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Experience Based Tips to a Web Marketing Client On Sending Large Video Files

April 14, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Quick Take-Away: This article features excerpts from an email I sent to a client, offering experience-based tips about how to send large (video) files to me at zero cost (including how to save time/effort by FIRST of all compressing the large files by as much as 60%).

In developing custom Web Marketing Systems for clients, I sometimes encounter a need to offer tips and guidance to them about how to get samples of their original content across to me (or prospects/clients who contact them) via the web.

This need occurs fairly often due to the fact that I work 95% of the time remotely (and LOVE it). So I very rarely have to meet or work face to face with clients – even when we are in the same city as I am!

Why do I prefer to work this way (i.e. remotely or 100% online) you wonder?

Well, first of all, it enables me avoid dealing with traffic of vehicles and humans, and exerting myself physically in a way that eventually eats into work related stamina I could make better use of.

Secondly, I have found that I am able to provide my services – efficiently and profitably – to a larger number of clients within the same period this way, than if I had to move around and meet each one.

Thirdly and most importantly, I work this way because it gives me the power to make use of my time they way I want, so that I am able to deliver to client’s satisfaction and feel fulfilled at the same time.

Smart business owners today are constantly on the lookout for ways to use PC and Internet technology to get more done with less effort, in less time, and at less cost.

Working the way I do makes that possible for me. I am convinced many others would find it works well for them too. But fear of the unknown holds many back!

But back to the point I want to make: Sometimes a client may need to get some files across to me via the web, but they could be a bit big.

S/he, if not familiar with ways to get that done, would typically ask me for support to get it done – and I would gladly respond by offering a variety of experience based suggestions for him/her to consider.

That happened recently with a client, whose work in providing vocational training in agro-based enterprise startup and management, struck me as being worthy of being showcased as a core offering in the flagship Web Marketing System I am developing for him.

After I’d sent him an email with pointers on possible ways to go, it occurred to me that other persons with similar challenges might find the tips I sent to him useful.

So, I decided to publish excerpts from that email on this blog (see below) – so I’ll be able to sent the URL to any other persons who request similar support in future.

I invite you to read through the ideas I offer below, on this theme, and if you find them useful, do not forget to share this piece with others you know may also need the information it offers!

Hi (name removed),

Regarding getting the big video files to me, I suggest using either option 1 or 2 outlined below.

But before you try to send it, I strongly recommend you try reducing the video file size – and if possible convert it to a popular format like MP4, if it’s not already in that format.

Below is a link to one video compression software that – based on its review by CNET – should work well for you:

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Free Video Compressor – Free download and software reviews – CNET Download.com

http://download.cnet.com/Free-Video-Compressor/3000-13631_4-76114769.html
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Reducing the video’s filesize will make your job of uploading it easier.

So I recommend you try it.

Now, there is a way to kill 2 birds with 1 stone using Youtube.com that you may also wish to explore:.

My experiences indicate you can upload your big video file to your Youtube channel and then download the MP4 version created by Youtube to your PC.

I’ve done that several times with great results to show.

Over 60% file size reduction can be achieved this way, while preserving original video quality.

I’ll send you a Whatsapp audio to explain how to use Youtube as described above

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Finally, once you have the video file size you want to send, you can then email the files using either 1 or 2 outlined below:

1. How to send large files to anyone for free – PC Advisor

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/storage/how-send-large-files-free-email-big-photos-3509067/

NB: I recommend WeTransfer, MailBigFile – based on the descriptions given. Though I’ve bever used either.

One that I’ve used is Pcloud.transfer.com – with great results. You can check their filesize limits

2. 3 Ways to Email Large Video Files – wikiHow

To email large video files, you can use Google Drive in Gmail, Skydrive in Windows mail, or Dropbox in Yahoo mail.

http://wikihow.com/Email-Large-Video-Files

NB: If you choose this option, I suggest you use GoogleDrive, since we both use Gmail

Let me know if you have questions or require clarification.

Talk later,

Tayo

Final Words: You can achieve superior marketing reach and impact, if you adopt a custom Web Marketing System in promoting your unique solution(s)

I created a mind map, years ago, that anyone can study and use to develop and implement a WMS for his/her own brand.

In other words, you can either DIY or have someone (like me) do it for you.

See it at:

http://tayosolagbade.com/uploads/wms-mindmap-writers.pdf

You can read some of my past articles on web marketing using the links below:

1. http://tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets/pii-058-do-you-want-a-marketing-manager-that-never-sleeps/#.WPFKaUhtldg

2. http://tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets/to-remove-time-wasters-from-your-sales-leads-you-need-a-web-marketing-system/#.WPFKakhtldg

If you’d like me to help you develop a custom WMS, send me a message (click to fill this form) so I can ask you a few questions and further explain to you, how using a WMS can help you better connect with, and win over potential buyers.

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[DVAM] It’s Time to Acknowledge Male Victims of Domestic Violence – By Bari Zell Weinberger, Esq. – huffingtonpost.com

April 14, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

[TIP: Yesterday, I formally launched my new Facebook page named “Domestic Violence Against Men – Ideas for Identifying & Stopping It“. The page is dedicated to empowering men who find themselves, by some accident of fate on the receiving end of abuse from an intimate female partner. Click here to visit it].

The Huffington Post article previewed and linked below, is yet another (like this one from yesterday) in a series that I’m compiling to SHOW clearly that DVAM is a major reality that is being ignored by most stakeholders, especially those tasked with duty of providing support and protection to abused persons.

This neglect of male victims of domestic abuse by females, is being exploited by a growing number of manipulative females to visit serious physical, emotional and psychological abuse on their partners, knowing prevailing stereotypes about domestic violence will make it easy to later claim to be the victims!

I have seen this happen MANY times over the past decade. So I speak from a position of personal knowledge and experience when I make these assertions. My mission is to influence a positive and permanent change in THIS unsatisfactory situation for the better.

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It’s Time to Acknowledge Male Victims of Domestic Violence – By Bari Zell Weinberger, Esq. – huffingtonpost.com

When we discuss domestic violence, it is often assumed that the victims are women. And the statistics are truly traumatic. The less-told story is that a striking number of men are victims, too, suffering physical, mental and sexual abuse in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships.

According to the CDC, one in four adult men in the U.S. will become a victim of domestic violence during his lifetime. That’s upwards of three million male domestic violence victims every year, or one man in America abused by an intimate or domestic partner every 37.8 seconds.

Highlighting these statistics is not meant to downplay in any way domestic violence among women. It is, however, intended to add to the growing conversation that anyone can be the victim of domestic abuse and everyone who needs protection deserves access to it.

Continue…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bari-zell-weinberger-esq/its-time-to-acknowledge-m_b_8292976.html

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[DVAM] Domestic Violence Against Men by Toyin Omoniyi (TyLegal) – NairaLand.com & PraiseWorldradio.com

April 14, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

[Starting yesterday Thursday 13th April 2017, I formally announced my public service initiative to research, investigate and publicize potentially useful information and education by competent expert authorities on Domestic Violence Against Men]

The article previewed below was published by a female Nigerian lawyer, I find its contents most accurate, and recommend it to members of both genders,
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Domestic Violence Against Men by TyLegal: 2:22pm On Nov 19, 2015

Other forms of abuse are where a woman manipulates her man into granting her wishes or goes about spreading negative rumours about him to his friends or even on social media.

She might insinuate that her man beats her or does not provide for the family or that he is a ‘two-minute man’. She might also threaten to take the kids and disappear so that the man will not have any access to his kids. Women have also been known to drug their men or attack them in their sleep. If as a man, you are experiencing any of these, please get help fast.

Other forms of domestic violence against men are:
· Constant accusations of infidelity.

· Putting him down or insulting him.

· Seizing his medications as a form of threat.

· Trying to control what he wears, eats or how he spends his money.

· Verbally abusing him, be it in the presence of friends, colleagues or even within closed doors.

· Blaming the man for her violent actions or making him feel that he deserves such treatment.

Towards the end she writes:

This is not to give women ideas on how to abuse their men o. It is to create awareness that men also get abused and they also need to be protected. Men should be on the lookout to ensure that they are not in such a relationship otherwise it would shatter the man’s ego and leave him a shadow of himself.

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What a wonderfully balanced mind this Nigerian Lady Lawyer has!

Read the full article at: http://www.nairaland.com/2748370/domestic-violence-against-men

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[RECOMMENDED] Domestic Violence against Men: The Nigerian Experience

April 11, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Domestic violence can take many forms, including physical aggression or assault (hitting, kicking, biting, shoving, restraining, slapping, throwing objects, battery), or threats thereof; sexual abuse; emotional abuse; controlling or domineering; intimidation; stalking; passive / covert abuse and economic deprivation[1]. It is perpetrated by, and on both men and women.

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The Nigeria society is a highly patriarchal one, in which men have bloated egos. Though there is a prevalence of domestic violence against women in Nigeria as many women have died, brutalised or maimed for life by their violent male counterparts[30], however, there is also a prevalence of domestic violence against men, which has largely remained under-reported. According to Watts and Zimmermann (2002), the under-reporting of domestic violence is almost universal and may be due to the sensitive nature of the subject. Husband punching, slapping, kicking, nail scratching, sex deprivation and killing are realities that occur in Nigeria[31].

The tragedy is that men who find themselves in this situation hide and do not talk openly about their experience, as talking about it will bruise their ego and expose them to ridicule in a patriarchal society. I was beaten by my wife is a misnomer! It is unheard of in a male egoistic society. Hence such men prefer to suffer in silence until it becomes critical to the point of likely death. An instance is that of Israel Obi, who was a victim of hot vegetable oil bath by his wife.

In His words;

Click below to continue reading…

http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.sociology.20140401.03.html

2. WHY NIGERIA’S NEW VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS (PROHIBITION) ACT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING

3, Domestic Violence Against Men: Shocking Experiences of Male Victims in Nigeria

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Secret You Need to Succeed Despite Facing Storms of Adversity in Life

April 10, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

[If you’re reading this, you’re likely to appreciate the private and confidential coaching support service I offer titled “Spontaneous Coaching™* for Mastery of Adversity & Personal/Career Success Achievement!” and my article titled “Why You Need to Become a Master of Adversity to Achieve Long Lasting Success“. Learn more about them at the end of this piece]

The principle discussed in this article is a key reason I am successful at what I do today, using my Web Marketing System to attract and convert buyers for my custom Excel-VB software, from within and outside Africa.

Any person who does intellectual work (like Excel-VB coding or freelance writing for clients like I do) knows that you’re unlikely to do your best work when you are worried or upset.

And that is often the state of mind one has when experiencing storms in one’s life!

Countless people fail in life when they try to go after their dreams because they let the storms that erupt in their lives stop them!

I offer ideas to help YOU make your story different, based on what I have done – and continue doing!

Without this understanding, I would not – today – have the international following I enjoy at zero cost, from clients and potential buyers. Neither would I be on record for making total strangers from various countries find my work compelling enough to send me payment for what a Nigerian CEO once asked me; “Who’s going to pay you for that?”

Storms will come and go in your life.

Lots of things can – and may – go wrong at various stages in your evolution as a human being. Your best friend or partner may betray you. The investment you make could turn out bad. A client project could go badly wrong.

As Murphy’s law states: “Anything that can go wrong will!”

And that’s why you need to have an unshakeable belief in yourself – and in your creator, no matter what happens to you. Those are the 2 most important things to do!

Once you achieve that highly evolved state of being, in which you understand that NO EARTHLY STORM (imaginary or real) can change your fortunes for the worse, unless you let it, you will have the courage to stay focused at getting back on track regardless of what goes wrong.

This is why NOTHING has ever kept me from taking my brand to the next level over the past 15 years.

I have experienced all sorts of adversity, pain, suffering, delays, disappointments, setbacks – some causing me extremely humiliating embarrassments – in my personal and work life.

Sometimes those I could call loved ones were responsible for visiting severe hardships on me!

But in ALL of it, I always knew that I just needed to focus on what mattered most – and that is NEVER QUITTING i.e staying focused on doing what I LOVE doing, with even more passion than before!

For me, THAT meant continuing to diligently build and market my custom Excel-VB software and other solutions to the right target audience with my trademark infectious enthusiasm and my unrelenting passion/determination!

Guess what?

This strategy has NEVER failed me!

Indeed, quite often, my periods of greatest tribulations have brought out the best in me in terms of the QUALITY of work I do, resulting in better rewards from clients I connect with!

The same can be YOUR experience if you apply the ideas I’ve shared here, in your own life.

I wish you success!

TIP: This article’s topic is actually one of 5 Guiding Philosophies I recommend for adoption by anyone looking to achieve authentic, reproducible success in Making Money Developing Commercial Quality Custom Excel-VB apps to Sell Internationally. Click here to read it.

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RELATED RESOURCES

1. Spontaneous Coaching™* for Mastery of Adversity & Personal/Career Success Achievement!

2. Why You Need to Become a Master of Adversity to Achieve Long Lasting Success

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PII 061: Tayo Solagbade’s Five (5) Guiding Philosophies for Making Money Developing Commercial Quality Custom Excel-VB apps to Sell Internationally [Lessons from Over 10 Solid Years of Personal Experience]

April 10, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Over the past 10 years, I have shared true stories of how I’ve used my Web Marketing System to attract and convert buyers for my custom Excel-VB software, from places like Canada, United Kingdom, Philippines (UAE), Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and many states in Nigeria, my country of origin.

Today, many have become good friends and are in my Farm Business Ideas club where we periodically interact with my focus being to help them make better use of my solutions to achieve their goals.

In this week’s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas newsletter, I offer insights into the thinking that guides me in developing commercial quality custom Excel-VB apps for clients that I sell internationally.

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Tayo Solagbade’s
Performance Improvement IDEAS
(PI Squared) Newsletter

Monday 10th April March 2017

NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.

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PII 060: 4 Annotated Pictorial Guides You Need for Using Tayo Solagbade’s Popular Livestock Ration Formulator

Today, many have become good friends and are in my Farm Business Ideas club where we periodically interact with my focus being to help them make better use of my solutions to achieve their goals.

Note that I said this is MY thinking.

The peculiarly difficult circumstances that prevailed in the socio-economic environment I had to operate from when I was a startup over 10 years ago, till today, taught me that these 5 guiding principles were worth abiding by.

I therefore recommend them to you – especially those of you based in my part of the world, and in particular members of my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club

Don’t Try to be a Genius

When you’re building custom spreadsheet software, experience has taught me that it pays to keep things simple and not try to reinvent the wheel or overly impress the client.

Pay attention to the things that matter in terms of what the client needs and avoid trying to intimidate the client with what you may consider your skills.

Fail to do this, and you may cause the client to lose patience with you, or worse.

What’s more, you could end up shooting yourself in the foot while trying to dazzle him/her – by getting something wrong and not being able to rectify it without looking bad!

Don’t Sacrifice Functionality for Bells and Whistles

This is simple and commonsensical. Yet many developers have a tendency to ignore it. And it costs them a lot.

Few users embrace an application that does not offer user friendly and intuitive interfaces for them to work with.

Indeed, in my part of the world, majority of my clients’ users readily requested that I make the app so simple to use that they would NOT need to learn to use MS Excel so much.

When I asked why, most often told me they had no desire to get to know MS Excel itself more than necessary, to get their work done.

This means you must understand the mindset of your client. Not all of them will accept that they need to change – and some will insist you give them what they want. if you can’t, they will walk away from you – and you will make few or no sales, talk less of getting referrals!

Focus on Making Your Excel-VB Software SOLVE The Client’s Problem

This is the most important.

You custom spreadsheet software can be friendly and intuitive to use. And it can offer useful; features. But if it does NOT address the felt-need of the client, s/he is unlikely to see it at useful!

Some developers make the mistake of thinking what they consider useful or important is what their clients/users will also consider useful/important.

That will not often be so. Indeed, my experiences over the past 10 years developing custom spreadsheet software for use by clients in a wide variety of industries indicate that most clients have radically differing expectations about what their apps should be able to do.

If you want to succeed in selling your product and yourself to them, as a solution provider, you MUST learn to LISTEN to what they say, and ensure what you deliver does what they demand.

Then, if you so desire, put some little icing on the cake, by going the extra mile to do more of what you may consider useful, and explain to them how it can help.

Quite often, the fact that you already met the needs they considered most important, would make them more willing to adopt whatever else you propose.

But if you don’t meet the needs that matter to them, they may balk at adopting anything else you offer.

That’s just the way it is.

Always Remember That You’re In Business to make Money!

This is self-explanatory – and based on simple common sense!

The problem is not many developers seem to have a firm grasp of how to apply it in doing their work.

You need to avoid getting carried away by the love and passion you have for your work. Otherwise you could end up giving away the entire farm.

Nothing stops you from adopting promotional strategies that require use of discount concessions or free services.

But it is crucial that you KNOW for sure, when to start and where to stop. Be clear in your mind what you will NOT do for free, and what you can do for a discounted price.

Also take time to create a justifiable basis for whatever pricing model you adopt. One that ensures you do not come across as trying to exploit or overcharge the client, but at the same time enables you earn optimal remuneration for the work you do – or for the product you build and offer for sale.

No matter how good you are, if you do not have a sound understanding of how to get paid for what you do as a developer, you are likely to struggle a lot, to make ends meet.

This issue tends to be a problem for a lot of people because adequate (sometimes NO) attention is paid to learning the business side of doing what they do. Especially the aspect that has to do with finding profitable paying clients!

You owe yourself a duty, an obligation even, to make your story different – if you want real success!

Never Let The Storms In Your Life Stop You From Doing What You Do!

This is a key reason I am successful at what I do today!

Any person who does intellectual work knows that you’re unlikely to do your best work when you are worried or upset. And that is often the state of mind one has when experiencing storms in one’s life!

Countless people fail in life when they try to go after their dreams because they let the storms that erupt in their lives stop them!

I offer ideas to help YOU make your story different, based on what I have done – and continue doing!

Now I had so much to say about this final point that I ended up writing what I felt would be better served to my readers as a separate article. So, click the link below to read it.

Secret You Need to Succeed Despite Facing Storms of Adversity in Life

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Next week, I’ll formally announce the availability of my 2016 Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Home Study DVD.

Last Saturday, 8^th April 2017, I sent out a formal final notification to club members, shown below:

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My 2016 Excel-VB Home Study DVD is a compilation of ALL the text and video tutorials I’ve sent out to my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club members over the past year.

Pay ONLY N5k on or before MNT today Sat 8th April 2017, to get it, PLUS 1 year membership of my club, so you can learn more.

Reply YES to claim this offer.

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NB: Today, Monday 10^th April 2017, I make the same offer, but at N10k, to my mailing list – including the CEOs of over 30 ICAN Accredited Tuition Centres I connected with over the past year

Excel-VB Driven Ration Formulator

1. Click here to learn more about this app – watch demo videos etc

2. Click here to watch a 4 part video in which I demonstrate how to use this app to formulate rations using real life data sent to me by an Algerian PhD student.

Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.

EXCEL-VB DRIVEN POULTRY LAYER FARM MANAGER SOFTWARE

Click here to download a detailed PDF user guide and watch 15 screen shot user guide tutorials of the Monthly Poultry Farm Manager that I now offer Farm CEOs.

Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.

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New posts from last week*

Monday:

PII 060: 4 Annotated Pictorial Guides You Need for Using Tayo Solagbade’s Popular Livestock Ration Formulator

[Tuesday]:

Graduation Day at the 2 week Cosmetic Makeup and Gele Tying Workshop [Re: Empower Your Daughter to be Her Own Boss With Minimal Resources Via Vocation She Can Build on to Excel]

[Wednesday]:

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[Thursday]:

[RECOMMENDED] What Makes a Sow Eat Her Young? [Tested Ideas You Need to Eliminate the Problem]

[Friday]:

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[Saturday]:

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[Sunday]:

The FARM CEO (Issue 78): 50 Most Profitable Agriculture Business Ideas, 100 Agribusiness Ideas for 2016, 2016 Seven most profitable agribusiness ideas for a willing entrepreneur in Kenya

Tayo K. Solagbade*

Self-Development/Performance Improvement Specialist

*Best Practice Farm Business Support Specialist & Founder of the MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club and Competition

Mobile: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic)

http://www.tayosolagbade.com

Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement

Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.

Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/web hosting, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).

Tayo is the author of the Self-Development (SD) Bible™ and the popular Livestock Feed Formulation Handbook. He is also the developer of its accompanying Excel-VB driven Ration Formulator™ and the Poultry Farm Manager™ software.

He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others.

In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.

On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.

His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).

In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.

In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.

Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).

When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter.

You can connect with him on Twitter @tksola.com and Facebook.

Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.

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[IMPORTANT NOTE:====

On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.

Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.

But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts he’s published.

If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.

Click “Tayo, What Happened to SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom ?” to read a detailed narrative about how the above event occurred :-))

Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

Succeed by Emerging from Adversity Like a Phoenix

(TayoSolagbade.com launches extra Hosting plan with FREE Web Marketing!)

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old, NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

A Proven Strategy to Find Profitable Buyers Regardless of Your Domain Name
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The FARM CEO (Issue 78): 50 Most Profitable Agriculture Business Ideas, 100 Agribusiness Ideas for 2016, 2016 Seven most profitable agribusiness ideas for a willing entrepreneur in Kenya

April 9, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

In this week’s issue of the Farm CEO newspaper, I feature 3 new reports, from different websites, about latest farm business ideas/opportunities available to be had in Africa.

As the popular saying goes, IDEAS rule the world.

This blog – and my brand showcased via tayosolagbade.com as a whole – is a product of YEARS of hard work, mixed with lots of blood and sweat.

I have kept it going DESPITE myriad encounters with adversity. including countless attempts by MANY naughty others to pull me down by trying to discredit me/the solutions I offer.

My advice to YOU, the reader of the ideas featured in these reports is that you MUST understand that making successful use of the ideas described will require that you adopt the same NEVER-SAY-DIE mental attitude I have used to build the name/brand recognition I enjoy via this platform today.

Like it or not, some people WILL at some point find it necessary, to try pulling you down. Whether they succeed will be entirely up to YOU.

Have a good read!

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1. 50 Most Profitable Agriculture Business Ideas

Preview: Agriculture industry specifically in India is at the crossroad of a new revolution. The entire food chain is supposed to be modernized and the production is expected to be doubled in the coming 10 years. Apart from domestic demand, this industry brings in huge export prospects. At present agri-business may involve either an input or a produce or service and encompasses items such as:

https://99businessideas.com/50-most-profitable-agriculture-business-ideas/

2. 100 Agribusiness Ideas for 2016

Nigeria is one of the most developed countries in Africa. In fact, she has progressed tremendously in the service industry of late. She has also improved immensely in the information and communication (ICT) industry. According to World Bank reports, over 50% of the total GDP of Nigeria lies within the service industry. –

Continue reading at: http://www.worryfreeworker.com/100-agribusiness-ideas-2016/#sthash.eoCsyAJR.dpuf

3. 2016 Seven most profitable agribusiness ideas for a willing entrepreneur in Kenya

Do you know that Agricultural businesses are the most lucrative businesses in the world?

Apart from the low-cost of start up and running the business, agricultural businesses turn out a huge profit of up to 100%. With the increase in unemployment, young people in Kenya are now embracing agriculture which was erstwhile considered a dirty business reserved only for the poor.

http://www.farmerstrend.co.ke/2016-seven-profitable-agribusiness-ideas-willing-entrepreneur-kenya/

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[RECOMMENDED] What Makes a Sow Eat Her Young? [Tested Ideas You Need to Eliminate the Problem]

April 7, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Below are links to 2 different pages I found discussing this problem in a useful manner that others can learn from:

http://www.nadis.org.uk/bulletins/savaging-of-piglets.aspx

This is an interesting article from the National Animal Disease Information Service in UK

2. http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/threads/what-makes-a-sow-eat-her-young.336661/

I think this discussion forum has the best answer I’ve seen so far. I am a bit tired, so will have to stop here. But I think you can use the answer provided by one of the contributors – which I have reproduced below. It’s the most practical, and is given by an experienced and well known member:

What he said at the end is an example of the best practice requirement I told you about.

you can cull sows for twenty years and never eliminate this problem, understand it and it will go away for ever.

The above implies that you MUST aim to find a PERMANENT solution by UNDERSTANDING every aspect of your farm business operation!

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This is not a genetic problem or even a breed problem, it is unfortunately more of a newbie problem. You don’t see this on many large farms because they understand what causes it.

I would expect to find this is 25x’s more likely on a hobby farm.

Continue reading in the forum…

http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/threads/what-makes-a-sow-eat-her-young.336661/

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NB: This post is based on excerpts from a support email I sent to a Piggery Farm Business CEO/Financial Consultant who recently joined my Farm Business Ideas club. He has been experiencing this problem of sows eating their young on his farm, and had on several occasions expressed his frustrations to me about not being able to identify the root cause, and find a permanent solution to it.

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Graduation Day at the 2 week Cosmetic Makeup and Gele Tying Workshop [Re: Empower Your Daughter to be Her Own Boss With Minimal Resources Via Vocation She Can Build on to Excel]

April 6, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Yesterday was “graduation” day for my 8 and 11 year old daughters (and their much older fellow trainees) at the venue of the 2 week “Cosmetic Makeup and Gele Tying” workshop organized by the Lagos State Government.

I’m still suffering from cumulative fatigue: I’ve practically been out of circulation over the past 2.5 weeks taking them from home to the venue and STAYING with them till evening, to bring them back from Monday to Friday.

But it felt all worth it seeing them carryout their final assignments of doing makeup on the faces of the “clients” they were asked to bring along.

I took the photo below, outside the event hall about 30 minutes after the presentation ceremony had ended and item 7 (chop-chop) was ongoing.

My 2 daughters are dressed in the Ankara worn by all the other trainees.

The girl to the right is the daughter to the wonderful hairdresser lady who plaited their hairs. My 11 year old daughter did the makeup on her face as part of her final “practical”.

Then each girl had to do makeup on her own face – with no assistance from anyone. That was fun to watch – as it was a strange experience for both of them.

My (soon-to-be) 8 year old girl initially protested that she could not do it!

But she was told that was the requirement for completion. So she had to focus and do it.

What you see in the above photo is the result of her first ever attempt at applying makeup on her own face, instead of someone else’s lol

Note that they wore “Gele” during the ceremony, but which they took off right after the event – that’s indicated by the dark band along their hair lines in the other photo.

Sadly, some glitch caused most of the photos taken by the 11 year old’s Smartphone to render in relatively small 320 x 240 pixel sizes – like the 2 below!

a. The 11 year old inside the event hall

b. The 8 year old inside the taxi I hired so we could get there on time, AFTER we discovered we’d lost my ATM card and wasted valuable time trying to find it (details in the full post to come later)!

We still do not know what went wrong.

The other photos that are larger were taken by me using my Blackberry. But I was too busy guarding their makeup kit/tools which were scattered all over the floor, as they worked, to take as many photos as I would have loved.

Luckily, the organizers hired photographers, who took several photos of them that I’m hopeful we’ll be able to get copies of for whatever price they command.

As I noted earlier, my girls were the youngest participants at the event – in which we had attendees my age – and even older!

The 8 year old in particular, got LOTS of attention from guests (and the instructors) who came to record videos of her as she worked on her own client’s face.

So many commented on the fact that she was not intimidated/was confident and actually knew what to do and how.

Compared to her older sister, however, her “makeup” work was not so well finished.

But the instructors say she’s headed in the right direction and that with practice, she’ll get much better.

When she was called out to receive her certificate from the Guest of Honour (a “Honourable” from the Lagos State Government”), the MC introduced her saying “Ah, yes, this is our youngest participant!”

That caused the audience to exclaim even more than they had when the first saw her tiny figure walking up to collect the certificate!

It was VERY important to me that she (and her sister) have THAT experience of going out to shake hands as she did, with a VIP – who bent down to speak words of encouragement to her.

When she returned, the glow in her face told me all I needed to know: She LOVED the feeling of a sense of accomplishment it had given her.

I was therefore not surprised that she eagerly continued repairing the makeup on the face of her client, who had accidentally rubbed off some of the makeup.

Her 11 year old sister was also keen to preserve the work she’d done. So much so, that when she noticed her own client trying to use a facial wipe on her cheeks, she playfully patted her hand away saying:

“Ah, don’t spoil all my hard work O!”

This post is meant to just give a few highlights. The full story – ending with my admonition on Best Practice Parenting will come later.

I have a back log of work to dig into right now, so I’m not sure when I’ll be able to get it published, but photos etc will appear in the piece I will be writing on this wonderful journey to vocational skills empowerment my girls have commenced!

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PII 060: 4 Annotated Pictorial Guides You Need for Using Tayo Solagbade’s Popular Livestock Ration Formulator

April 3, 2017 Tayo Solagbade Leave a comment

Every now and then Farm CEOs who just purchased my Farm Business Best Practice Management apps call or send emails to ask for help with getting up and running using them.

That’s why I provide step-by-step explanations about how to use my popular Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager, using four annotated pictorial guides that give quick tips about how to use the software.

In this week’s issue of my Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter, I explain the steps involved in using the Ration Formulator, using each of the pictorial guides.

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Tayo Solagbade’s
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PII 060: 4 Annotated Pictorial Guides You Need for Using Tayo Solagbade’s Popular Livestock Ration Formulator

Every now and then Farm CEOs who just purchased my Farm Business Best Practice Management apps call or send emails to ask for help with getting up and running using them.

That’s why I provide step-by-step explanations about how to use my popular Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager, using four annotated pictorial guides that give quick tips about how to use the software.

In this week’s issue of my Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter, I explain the steps involved in using the Ration Formulator, using each of the pictorial guides.

Click here to download the guides in a zipped folders.

I created and began sending them to buyers as extra “quick start” learning tools, when I noticed more Farm CEOs who bought the app had difficulty making out time from their busy schedules to read the detailed PDF guide I send each buyer.

Download and study these 4 guide images.

Print them out if you prefer.

Either way, they will help you quickly learn to use the app.

If you need any help making sense or use of the information provided, let me know.

Note that you will have cause – in using the software to – “try” using variable values for feed ingredients, until the Pr+ value, Energy level and other important parameters for your feed turn out the way you want them.

Recall that you need a SOUND understanding of feed formulation principles (such as those described in the feed formulation handbook) to make effective use of this software.

The common saying – Garbage-In Garbage Out – in relation to computers applies firmly here!

Guide 1 – Nutrient Composition Table

Click UPDATE SETTINGS on the Ration Formulator’s Menu to access this table

The nutrient composition tablie is in a different worksheet from the ration computation table, which has formulas. New ingredients added to the nutrient contribution table instantly appear in the computation table’s drop menus.

For every ingredient that is chosen by the user in the computation table. All corresponding nutrient values (Protein, energy, calcium etc) entered for it in the nutrient table instantly appear in the corresponding columns in the computation table – via a database function.

No need to type new values in, each time a new of different ingrendient is added. This app is futuristic in that it enables users easily add new ingredients or completely replace old ones and their nutrient without having to temper with the spreadsheet etc. So s/he gets to focus on formulating the ration, rather than worrying about modifying a spreadsheet.

The user clicks an ingredients name in the in-cell drop menu or via the floating data entry form. Clicking an ingredient’s nae will post it in the cell and the database functions in the table will instantly cause its computed nutrient values to appear along the same row (drawing from the nutrient composition table where they would have been posted initially: A drop menu is also used to choose “fixed” or “variable” label to assign to each ingredient.

Guide 2 – Computing a Ration Formula Using the Excel-VB Driven App (Steps A to D)

At “A“: Type target protein value you want in the final feed into “Tgt Pr+(%).

Below it, enter total kg of feed you want to make.

At “B”: Use the drop menus to choose the crude protein sources you want to use. If you choose more than ONE CP source, you MUST choose “Mixture” at “C” in”Variable No. 2” under Pearson Square Inputs

Once the above is done, click the REFRESH button. The software will generate values for in the “Estimated % To Use In Ration” section (below section “C”).

At “D“: You will now enter the generated values into the data entry fields for EACH ingredient at “D“. Then finish by clicking REFRESH to generate the ration formula.

Drop menus provided next to each ingredient name allows you specify if it is a Variable or Fixed ingredient. The app’s computation takes this into consideration. If you forget to make up the totals to 100% the app will throw an error alert and force you to find and correct the mistake BEFORE you can progress.

The table’s total protein should equal the target Pr+ value you want in the ration you’re formulating. If not, check the total % in ration (should be approx 100%) in the table. Sometimes minor changes to the variable ingredients will be needed to get the target protein right. The kcal ME/g Calcium, Fibre (should ne within the desired range for your animals).

You will check Ingredients Cost (Naira). Compare to your budget. Make adjustments if needed – possibly using cheaper alternatives. Note that the app instantly inserts user entries in the data form, into the correct location on the spreadsheet. The user need not interact with the spreadsheet at all. And when the right formula is obtained, it can be stored (by clicking the “Store this formula” button on the worksheet and/or printed out by clicking the “Print Preview” button on the worksheet.

Guide 3 – Error Handling to Ensure You Get Reliable Ration Formulas

The app formats relevant formula cells in the password protected ration formulation area. They turn red when “invalid”.

If the error is not corrected, the user will not be allowed to move beyond that stage. In the instance below, the TOTAL% in ration is less than 100%. The user must clear whatever caused that error before s/he can continue with the ration formulation.

In contrast, manual Excel workbooks created for feed formulation typically allow such severe errors go unnoticed, since no in-build error handling exists.

Bear in mind that this application has evolved over the years, based on feedback from users, to improve the “reliable and safe use”. The original version built in 2004 was not as enhanced as this.

Guide 4 – This app generates THIS print-ready Pearson Square formula and diagram page

The app is based on an improved version of the Pearson Square technique. It generates a print-ready formula and diagram. At the bottom of the print page, the user is reminded using a set of bullet points of rules guiding feed formulation based on this ration formulation technique.

guide-4-the-app-generates-this-print-ready-pearson-square-formula-and-diagram-page

Excel-VB Driven Ration Formulator

1. Click here to learn more about this app – watch demo videos etc

2. Click here to watch a 4 part video in which I demonstrate how to use this app to formulate rations using real life data sent to me by an Algerian PhD student.

Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.

EXCEL-VB DRIVEN POULTRY LAYER FARM MANAGER SOFTWARE

Click here to download a detailed PDF user guide and watch 15 screen shot user guide tutorials of the Monthly Poultry Farm Manager that I now offer Farm CEOs.

Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.

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New posts from last week*

Monday:

PII 059: Read This And Understand Why Your Internet Access Is Sometimes Slow

[Tuesday]:

Empower Your Daughter to be Her Own Boss With Minimal Resources Via Vocation She Can Build on to Excel [Case Study: Cosmetic Makeup and Gele Tying]

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[Friday]:

[RECOMMENDED] My Lord, Tell Me Where To Keep Your Bribe? – By Niyi Osundare (Renowned Nigerian poet)

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[Sunday]:

[RECOMMENDED] Understanding Relative and Absolute Cell References in MS Excel

The FARM CEO (Issue 77): GFIA – Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture, 5th Commercial Farm Africa

Tayo K. Solagbade*

Self-Development/Performance Improvement Specialist

*Best Practice Farm Business Support Specialist & Founder of the MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club and Competition

Mobile: +234-803-302-1263 (in Nigeria) or +229-66-122-136 (in Benin Republic)

http://www.tayosolagbade.com

Tayo K. Solagbade is a Location Independent Performance Improvement

Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.

In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.

On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.

His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).

You can connect with him on Twitter @tksola.com and Facebook.

Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.

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On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.

Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.

But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts he’s published.

If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.

Click “Tayo, What Happened to SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom ?” to read a detailed narrative about how the above event occurred :-))

Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

Succeed by Emerging from Adversity Like a Phoenix

(TayoSolagbade.com launches extra Hosting plan with FREE Web Marketing!)

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old, NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

A Proven Strategy to Find Profitable Buyers Regardless of Your Domain Name
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Why do I prefer to work this way (i.e. remotely or 100% online) you wonder?

But back to the point I want to make: Sometimes a client may need to get some files across to me via the web, but they could be a bit big.

So, I decided to publish excerpts from that email on this blog (see below) – so I’ll be able to sent the URL to any other persons who request similar support in future.

Regarding getting the big video files to me, I suggest using either option 1 or 2 outlined below.

Free Video Compressor – Free download and software reviews – CNET Download.com

Final Words: You can achieve superior marketing reach and impact, if you adopt a custom Web Marketing System in promoting your unique solution(s)

It’s Time to Acknowledge Male Victims of Domestic Violence – By Bari Zell Weinberger, Esq. – huffingtonpost.com

Domestic Violence Against Men by TyLegal: 2:22pm On Nov 19, 2015

Countless people fail in life when they try to go after their dreams because they let the storms that erupt in their lives stop them!

And that’s why you need to have an unshakeable belief in yourself – and in your creator, no matter what happens to you. Those are the 2 most important things to do!

But in ALL of it, I always knew that I just needed to focus on what mattered most – and that is NEVER QUITTING i.e staying focused on doing what I LOVE doing, with even more passion than before!

RELATED RESOURCES

Tayo Solagbade’s Performance Improvement IDEAS (PI Squared) Newsletter

PII 060: 4 Annotated Pictorial Guides You Need for Using Tayo Solagbade’s Popular Livestock Ration Formulator

Note that I said this is MY thinking.

Don’t Try to be a Genius

Don’t Sacrifice Functionality for Bells and Whistles

Focus on Making Your Excel-VB Software SOLVE The Client’s Problem

Always Remember That You’re In Business to make Money!

Never Let The Storms In Your Life Stop You From Doing What You Do!

Next week, I’ll formally announce the availability of my 2016 Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Home Study DVD.

Excel-VB Driven Ration Formulator

Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.

EXCEL-VB DRIVEN POULTRY LAYER FARM MANAGER SOFTWARE

Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.

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Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old, NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

I took the photo below, outside the event hall about 30 minutes after the presentation ceremony had ended and item 7 (chop-chop) was ongoing.

Note that they wore “Gele” during the ceremony, but which they took off right after the event – that’s indicated by the dark band along their hair lines in the other photo.

As I noted earlier, my girls were the youngest participants at the event – in which we had attendees my age – and even older!

When she was called out to receive her certificate from the Guest of Honour (a “Honourable” from the Lagos State Government”), the MC introduced her saying “Ah, yes, this is our youngest participant!”

This post is meant to just give a few highlights. The full story – ending with my admonition on Best Practice Parenting will come later.

Tayo Solagbade’s Performance Improvement IDEAS (PI Squared) Newsletter

PII 060: 4 Annotated Pictorial Guides You Need for Using Tayo Solagbade’s Popular Livestock Ration Formulator

Guide 1 – Nutrient Composition Table

Guide 2 – Computing a Ration Formula Using the Excel-VB Driven App (Steps A to D)

Guide 3 – Error Handling to Ensure You Get Reliable Ration Formulas

Guide 4 – This app generates THIS print-ready Pearson Square formula and diagram page

Excel-VB Driven Ration Formulator

Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.

EXCEL-VB DRIVEN POULTRY LAYER FARM MANAGER SOFTWARE

Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.

SDN Blog™

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Here’s an article Tayo wrote, to inspire others to defy adversity, and bounce back to even greater reckoning at what they do EVERY time:

And he wrote the one below, to explain why losing a domain name, no matter how old, NO LONGER determines your online success or otherwise:

…a multi-disciplinary blog for people passionate about reaching their goals!

Tayo Solagbade’s
Performance Improvement IDEAS
(PI Squared) Newsletter

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