by Ana Hoffman 49 comments

Online Marketing Tools: Hot Black Friday Sales



Would you rather have a new pair of shoes today or build a business asset that would provide for your family for years to come?

(Women: don’t answer that.)

The holiday season is finally here, which means that you’ll be either

 

  • making money for someone else by spending every single cent you’ve got and then some;

or

  • making money for yourself off this holiday frenzy.

As for me, I am planning on spending this Black Friday right here in front of my computer eating Thanksgiving leftovers, hiding from my out-of-town guests, learning, building, and keeping my eyes on the prize.

However, I don’t want you to feel left out, so I put together a list of marketing tools that will be offering special discounts during this Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend.

This way you can at least spend money to make money - not a bad way to do it, if you ask me.

Most of these deals will be available between Friday, November 23 and Monday, November 26.

Many of them are special deals that the product owners are offering to Traffic Generation Café readers exclusively.

A few of them are just great deals that you can pass on to your readers as well.

Marketing Tools: Courses & Ebooks

Become a Blogger 2.0 - 50% off

Most blogging courses don’t work.

Very few do.

This one DEFINITELY does.

Originally created by Yaro Starak (Entrepreneurs-Journey.com) and Gideon Shalwick (GideonShalwick.com) and now ran by Leslie Samuel (BecomeABlogger.com), Become a Blogger 2.0 is a blogging course with the mission of helping as many people as possible to set up Authority Blogs, and build successful businesses around those blogs.

Leslie was kind enough to offer my readers a special Black Friday discount: a whooping 50% off this phenomenal course.

Take advantage of this while you can:

1. Go to Become a Blogger 2.0 ,

then

2. Enter the following discount code when checking out:

Ana

***Offer valid November 23 through November 26.

The Ultimate Blog Post Promotion Guide - 50% off

Get a copy of Kristi Hines’ popular Blog Post Promotion Guide for $12.50 - that’s half off the regular price with free access to future revisions.

Available Friday, November 23 through Monday, November 26.

How to get the discount:

1. Go to Blog Post Promotion Guide,

2. Enter this promo code when checking out:

BFRICMON

Black Friday “Kindle Book Camp” - FREE

Free weekend workshop:

How to write and launch your Kindle book over Black Friday weekend“.

Are you going to screw off this weekend or really do something important?

At the end of this long weekend, if you’ve followed this FREE plan, you’ll have your first Kindle book outlined and maybe even DONE and ready for launch.

Follow this link to beat the Black Friday crowd (what, you thought it was only for the malls?):

Sign in here to get started

Marketing Tools: Plugins & Software

Tweet Adder - 20% off

Tweet Adder is one of the very few social media tools I use, yet the one that yields the most return; both in terms of social media traffic and income.

To learn more about why I love Tweet Adder and how I use it in my business, read my Tweet Adder review.

To take advantage of adding Tweet Adder to your rolodex of marketing tools at a special Ana’s discount, simply:

1. Click on this link to get your own copy,
then
2. Enter the following discount code at checkout:

AH20

CommentLuv Premium - starting at $22

 CommentLuv Premium downloadWhen I first tested CommentLuv Premium over a year ago, it was love at first sight.

And like a great wine, it’s only getting better with age.

CommentLuv Premium now includes even more features, including

  • redirecting first-time commenters to a special “Thank You” page (you’ve probably seen mine before, unless you are a TGC commenting virgin), and
  • ReplyMe plugin (that’s what emails you when anyone responds to your comment at TGC).

Sale starts at 00:01 Friday morning and runs until Monday midnight.

Starting price is $22 and goes up on every sale so make sure you get in early.

Just follow this link:

Download your CommentLuv Premium here

By the way, the word is this is probably the last time CommentLuv Premium will be sold at a discount for unlimited updates.

Telestream Desktop Products - 30% off

ScreenFlow
$99 $69.30
Screen recording & video editing software for the Mac.
Save now
Wirecast
starting at $495 $346.50
Advanced live webcasting application for Mac or Windows.
Save now
Flip Player
Pro version for only $29 $20.30
Luminous, high quality, multiformat
video player for the Mac.
Play. Edit. Convert.
Save now
Episode
starting at $495 $346.50
All-in-one, multiformat, cross-platform encoding application designed for post production and new media workflows.
Save now
Flip4Mac
starting at $29 $20.30
Official Windows Media player for Mac. Play, import, convert and make Windows Media on your Mac.
Save now

WPSubscribers List Building Plugin - 25% off

Get WPSubscribers - best list building pluginAnother huge discount: you can get 25% off my favorite list building plugin when you click on this special link:

Get your WPSubscribers at 25% off here

The link above will bypass the sales page.

If you are not familiar with the plugin and would like to see what it’s capable of first, you can get more info about it here.

Again, if you want to get it at a discounted price though (and you do, don’t you? :) ), this is the only link that will get you there:

Get your WPSubscribers at 25% off here

Thirsty Affiliates - 30% off

Every single affiliate link in this post was created with Thirsty Affiliates plugin.

As well as every affiliate link throughout Traffic Generation Café.

It tracks, it automates, it optimizes - I couldn’t and wouldn’t do what I do without it.

And now you can get addicted to your own Thirsty Affiliates at a cool 30% off.

1. Go to download Thirsty Affiliates ,

then

2. Enter the following discount code during checkout:

TRAFFIC30

***Offer valid through midnight, November 26.

Author hReview - 30% off

Author hReview is the plugin that takes your reviews to the next level.

You can see it in action in my sidebar under “Latest Reviews” or in my reviews, like this review of Market Samurai.

It also adds those cool stars to your reviews in Google searches, which definitely makes them stand out above all others.

How to get your discount:

1. Follow this link to download Author hReview;

2. Use this discount code during checkout:

109A1

***This offer is valid from now till the end of November.

Web Design

ThesisAwesome Membership - 30% off

get Thesis Awesome here

I love Thesis WP Theme.

That’s what TGC runs on.

My blog design looks pretty sleek, don’t you think?

And it’s OK if you are not a professional web designer; Thesis Awesome membership will give you all the tools you need to customize your Thesis theme.

Joining Thesis Awesome community will allow you to download all the available collection of Thesis Skins from the gallery, enjoy a high class support, and get upgrades for 6 Months from the date of your purchase.

After 6 months you can still use any of our products on your sites as long as you want.

Here’s how to get in on the deal:

1. Follow this link to join Thesis Awesome ;

2. Enter the following discount code at checkout:

8FB6

***This offer is valid from now till the end of November.

STUDIOPRESS THEMES / GENESIS FRAMEWORK - 25% off

Genesis ThemesGet 25% off of StudioPress Genesis Framework, child themes, and packages.

As you may know, Genesis framework themes are designed by Brian Clark’s CopyBlogger Media.

I know of many bloggers that use the theme and love it.

Personally, I am sticking with Thesis theme, but hey, this is such a good deal, plus you HAVE TO stop using the crappy free theme you are using right now! These kind of offers come around only once a year.

==>Click here to take advantage of this great offer<==

 

Web Hosting

Hostgator - 50% off

Have you been thinking about starting another niche site?

Do you still need to move your free blog to a self-hosted WordPress blog? (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

Now is as good time as ever - the hosting prices don’t get any better than this.

Traffic Generation Café has been hosted by Hostgator since its beginning and, thanks to their great customer service, is not planning on going anywhere.

Thus it remains my recommended hosting service provider.

Here’s the rundown on the Black Friday deal:

50% OFF on ALL hosting services.

This includes shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS hosting, Dedicated servers and Windows hosting.

Domain Names for only $1.95 if purchased with Web Hosting.

Domain names not purchased with web hosting will still be only $6.95.

This promotion will bring their hosting packages as low as:

  • Shared hosting: As low as $4.95 Now only: $2.48/month (pre-paid)
  • Reseller Hosting: As low as $24.95 Now Only: $12.48/month (pre-paid)
  • VPS Hosting: As low as $19.95 Now Only: $9.98/month (First Month)
  • Dedicated Servers: As low as $174 Now Only $87/month (First Month)

This promotion will begin just after midnight, Friday, November 23rd, 2012 CDT. The special offer will run until 11:59PM CDT Friday, November 23rd, 2012.

Get your 50% hosting here

More Marketing Tools Sales

This is not an exhaustive list of all the upcoming deals.

Many vendors prefer to wait till the last minute to announce their holiday specials.

I’ll be adding more sales as they are published, so check back often.

Feel free to offer these deals to your readers.

You can also contact the product owners directly to see if they’d be willing to run a special for your readers, just like I did.

Never hurts to ask, right?

Happy business building!

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Abhishek Bhan November 27, 2012 at 5:00 am

Fantastic deals and discounts Ana, thanks a lot for sharing. Cheers!

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Sai Krishna November 26, 2012 at 8:55 pm

I have bought hostgator hosting on black Friday deal,s but I missed these discounts on marketing tools.
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Eleanor November 25, 2012 at 4:49 pm

Hi Anna,

I have been wanting Kristi’s guide thank you for the code. I love getting your emails in my inbox. CommentLuv premium and Tweetadder are 2 other fabulous tools I love and could not live without. I have CommentLuv installed on my Virtual Assistant sites, The Las Vegas Tweetup and now my new personal blog. Tweetadder is a must, when you have multiple twitter accounts. Have a wonderful week and thank you for sharing your list.
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Ana Hoffman November 25, 2012 at 10:23 pm

Glad you picked it up, Eleanor; I still refer back to it quite a bit.

And I can only imagine why TweetAdder is so great for your business; it’s perfect for Crazy Ladies with multi-personality disorder. ;)

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Eleanor November 26, 2012 at 2:32 pm

Lol you checked out my profile.. Yeah that is a good way to describe me. ;0)

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Aliakbar Fakhri November 25, 2012 at 3:47 am

Thanks for sharing all The black friday Deals,
I have got Author hReview Plugin 305 OFF
really happy for It..:)

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Danielle McGaw November 24, 2012 at 11:01 pm

This is one of my favorite weekends of the year and I ALWAYS put aside some money to buy some fun stuff. I’ve got my eyes on some cool WP Themes. And I have to say that Kikolani’s Blog Post Promotion Guide ROCKS!
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Ana Hoffman November 25, 2012 at 2:38 pm

I am with you, Danielle - I wish I had the patience to wait for the deals though; just left with regrets when I see what I could’ve saved had I only waited. lol

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Stacey Sprague November 23, 2012 at 9:28 pm

Great deals! Happy Black Friday! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving too :)

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Dourgi November 22, 2012 at 8:02 pm

Love those deals Ana!
Happy Black Friday to you.

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Chad Nicely November 22, 2012 at 5:21 pm

Hey there Ana,

You’re looking good! I love the new layout of the blog. I’m currently going through another reconstruction myself after being hacked to death on our last launch. This Thirsty Affiliates plugin… how does that compare to Ninja Affiliate?

All The Best,
Chad
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Ana Hoffman November 25, 2012 at 2:29 pm

I’ve had a few problems with Ninja Affiliate when I was using it, Chad. Wish I took notes why I got rid of it, but from what I remember it was conflicting with some other plugins and at times, when I published a post, it would show up on my home page, but whenever anyone clicked on the title, they’d be taken to the product sales page and not the actual post. That was just one of the problems.

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Kevin Railsback November 22, 2012 at 5:19 pm

Got in on CommentLuv Premium at $22.42 so Not too bad!
Also picked up WPSubscribers. I had been using Popup Domination but this looks so much more robust and able to be used so many different ways.

Already have TweetAdder and love it. Built my following to over 3500 so far and I get many retweets and replies so that was a good investment.

I’m on the fence about Author hReview though. Not sure I want to spend that much money just to add stars to a review. I wish it was expanded to be able to use other rich snippets besides just reviews.

I really appreciate you putting together this sale list. I picked up a few things and I already have a few of the others.

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Ana Hoffman November 25, 2012 at 2:26 pm

Much appreciated, Kevin.

I do understand what you mean about Author HReviews plugin. I think it’s more of benefit to those who have their own products. That way your customers can leave reviews and provide a ton of social proof.

I’ll be using it for a couple more months and then we’ll see if there’s something out there with more functionality.

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Kevin Railsback November 25, 2012 at 2:33 pm

Ana,
I did decide to hold off on Author HReviews. I’m not at the point with my blog to really benefit from that just yet.
However, I have installed CommentLuv and will be working on getting that all set up properly. WPSubscribers is up and running and in the following week I’ll be working on setting that up in order for it to be the most effective it can be on my blog.

I’ve also streamlined my site by deleting a few plugins.
I’ve decided I really need to ignore those WSO’s that say grow your list by 300% and basically follow the blueprints you’ve laid out here in Traffic Generation Cafe.
There is no magic pill that can suddenly turn your blog into a superstar overnight.
I’m going to continue to concentrate on quality content and go over every one of your posts with a fine toothed comb!

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Peter Mutiso November 22, 2012 at 10:10 am

Awesome deals Ana
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Arwin Adriano November 22, 2012 at 9:22 am

Great deals Ana! Happy Black Friday to everyone!

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Sneha November 22, 2012 at 5:33 am

Hi Ana,

Nice list of the deals and discounts…!!!

Planing to have an eBook Ana.

Thanks for the list of the eBooks deals also.
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Mark November 22, 2012 at 5:01 am

Now the “Thirsty Affiliates” plugin is new. I haven’t seen that one.

Are you using it Ana???

Mark
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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 2:00 pm

I’ve been using it for a couple of years now, Mark. Like it better than Ninja Affiliate by MaxBlogPress.

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Ranjan November 22, 2012 at 2:55 am

Nice post Ana
Its really like a carnival for among all of us because I can bought few domains and admirably there is no restriction or suggestion of EMD, and theme lover also get benefited as well.
Thanks for sharing.
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Robert November 22, 2012 at 2:00 am

Studiopress is offering 25% discount for new customers too :)
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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:59 pm

Thanks, Robert; added it to my post.

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Astro Gremlin November 21, 2012 at 10:04 pm

CommentLuv is running a Black Friday sale. $22 and unlimited, which is a license level expected to change in 2013.

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Danielle Parsons from Global One Up November 21, 2012 at 10:13 am

Awesome Idea Ana! I look forward to some marketing specials as the Warrior forum is always offering the next greatest app or plugin and some work better than others. Targeted traffic to our niche is what we are all looking for so I will continue to learn like you are.

I am now settled into my new place in Santa Barbara, California so I will be right here like you on Friday and go read some of the posts I missed on your site while I was moving and unpacking.
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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:40 pm

Hope the move went smoothly, Danielle.

I didn’t even think to check WSOs for the deals. And you are right; it’s always a hit or miss.

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Amanda Possoby November 21, 2012 at 8:10 am

Thanks for the deals!

Any idea if Thesis is going to run a Black Friday sale like Studiopress? (right now 40% off)

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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Hey, Amanda - doesn’t look like we can get any deals on Thesis this year. The only Thesis-related sale is for Thesis customizations (listed in the post).

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Wayne Melton November 21, 2012 at 5:39 am

I have read your website through rss feed for the last three months. Love the layout and great content.

However this article was not one of my favorite. First the page seems to have 5 optin forms on one single page. Second the article is simply a an optin form. You do not get to read the article unless you optin.

Guess I will miss this “sale”. I look forward to more and better articles in the future.

Thanks
Wayne Melton

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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:33 pm

I had to think long and hard before I responded to your comment, Wayne, but no matter how long I waited I still want to say this:

Thank you for reading my blog for three months.

I am glad I was able to provide you with value for FREE. I truly hope you were able to take a lot of the FREE information I provided here to improve your business.

And now you noticed that I am asking for my readers’ email addresses so that I can provide even more FREE information that goes above and beyond what I publish at TGC.

Then I decided to allow my readers to register at my site so that they have access to even more exclusive and FREE information.

Running this blog is a full-time job for me. The only way I make money from it is when a reader is occasionally kind enough to buy a product or two through my affiliate link.

Now you don’t have to ever buy anything from me to take advantage of all this FREE information I provide. And no, you don’t have to give me your email address to take advantage of it either.

What you expressed in your comment is what I call “sweatshop blogging” mentality.

I am not running a charity. I do need to make money from this blog. And I’d love to have readers who understand it and don’t mind me running TGC as a business. And those who don’t think I should… well, they don’t have to read it.

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Shilpi Roy Virtual Assistant November 21, 2012 at 1:42 am

Wow. Thanks for all your dedicated work, can’t wait to see what unfolds with this next chapter in your life and what you’ll be able to help make happen on Black Friday.

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Geoff November 21, 2012 at 1:41 am

Nice idea Ana. Black Friday can give some great offers for shoppers.

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Tom November 20, 2012 at 9:26 pm

I’ve been contemplating contacting one of the company that my affiliate goes through since my blog is the #1 blog for this area. I’m sure that might interest them. :)

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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:21 pm

You know what they say - if the mountain doesn’t come to you… ;)

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Elizabeth Saunders November 20, 2012 at 8:05 pm

Thanks, Ana. I feel special as one of your first “subscribers.” :-)

Trying to think how I can apply these tips to my history/genealogy blog without looking like a commercial. - Got an idea! I’m a book affiliate, and I found some great free ebooks today. I think I’ll mix them into a reference-reading list post!

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Elizabeth Saunders November 20, 2012 at 8:09 pm

BTW, when I’m logged in as a subscriber, CommentLuv is not working. It wants me to go to a Dashboard but has no link. Now I’m logged out, but your website remembers me and it’s working.

Subscribing went smoothly.

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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:19 pm

Hope this doesn’t sound cheesy, Beth - I TRULLY appreciate all the support you’ve given me and it’s always a pleasure to see you around.

I think free books is a great idea.

Thanks for letting me know that registration went well. I actually changed a setting in CL, so you should be able to add the links when commenting from the dashboard.

If you could take a minute and check it out to make sure you see it, I’d appreciate it.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Elizabeth Saunders November 23, 2012 at 3:51 pm

Hi, Ana. Thanks for pushing me to write a Black Friday post. I did it!

“from the dashboard”? I don’t know what that means. When I logged in today, CommentLuv did not show the antispam box and did not offer a link for me. Now I’m logged out, and everything is working. I’ll be happy to test it if you tweak it again, just e-mail.
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Nos N. November 20, 2012 at 6:46 pm

Cool, I’m waiting for the Black Friday :)

Thank you so much
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Ryan St. Onge November 20, 2012 at 5:43 pm

Nice plans for Black Friday. I’m pretty much doing the same. All those crazy shoppers go through too much for a deal that may be $50 to $100 off. And thanks for the tools, I will be subscribing.

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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:16 pm

I think people have finally gone nuts - standing in lines since Sunday…

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Theodore Nwangene November 20, 2012 at 4:36 pm

I’m already with you sweet Ana,
Just looking forward to reading the email, have you sent it already or is it still on the way?

Just waiting.

Thanks.
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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:15 pm

I think I ended up writing a long PS on the one I sent, Theodore. I’ll be sending another one to keep up with all the deal I find.

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Shelley November 20, 2012 at 2:40 pm

Thanks, Ana for burning the candle at both ends again…We appreciate the great deals you’ve put together here…I will definitely be tweeting this…

WAHM Shelley… :)
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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Always my pleasure, Shelley; hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!

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Coach Comeback November 20, 2012 at 1:42 pm

I’m in!!! =D Just though you might like to know!
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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:13 pm

Thanks! ;)

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Rollie November 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm

I’m already subscribed, that’s actually how I got to this post, but I still can’t see it. Is there another step I need to take?

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Ana Hoffman November 23, 2012 at 1:13 pm

You can see the entire post now, Rollie.

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