk/p/sports-fans.html

To navigate to the country of your choice use the Sports Fans drop down menus at the top right hand side of the screen just underneath the company logo.

On the home page there are now direct links to the home pages of Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es and Amazon.it so our international customers from those countries can be taken to the correct site with prices in their own currencies. You'll find these links down the right hand side of the page.

Just above the Amazon links there are Social Profile buttons linking to Monarch Music & Media's Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn, RSS Feed and Email.

That's all for now folks, hope everyone is well!

DJM

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New Monarch Music & Media website goes live!

Monarch Music & Media is very pleased to announced that the new website is now up and running :-

www.monarchmusicmedia.blogspot.com

It's taken a few weeks to transfer all the relevant existing data and files off the old website, removing some of the outdated content and adding in new products and site features but hopefully the general look, feel and accessibility are now better than they were. Your feedback on this is of course much appreciated, in particular anyone viewing the site using mobile phones / smartphones / tablets etc. 

There is lots of totally new media content in the form of books (paperback, hardcover and kindle formats) and phones (accessories, chargers, mobile phones, smartphones) and also a computer hardware section where you can find graphics cards, hard drives, monitors, processors, RAM, ROM drives etc.

The new & used Vinyl Records and CDs for sale direct from Monarch Music & Media sections have been revamped and condensed into single listing pages so that it's now much easier to find all the items currently for sale in the one place as previously it was felt that they were a little too spread out and hard to locate, and that there were perhaps too many options on the drop down menus.

The Gaming section remains in a similar format featuring Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii, PC, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One games but items have now been broken down further into particular gaming genres.

The DJ Equipment section continues to feature Cartridges, Controllers, Headphones, Lights, Microphones, Mixers, PA Systems and Turntables.

DVDs have been moved to the media section and are categorised into genres such as Comedy, Drama, Family, Music etc and there is now also an age classification rating where applicable for the benefit of parents buying items for their children.

Many more CD's, MP3s and Vinyl Records can be found in the Music section and are broken down first into genre (the dance genre being yet more specific) and second into the format, album, single or compilation etc.

The Links section has also been simplified and categorised so it should be easier to find them than it was. As ever if you're a business or just have a personal page you want to promote and you would like a link to your website / blog / Facebook page / Twitter etc adding then just get in touch!

Social Media is a big player these days of course and the site features links to the Monarch Music & Media pages at Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus and LinkedIn along with a contact email address. These buttons are to be found at the top of the right hand task bar. The beauty of a blogspot page is that it's very geared towards social media integration and site visitors can just post their comments instantly and directly rather than have to use the emailing system which at times can be slower if servers are temporarily down or the recipient is away etc, it also helps to encourage social interaction to give the whole place a more friendly feel.

Time seems to have flown and it's hard to believe Monarch Music & Media is almost a year old so I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all your support, encouragement, joining the Facebook page etc. It's all very much appreciated!

Cheers, DJM

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Welcome!

Welcome to the new-look Monarch Music & Media combined website and blog where you will find Vinyl Records, CDs, MP3s, Film & TV DVDs, Books, PC & Console Games, Hardware and DJ Equipment for sale, as well as site updates, promotions, news and future events etc.


To navigate through the site please click the links/sub links at the top of the page :

Home - Blog Posts, Site Updates, Promotions, News, Future Events etc.

Music - Buy Vinyl Records, CDs, MP3s and DVDs.

Media - Buy Movie DVDs, TV DVDs and Books.

Gaming - Buy PC, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360 games.

Hardware - Buy Hard Drives, Monitors, Processors, RAM, Rom Drives and Towers.

DJ Equipment - Buy Cartridges, Controllers, Lights, Headphones, Microphones, Mixers, PA Systems and Turntables.

Links - Links to Art, Fashion/Beauty, Food/Drink, Internet and Music pages/websites.


Some of our Vinyl Records and CDs are available to purchase direct from Monarch Music & Media, you'll find these listed at the Music page. We use the Goldmine Grading Standard to display the condition that the record or CD is in along with the price of the item and details of the current postage and packing rates.
Other Vinyl Records, CDs, MP3s, Film & TV DVDs, PC & Console Games and DJ Equipment are available via our affiliated partners Amazon, eBay and iTunes and will be displayed as directly clickable links that will take you to the respective website where you can complete your order.


If you have any queries simply post a comment on our website or send an email to neilmacgowan@talktalk.net


Thank you for visiting Monarch Music & Media!

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Monarch Music & Media - Update 03/06/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Update 03/06/2014

Summer seems almost upon us and I hope everyone is well! It's been rather a quiet spell for Monarch Music & Media of late but promotion of the company continues mainly via word of mouth and distribution of the business cards so a big thank you to all those who have helped out with that side of things :)

As most of you will know I am just a little bit into my football and with World Cup Brazil 2014 kicking off next Thursday 12th June I decided to make an Amazon aStore for fellow fans during the occasion. On there you will find lots and lots of World Cup related items in the following categories :-

Books

Clothing

DVD

Electronics

Jewerly

Kindle Store

MP3 Downloads

Music

PC & Video Games

Sports & Leisure

Toys & Games

You can find a direct link to the World Cup aStore here :-

Monarch Music & Media World Cup Brazil 2014 aStore

For those not into their football you can of course find many more items for sale to help pass the time during the next month or so.

That's about all for now so enjoy the warmer weather and good luck to England!

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 27/04/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 27/04/2014

Hello again from Monarch Music & Media. It seems like time has really flown since the last update, spring is definitely in the air here in the UK now too and hopefully everyone is well!

Sales at our website have shown a slow but steady increase in the opening months of 2014 which is an encouraging sign and distribution of the business cards continues with the help of some good friends so that the message is getting out there both locally and beyond.

This weekend I've been working on website updates and have totally revamped the Amazon aStores section to now showcase the UK stores as I am finding the majority of our web traffic seems to be based in an around these isles. There are also new Art and Fashion & Beauty categories added to the links sections and there are a couple of local businesses featured so do check those out if you're in the Cheshire area!

Here are the direct links to the new and updated content :-

Amazon a Stores

Art Links

Fashion & Beauty Links

That's it from Monarch Music & Media for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 27/02/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 27/02/2014

Hi again from Monarch Music & Media, it's hard to believe it has been a month since the last update blog but a much-welcomed increase in Amazon sales, our first eBay auction sales and continued promotion of the site / distribution of the business cards I have been kept rather busy of late!

Looking at the site and where to go next it's still clear that more content needs to be added to some of the sections, the excellent website monitoring application from StatCounter gives lots of useful information on where the website visitors are coming from and which are the most popular page visits etc so it is a case of collating all this data and updating the site accordingly, giving more choice and content in the most visited areas etc.

It is very encouraging to see the commission sales side of the business steadily growing but I feel that can only be maintained or improved upon by keeping the promotion side going. The trial Facebook advertising campaign has just recently come to an end and has been useful both in that it has brought new people to the Monarch Music & Media Facebook page and also directly to the website's homepage. Of course it is a fine line with the promotion as nobody wants to be constantly spammed with repetitive information so I am bearing that in mind all the time too when posting any content or links up on the Facebook page.

That's it from me for now so I hope you're all doing well and that 2014 has been good to you so far!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 27/01/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 27/01/2014

With 2014 now in full swing it has been a busy start to the year for Monarch Music & Media. Today we received the business cards ordered from Vistaprint and are very happy with the quality and design, all for a great price too and we highly recommend their services! The business cards have a rather minimalist looking design and include the main essentials for an online business : Company Name, Website Address and Email Contact Address. Here's an image of the business card :

After a steady start with the promotion side of things we finally had our first 2 customer orders over the weekend so big thanks go out to our good friends Rockstar Beads of Northwich, a great place to visit for all your jewellery requirements. You will find their stall on the Indoor Market.

Staying with promotion, it has been great to see the Facebook advertising campaign has been further stepped up and is now reaching a much bigger audience than when it first began a few weeks ago. This is helping both the Facebook page and the website to receive more publicity.

The initial interest in the new DJ Equipment section is also looking positive with quite a few website hits, mainly coming via Facebook but encouragingly also directly from search engines such as Yahoo, Google, Bing etc.

That's all for now folks, thanks for reading and hope your year has started well!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 10/01/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 10/01/2014

A very Happy New Year to everyone and hopefully 2014 brings you health and good fortune!

After a busy few weeks since getting the business up and running last November it was nice to enjoy a short break over the holiday period which allowed me to recharge the batteries and have a think about new ideas of how to go forward with Monarch Music & Media.

The first job was to create a bright new colour scheme for the website reflecting the new year, new beginnings theme. As always your feedback as to the general look of the site is more than welcome.

Another thing that came to mind when thinking about site content was that I realised that although having plenty on the website highlighting and showcasing my DJing history, experience, mixes and productions etc there weren't actually any DJ-related equipment and items for sale! So I decided to make it the first priority of 2014 to remedy that by adding a complete DJ section to the Storefront menu.

In the DJ section of the Storefront you will find pages with the following sub-categories :-

PA Systems

Lighting

Mixers

Turntables

Cartridges

Controllers

Headphones

Microphones

All pages contain both links to products on sale via our trusted partners Amazon and live eBay feeds so feel free to have a browse through and if there are any categories or items you wish to see added just let me know as I am always happy to extend and improve site content.

That's all for now so thanks for reading and have a good weekend!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 31/12/2013

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 31/12/2013

Welcome to the final update of 2013, a year which for myself started out very quietly but became really busy in the final couple of months due to the launch of the Monarch Music & Media venture!

Personally it has been a real roller coaster of a year, losing several good friends way before their time has been difficult and indeed forces one to rethink their outlook on life in many ways, perhaps persuading us in some cases to take more chances and opportunities if and when they come our way. On the positive side I have been very much impressed with the coverage the website has enjoyed in its first 6 weeks or so, having only a minimal budget for advertising and marketing available it was always a concern but social media such as Facebook and Twitter seemed to have worked well.

The Facebook advertising in particular has proved to be the highlight of the last couple of weeks, reaching more new visitors than ever before and across several countries, this had started off rather slowly but now seems to be gathering momentum nicely. Also the Amazon aStore pages have been showing an increased interest of late, I guess not too surprising with it being the holiday period but still nice to see.

Looking ahead to the New Year I hope to further improve the range and choice of music and media items for sale on the website and hopefully if time permits I would like to add more content to the DJing side of Monarch Music & Media with maybe some more mixes and/or production products added to Mixcloud and SoundCloud respectively...

It just now remains for me to wish you all a Happy New Year and a healthy and prosperous 2014, if you're out partying have a great night!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 22/12/2013

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update - 22/12/2013

The past week seems to have really flown by and as usual for myself thoughts have turned to some last-minute shopping in preparation for the holidays. The major website news is that earlier in the week I took a good look at all the content and while I am reasonably happy with the amount of items available I did feel the general look and feel of the web pages could be improved. This of course is a longer and more drawn out task now than when the website was created only a month ago with around 85 pages to edit!

There has also been some positive news on the marketing front after a good friend kindly provided me with some advertising space on one of the virtual worlds programs which gets quite high visitor traffic so it's nice to see Monarch Music & Media now has a presence in cyberspace.

Hopefully the site now looks more linear and uniform that it did previously and this should make it quicker and easier when adding new content and replacing existing content in the future but as ever feedback is much appreciated so any comments, thoughts or ideas can be posted up on the site forum or you can contact me via Facebook, Twitter and email or simply reply directly to the site update blog.

As we approach the year end I think the next steps will be to add some more live eBay auction links to some of the pages that currently do not have them and possibly a little more content on the mp3 front.

There is still plenty of space for reciprocal linking so if you would like a link to your business or personal website, Facebook page, blog etc please get in touch and a banner ad or logo can be created.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to those celebrating!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 14/12/2013

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 14/12/2013

Welcome to the latest update which I guess is unofficially becoming a weekly update at the moment but the plan really is to add these when there is new news, content and site updates and not just because a certain time limit might be reached etc.

I've been concentrating mainly on the advertising and marketing side of things during the last week, looking into places I can promote the site with some real diversity ranging from the more obvious music and social media forums and sites to the more obscure ones such as virtual worlds. I also took a closer look at Facebook advertising which is probably going to take a deal of experimentation and some degree of trial and error as you can set various parameters when creating the adverts to produce some very different results each time.

Having found the eBay live RSS feeds to be useful in that they provide constantly updated information with links to live auctions I have increased their presence on the website with the intention of focussing on specific genres to make them as relevant as possible to what the customer is searching for.

That's all for this time, once again thanks to everyone for reading and I hope you are all well!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 07/12/2013

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update - 07/12/2013

Into December and Monarch Music & Media is already 3 weeks old!

On reviewing some of the media content again I noticed that some of the CD pages were a little sparse compared to the Vinyl and DVD areas so this week I have been focussing on adding links in the House, Jazz, Pop, R&B and Trance CD sections, 60 in total and covering a wide range of musical tastes with lots of them being bestsellers and current chart toppers.

I'd like to be really flexible with the site regarding content so again visitor feedback and opinion is very much encouraged and appreciated, if there are any music genres or artists, tv or movie categories etc in particular that you would like to see more of for sale then you can either leave a message on the website forum, send an email to contact@monarchmusicmedia.com or find me via Facebook or Twitter.

I've not had much time at all to turn my attentions to my own Christmas shopping this week but I hope it isn't stressing everyone out so far!

That's about all from me for now so enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone :)

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 30/11/2013

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update - 30/11/2013

It has been a rather eventful week of ups and downs, the last couple of days being rather a setback after having some computer issues which resulted in the reinstalling of Windows 7, luckily I managed to salvage all the important files so it was only time that was lost.

Earlier in the week was much better as there was good news back from eBay agreeing my application to be affiliate partners with them, meaning I can now place live RSS feed links to eBay auctions directly on www.monarchmusicmedia.com within their relevant music genre sections, this being particularly handy because there is a vast amount of vinyl records on eBay all the time!

Site content has remained the priority too and there are now a selection of Trance MP3 downloads on the Dance & Electronic MP3 page. The Pop MP3 and Rock MP3 pages have also been updated similarly with several links to downloads now available.

Now that the computer is up and running again the next immediate job is to add to the DVD content, most likely some thumbnail links to new content across the 4 existing genre sections of Comedy, Drama, Family & Music and possibly the creation of 1 or 2 new genre sections in future.

That's all for now, enjoy your weekend folks!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 25/11/2013

Hi again everybody,

The last few days I have been kept very busy adding more content to the website and generally tidying up and improving the look, feel and navigation so that hopefully it is even more user friendly now.

Latest changes and additions to the website :-

1. The growing number of Amazon aStores now total as follows, UK 6, Canada 5, USA 5, France 4, Germany 4 (France and Germany being new additions.)

2. Much more content has now been added to the PC & Video Games section with pages being created for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and PC formats. On these pages you will find game descriptions and direct links to Amazon where they can be purchased.

3. Some of my music and craft beer friends have kindly allowed me permission to link to their websites / Facebook pages so those now appear in the Links section under the Music and Food & Drink subheadings respectively. I'm looking to grow this links section so if any of you are interested in having a link to your Facebook page, blog or website please get in touch as it is a great way of publicising your venture.

4. There is now a direct link to the Monarch Music & Media blog updates on the website, not surprisingly this can be found under the Blog heading and is a useful reference when wanting to check out the latest site news.

That's about all for now, thank you all again for your continuing support!

DJM

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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special 23.11.2013

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special 23.11.2013

The Day of the Doctor

One of the most anticipated TV programs of the year if not the decade that is sure to have audiences in the United Kingdom and around the world glued to their screens!

The writing and production team are tributing the program to their legions of dedicated fans worldwide and there will be a simultaenous broadcast in several countries, some cinemas will even be showing it in 3D.

Naturally with all the hype lots of rumours have been thrown up as to the storyline and in particular the ending but all will be revealed at 7.50pm GMT on Saturday 23rd November 2013.

Tenth doctor David Tennant and his then assistant Rose played by Billie Piper will appear in the special along with John Hurt as the "War Doctor", a previously unknown past incarnation of the Doctor who appeared at the end of the Series 7 finale "The Name of the Doctor".

For fans of the monsters and villains the Daleks are set to feature along with the shape-shifting Zygons, who haven't appeared in the program since 1975.

Check out the Monarch Music & Media Doctor Who Amazon aStores for all your Doctor Who merchandise :-

Monarch Music & Media Doctor Who aStore UK

Monarch Music & Media Doctor Who aStore Canada

Monarch Music & Media Doctor Who aStore USA

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 22/11/2013

With the site just a few days old I have to first thank everyone for their support and interest as the response on Facebook in particular has been fantastic!

I would also like to thank several people for giving me some general feedback, reporting any errors or broken links etc and as a result I have been doing a few minor alterations and adding some content in between some site promotion via various search engines and publishing websites.

The main changes in the last couple of days are that I have now added 4 Amazon aStores each for the UK, Canada and the USA, making it easier for our visitors to go directly to their own local version of Amazon rather than have to go to the default UK version then have to log out and back in again if you're not in the UK. I've also tidied up the CD Home section of the Storefront as I felt there were rather a few too many genre categories in the drop down menu so have moved some of the content and condensed it a little so that the navigation looks better.

As always thank you for your continued support and any feedback is appreciated, either by posting on the website forum or contacting me at Facebook or Twitter.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Neil

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DJ Monarch Launches A New Music And Media Website

DJ Monarch now has a web presence after launching Monarch Music & Media where you can find home page links to a selection of his online mixes at Mixcloud and some of his music production ventures at SoundCloud. There is also a two-part DJ biography and the facility to hire his DJ services for your bar or club night, family get together, house party etc.

Vinyl is still very much the order of the day for DJ Monarch who plays an eclectic range of dance music styles including oldskool, drum & bass, techno, house, trance, hip hop, soul, trip hop and downtempo. His mixes tend to focus either on particular genres or specific years as this has proved to have gone down well with listeners who appreciate the variety, both in the early days
playing out and about in the bars and clubs and then more recently via internet radio.

The idea for starting a music and media website stemmed from a combination of the DJ's previous experience within the financial accounting industry which he worked in for many years learning much about good business practice along the way while the musical experience goes back to the late 1990s when a good friend and fellow DJ handed him a lucky local break with a regular warm up set at a local Northwich wine bar of a Friday night playing oldskool house which ended up running for 18 months. From there DJ Monarch went on to internet radio where his Monday night show on Ineffect Radio lasted for 7 years, the longest running show on that station.

Further opportunities to DJ outside the local area were provided during the time at Ineffect Radio, one memorable occasion being the party event put on by the station and held at The Venue in Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire. DJ Monarch's 90 minute set actually became a 3 hour set after one of the other DJs could not attend the event and it was a memorable evening with a great line up including DJ Hixxy who as usual was spinning some happy hardcore. DJ Monarch got his first overseas gig in 2006 when invited to a birthday party event for a girlfriend of one of the Ineffect Radio DJs, this was held in Zurich, Switzerland and once again a great time was had by all.

At the Monarch Music & Media store you'll also find new and used Vinyl Records, CDs, MP3s, TV & Film DVDs, PC & Video Games and other forms of electronic media which are available either directly from the website using PayPal's Buy Now buttons or via links to larger stores such as Amazon and iTunes who offer the customer a huge range of both choice and value.

Visitor interaction is very much encouraged on the website where there is a Guestbook, Guest Map, Forum, Live Chat Room and Blog, the aim being to build a friendly community spirit and a feeling of unity similar to that you find at the better live music events!

In order to aid the future growth and reputation of the website a reciprocal linking scheme is in place whereby other businesses, social network page owners and bloggers can register their interest and then submit their company logos, ad banners and page links etc.

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