Substack Podcast Studio with Jen Rogers | Podcasting for Profits with Christian Entrepreneurs

Jen Rogers🎤︎︎Podcasting Strategist for Online Business

Your ideal client is not lying awake at 3 in the morning. thinking, “I need a better podcast episode.” Nobody wakes up hoping for more content. They wake up wondering: • “Why does it feel like I have to constantly prove I’m the expert when I’ve already done the work?” • “Why am I pouring my heart into content that disappears before the right people even see it?” • "Why are people listening, liking, and cheering me on… but not becoming clients?” That dark hour is the conversation your podcast needs to enter. Not the content conversation. The 3:00 a.m. conversation. The one happening when your ideal client is anxiously asking, “What needs to change?” I’m Jen Rogers, Founder of The Virtual Podcast School. I help Christian entrepreneurs with proven offers turn their podcasts into trust-building business assets with Substack. Your podcast was never supposed to become the thing you dread on your content calendar. Instead, your podcast is the driver that increases leads, trust, visibility, and outcomes. Your podcast becomes the place where people get to know how you think. How you lead. How you develop solutions. How you build connection with them Isn’t that wonderful? No more chasing algorithms. No more creating content that gets consumed and forgotten. No more publishing episodes that sound impressive but never end in ROI. Your voice is one of the most powerful trust-building tools you own. A social post might get a glance. A podcast gets invited into someone's life. That's online marketing with a podcast. Your ideal clients are not just consuming information. They are building a relationship with you. And relationships create connections. Those connections build trust fast. Trust leads to DMs and profits. I learned this the hard way. My first year podcasting, I released 52 episodes. 1,066 downloads. Zero sales. So when someone says, “Just be consistent,” I want to lovingly throw a microphone. Consistency without strategy is punching a time clock for an extraordinarily negative return. You need a podcast that does its job – without you burning out. Inside the Substack Podcast Studio, you’ll build out your podcast that: ↳ Positions you as the trusted expert ↳ Connects your message to your offer ↳ Turns your listeners into leads and buyers ↳ Helps you grow without living on social media ↳ Builds deeper relationships with the right audience ↳ Creates content that compounds instead of disappears This is for the Christian entrepreneur who already has wisdom, experience, and something valuable to sell and want to create a marketing asset you own. That is why we are building on Substack. We are building podcasts that do more than get downloaded. They get remembered. They get referred. They get profits. Topics covered: Substack podcast strategy, podcast monetization, lead generation for Christian entrepreneurs, audio-first marketing, messaging for premium clients, evergreen content, podcast CTAs, private podcasting, sales funnel strategy, faith-based business growth, and scalable podcast systems. thevirtualpodcastschool.com/substack thejenrogers.substack.com

  1. 2d ago

    Podcast & Substack Marketing: Do Your Listeners Know They Can Hire You? | Newsletter #53

    “Oh, you need to listen to… what’s her name?” Somewhere, someone could be trying to recommend you. They loved your episode. They know their friend needs your help. And the introduction is falling apart before you’ve even been introduced. At a leadership event, I took pages of notes. Months later, I can still tell you stories Anthony Trucks shared. A sponsor’s glittery yellow duck still has prime real estate on the page. Another speaker’s name? Give me a minute. In Mic Drop Mastery #53, I’m exploring what makes your podcast and Substack content memorable enough to recommend, and how to connect that recognition to your offers. Picture a listener sending you this: “I feel like you recorded this just for me.” You read it twice. This is who you were hoping to reach. Then you see them asking for a coach recommendation. For the very thing you help people do. You’re tempted to type, “Um. Hello?” But think back to your last episode. Did you tell them how you could help? Or did you give them one more tip and thank them for listening? You’ll hear: - How to find the small story that makes your listener feel caught in the act. - What someone needs to remember before they can put your name into a conversation. - The “one more tip” negotiation that keeps your offer out of your own episode. - How to describe the next step so your listener can picture what they’re getting help with. Plus, I’m sharing the change to our October Studio plans and how we’re preparing for Black Friday. If you know how to help your clients but keep stumbling over how to invite your listeners to become one, join the paid Substack Podcast Studio. Bring the episode you’re planning and the offer you want to sell for Black Friday. We'll cover it inside the Studio. Your next step Bring your expertise, your offer, and the invitation you keep rewriting into the Substack Podcast Studio. Let’s help your right person understand why working with you comes next. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejenrogers.substack.com/subscribe

    Podcast & Substack Marketing: Do Your Listeners Know They Can Hire You? | Newsletter #53
  2. 5d ago

    Substack Podcast Marketing: What Your Clients Haven’t Told You Yet | #26

    What are your clients trying to tell you while you’re busy giving them excellent advice? Their unfinished answers could change your next podcast episode, your Substack content, and the offer you invite them into. My daughter was twelve when she asked me to stop assuming I knew what she needed. Sometimes she wanted advice. Sometimes she wanted me to listen. Sometimes she needed a good, swift kick in the pants. I had been choosing for her. That habit can follow you straight into your business. Someone starts explaining. You recognize the problem. Out comes your expertise. They thank you. Later, they’re still having the conversation they meant to have with you. In this episode, I show you how to turn client conversations into relevant podcast content and calls to action: ask what someone means, listen for what matters, and connect your invitation to the help they need next. You’ll hear: - How to turn “I need to publish more” into a specific decision that fits your capacity. - The question that helps you define what a successful podcast guest appearance looks like. - Why “I need to email more consistently” might conceal a fear another sending schedule won’t solve. - How an author’s book-selling goals and boundaries shape her podcast guesting strategy. - Two CTA examples that give someone a reason to take the next step. - What you miss when you fill a thoughtful pause with a premature offer. You don’t have to fill that space with everything you know. Want help connecting what your audience tells you to your content and offers? Join the Studio as a paid subscriber. Bring a real exchange from your DMs, a question someone asked after an interview, or the invitation you keep rewriting. Join the Substack Podcast Studio If you are not inside the Studio yet, start with a free subscription and come peek around. Fair warning: you won't stay free for long. The Substack Podcast Studio: thevirtualpodcastschool.com/substack Already know you want to launch with private support? Book a consult for a podcast launch package. thevirtualpodcastschool.com/consult Need focused podcast strategy? Book a Mic Drop Mastery Power Hour: thevirtualpodcastschool.com/podcastcoaching Prefer a powerful self-diagnostic tool to earn faster with your pdocast? Take the Profitable Podcast Health Checkup thevirtualpodcastschool.com/healthcheckup This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejenrogers.substack.com/subscribe

    Substack Podcast Marketing: What Your Clients Haven’t Told You Yet | #26
  3. Sep 26

    Substack & Podcast Marketing: Content Not Converting? Start With Your Offer | Newsletter #52

    Twelve episodes recorded. Titles written. A month of content scheduled. You lean back in your chair. Finally. Ahead. Except… if your right person can’t recognize themselves in episode one, you’ve just scheduled the same problem eleven more times. Well. At least it’s organized. Before you create another episode, article, or Substack Live, I want you to answer this: Which offer is this conversation helping someone move toward? You can teach beautifully, hear “That was so helpful!” and still find yourself wondering why nobody asks to work with you. Your listener may understand your advice without understanding why they need YOUR help. In this anniversary issue of Mic Drop Mastery, I’m revisiting the newsletter I wrote before I even knew Substack existed. One year later, three questions still guide the work: Will anyone remember what you said?Will they recommend you?Will they buy from you? I’m showing you how I build content around those decisions, with examples from my own episodes and newsletters. You’ll hear what I wanted you to recognize, which assumption I wanted you to question, and why the invitation belonged in that conversation. Inside this episode: - Why your “I help” introduction may lose someone before they hear how you can help. - Three questions to answer before you batch another episode. - How to meet your listener in the moment they need you. - Why your offer belongs in the planning, before you press record. - Three sentence starters that connect a useful takeaway to working with you. If you can teach all day but start mumbling when it’s time to invite someone to pay you, pull up a chair. We have some words to work on (and belief to build!). Chapters 00:00 I didn’t even know Substack existed 01:48 Three questions that still guide my business 03:47 Help people recognize your expertise before they hire you 05:38 Batching content won’t make you referable 06:59 What happened that made your listener need this today? 07:51 Which belief needs to change? 08:16 Give someone a reason to recommend your episode 09:24 Check the connection between your listener, content, and offer 10:10 Choose your offer before you choose your topic 11:15 Three sentence starters for a natural invitation 13:28 What you can start before you know how everything works Mentioned in this episode Episode #20: Turn Your Substack Into a Podcast Without Adding Another Full-Time Job Newsletter #46: Stop Doing More: Build a Podcast With a Business Purpose Newsletter #47: Substack Marketing With or Without a Podcast: Stop Chasing Attention The Profitable Podcast Health Checkup: Use code SUBSTACKTLC to save 50%. Your next step Bring your expertise, your offer, and the invitation you keep rewriting into the Substack Podcast Studio. Let’s help your right person understand why working with you comes next. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejenrogers.substack.com/subscribe

    Substack & Podcast Marketing: Content Not Converting? Start With Your Offer | Newsletter #52
  4. Sep 23

    Substack Podcast Growth - What If You’re Aiming Too Small? | #25

    I expected my teacher to tell me I’d done a good job. Instead, she handed back my essay with a C circled in red. “Jennifer, you could do better than this. This might be someone else’s A level work, but it’s not yours.” Well. So much for skating by with ease. School came easily to me. I’d put in enough effort to get by and expected her to congratulate me. She saw what I was leaving on the table. I wonder if you’ve had a moment like that with your podcast. An idea shows up. For a second, you let yourself get excited. Then you start negotiating it down. With my audience? With my schedule? Who am I to do that? By the time you’ve finished being “realistic,” you’ve talked yourself out of finding out. What if there’s room for your podcast to do more for your business without asking you to work yourself into the ground? In episode #25 of Substack Podcast Studio, I’m applying six ideas from John C. Maxwell’s How Successful People Think to the possibilities we dismiss, the advice we follow, and the decisions we keep putting off. You’ll hear: · The question to ask when your first response is “That wouldn’t work for me.” · How to hire an expert without handing over what makes your show yours. · What a pantyhose display has to do with spotting an opportunity. Yes, really. · Where “good enough” might be keeping you from trying something better. · Why it matters who hears your idea while you’re still working up the nerve to pursue it. Give your ideas enough attention to find out what it would require. Have a bigger idea for your podcast, but keep getting stuck on what to do with it? Bring it into the Substack Podcast Studio. As a paid subscriber, you can bring your questions into live coaching, where we can work through what makes sense for your show, your business, and the time you actually have. You don’t have to arrive with the plan figured out. That’s something we work on together. Join the Substack Podcast Studio If you are not inside the Studio yet, start with a free subscription and come peek around. Fair warning: you won't stay free for long. The Substack Podcast Studio: thevirtualpodcastschool.com/substack Already know you want to launch with private support? Book a consult for a podcast launch package. thevirtualpodcastschool.com/consult Need focused podcast strategy? Book a Mic Drop Mastery Power Hour: thevirtualpodcastschool.com/podcastcoaching Prefer a powerful self-diagnostic tool to earn faster with your pdocast? Take the Profitable Podcast Health Checkup thevirtualpodcastschool.com/healthcheckup This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejenrogers.substack.com/subscribe

    Substack Podcast Growth - What If You’re Aiming Too Small? | #25
  5. Sep 19

    I Lit $7K on Fire: What Entrepreneurs Get Wrong About Podcast Marketing | Newsletter #51

    I lit $7K on fire. You can learn from that for considerably less. Before you invest in another way to get seen, can the people already listening explain why someone should hire you? In this Mic Drop Mastery Newsletter, I’m connecting your voice to the business you want to grow. Whether you host a podcast, guest on someone else’s, add voiceovers to your Substack articles, or go Live, your message needs to give people something they recognize, remember, and act on. You’ll discover: - Why your business and your offers come before your podcast. - How solving one specific problem in 30 minutes can create a natural opening into your paid work. - How “You know when…” gives people language they can repeat when someone needs you. - What to look for in your existing DM conversations before deciding what your audience needs next. - Your voice can help you become memorable, referable, and profitable. Start with what your right client needs to hear. Mentioned in this episode Newsletter #47: Stop Chasing AttentionExamples to help people recognize when they need you and explain your work to someone else. Newsletter #40: Stop Explaining. Turn Your Podcast Listeners Into ClientsThe “You know when…” framework for turning your introduction into a conversation. Your Profit Work Paid Studio members: revisit Day 5 of the Sprint in your private podcast feed or on Substack. Replays are available through September 20. Then open your DMs. Look at the conversations you’re already having. What are people actually asking for help with? Start there. Studio membership and access If you want to build a podcast that becomes memorable, referable, and profitable without creating another full-time job, join the Substack Podcast Studio today! Go to thevirtualpodcastschool.com/substack. Related to this episode: The Profitable Podcast Health Checkup Go from “Content Chore” to a Podcast that earns its keep and compounds growth for your business. Use Code SUBSTACKTLC to save 50%. Come join us in the Substack Podcast Studio! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejenrogers.substack.com/subscribe

    I Lit $7K on Fire: What Entrepreneurs Get Wrong About Podcast Marketing | Newsletter #51
  6. Sep 16

    Substack Podcast Strategy: 5 Decisions That Turn Listeners Into Clients | #24

    You sit down to plan your next episode. Forty minutes later, you’re studying someone else’s podcast, reconsidering your offers, and wondering whether you should go live instead. You haven’t recorded a word. But somehow you’ve given yourself three more jobs. When you have a business to run, those decisions cost more than recording time. They keep you busy creating things you’re still not sure how to sell from. Today I’m answering five questions entrepreneurs brought into the Substack Podcast Sprint. Questions that sound like podcasting questions until we get underneath them and find the business decisions underneath them. And if you never plan to host a show? Stay with me. Knowing how hosts think can change how you show up as a guest. In this episode, I get into: · Why a neat solo-versus-interview percentage could be completely wrong for your business · What deserves a place in your podcast feed after a Substack Live · How to choose which offer to talk about when you have several · The five buyer conversations that impact how you sell your offers · What your natural strengths reveal about hosting, guesting, and using your voice · Why another round of research won’t solve the gap between understanding and doing Plus, why I cannot be trusted around an eight-year-old’s lemonade stand. Apparently, floaties and a fourth-quarter strategy are an unusual combination. Still deciding what to record, what to sell, or whether podcasting fits your business? Come work through those decisions inside the Substack Podcast Studio. Join right now - paid subscribers have access to more than 10 hours of Sprint teaching and coaching, plus the accompanying profit books, through September 20. Join the Substack Podcast Studio and Sprint Inside this episode: We went much deeper into all of this during The Substack Podcast Sprint, Replays up now through 9/20/26 for paid subscribers. If podcasting has been sitting on your someday list because you cannot see how to add it without adding another full-time job, this episode is your first place to start. If you are not inside the Studio yet, start with a free subscription and come peek around. Fair warning: you may not stay free for long. The Substack Podcast Studio: thevirtualpodcastschool.com/substack September brought five days of live podcast-building profit work designed to help you add a podcast to your Substack without adding another full-time job. (This isn't theory - we're building it as we go.) Already know you want to launch with private support? Book a consult for a podcast launch package. thevirtualpodcastschool.com/consult Need focused podcast strategy? Book a Mic Drop Mastery Power Hour: thevirtualpodcastschool.com/podcastcoaching Prefer a powerful self-diagnostic tool to earn faster with your pdocast? Take the Profitable Podcast Health Checkup thevirtualpodcastschool.com/healthcheckup This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejenrogers.substack.com/subscribe

    Substack Podcast Strategy: 5 Decisions That Turn Listeners Into Clients | #24
  7. Sep 12

    Your Podcast Is Not About Podcasting. It’s About Connection That Converts | Newsletter #50

    I thought Newsletter #50 would be something else. Then I spent six days inside the Substack Podcast Sprint with savvy entrepreneurs who were not merely learning “podcast tips.” They named what their podcast is responsible for producing.They found the words their clients use every day.They practiced CTAs out loud in the breakoutsThey began to learn how to make their message memorable, referable, and profitable without creating another full-time content job. And somewhere in the middle of all the work since launching the Studio, I realized: Your podcast is not about podcasting. Your podcast is the outcome of your message, your offer, your point of view, your client language, your conviction, and your willingness to invite the right person to take the next step. Because you can have the microphone.You can have the Substack.You can have the podcast feed.You can have 100,000 downloads. But if your listener does not recognize themselves in what you say, remember what you do, or know where to go next? That means your podcast is not doing the job. (And it’s certainly not profitable.) In this issue of the Mic Drop Mastery Newsletter, I’m sharing some gems from inside the bonus Q+A from the Sprint, where we worked through what makes a podcast become a business asset. Not in theory. In the room. With real entrepreneurs, real offers, real CTAs, real questions, and a few beautifully uncomfortable moments where the next step got a whole lot clearer. In this episode, you'll hear: Why your podcast is the outcome of your intellectual property, not the starting point Why “I need more podcast ideas” is often a clarity problem in disguise How to stop talking above your ideal client’s head Why loyal listeners are not always buyers, but they can become powerful referrers How “You Know When” language helps your listener recognize themselves before you invite them anywhere Why connection takes reps, not just a better script What I learned from running six intense days of the Substack Podcast Sprint with zero episodes in the hopper Why slowing down may be the thing that lets you speed up How CTAs become easier when they are connected to your listener’s actual lived experience Why your guest strategy, solo episodes, and Substack Lives need to answer one question first: what is the job? Why your listener needs one logical next step, not five places to wander off into Nowheresville How to sell from your podcast naturally, authentically, and without the kerchunk of tacking on a CTA that just doesn’t fit Know This! We are not aiming for perfection. We are aiming for connection. That came up live in the Q+A, and I want you to sit with it. Polished can still be forgettable. Perfect can still be disconnected. And “professional” can become the wall between the person you are called to serve and the help they need from you. Your ideal client does not need you to sound impressive. They need to know: You see me.You understand what is happening.You know the next step. That is what makes you memorable. That is what makes you referable. That is what makes your podcast profitable. If you want to build a podcast that becomes memorable, referable, and profitable without creating another full-time job, join the Substack Podcast Sprint inside the Studio - All Annual Members are in the Sprint for Free! Go to thevirtualpodcastschool.com/substack. Related to this episode: The Profitable Podcast Health Checkup Go from “Content Chore” to a Podcast that earns its keep and compounds growth for your business. Use Code SUBSTACKTLC to save 50%. Come join us in the Substack Podcast Studio! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejenrogers.substack.com/subscribe

    Your Podcast Is Not About Podcasting. It’s About Connection That Converts | Newsletter #50
  8. Sep 9

    Your Podcast Isn’t Making Money Because It Has No Job | #23

    Six Lessons You Need To Hear To Become Profitable Podcasting In this short episode, I’m sharing six lessons from the first two days of the Substack Podcast Sprint inside The Substack Podcast Studio. We worked on the pieces most entrepreneurs skip: What podcasting is supposed to accomplish in your business. Whether hosting, guesting, Lives, article audio, or a private feed is the right method. Why your “I help” statement is not enough to make you referable. How to use You Know When language so people can actually remember what you do. Why Profit Work starts with one real conversation. And why being memorable for the wrong thing is still very expensive. Because your voice can build trust. But if people cannot remember, repeat, and refer what you do, that trust has nowhere profitable to go. Inside the Sprint, we are not creating podcast busy work. We are doing Profit Work. Listen if you’ve ever wondered: Why people say, “That was so good,” but do not book, buy, or refer. Whether you should host a podcast, guest on podcasts, record Substack articles, go Live, or create a private feed. Why your message sounds clear in your head but forgettable out loud. How to make podcasting support your business instead of becoming another unpaid job. What it really means to become memorable, referable, and profitable with your voice. The Substack Podcast Sprint is happening now inside The Substack Podcast Studio. You’ll get the private feed, replays, Profit Books, and the rest of the Sprint. Come do the Profit Work. If your podcast is published everywhere and you’ve got downloads but hear crickets from your audience, bring that to the Substack Podcast Sprint September 7 through 11. Come inside the Studio Your podcast can be published everywhere and still leave listeners trying to work out what you help them do and why your offer is worth paying for. During the Substack Podcast Sprint, September 7 through 11, paid Studio subscribers are bringing me their real podcast ideas, existing content, unclear promises, half-built plans, and CTAs that still feel separate from the episode. We are not racing to manufacture a podcast in five days. We are deciding what deserves your voice, what your right listener needs to hear, and what job podcasting should have in your business before it starts eating your calendar. Join the Substack Podcast Studio and Sprint Part 1 of our live interview: Why Broad Podcast Messaging Costs You Clients: Private Client Patrick LaRose #21 Join the Substack Podcast Studio and Sprint Inside this episode: We’re going much deeper into all of this during The Substack Podcast Sprint, September 7–11, with a bonus Saturday strategy Q&A. If podcasting has been sitting on your someday list because you cannot see how to add it without adding another full-time job, this episode is your first place to start. If you are not inside the Studio yet, start with a free subscription and come peek around. Fair warning: you may not stay free for long. The Substack Podcast Studio: thevirtualpodcastschool.com/substack September is bringing five days of live podcast-building profit work designed to help you add a podcast to your Substack without adding another full-time job. (This isn't theory - we're building it as we go.) Already know you want to launch with private support? Book a consult for a podcast launch package. thevirtualpodcastschool.com/consult Need focused podcast strategy? Book a Mic Drop Mastery Power Hour: thevirtualpodcastschool.com/podcastcoaching Prefer a powerful self-diagnostic tool to earn faster with your pdocast? Take the Profitable Podcast Health Checkup thevirtualpodcastschool.com/healthcheckup This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejenrogers.substack.com/subscribe

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Your ideal client is not lying awake at 3 in the morning. thinking, “I need a better podcast episode.” Nobody wakes up hoping for more content. They wake up wondering: • “Why does it feel like I have to constantly prove I’m the expert when I’ve already done the work?” • “Why am I pouring my heart into content that disappears before the right people even see it?” • "Why are people listening, liking, and cheering me on… but not becoming clients?” That dark hour is the conversation your podcast needs to enter. Not the content conversation. The 3:00 a.m. conversation. The one happening when your ideal client is anxiously asking, “What needs to change?” I’m Jen Rogers, Founder of The Virtual Podcast School. I help Christian entrepreneurs with proven offers turn their podcasts into trust-building business assets with Substack. Your podcast was never supposed to become the thing you dread on your content calendar. Instead, your podcast is the driver that increases leads, trust, visibility, and outcomes. Your podcast becomes the place where people get to know how you think. How you lead. How you develop solutions. How you build connection with them Isn’t that wonderful? No more chasing algorithms. No more creating content that gets consumed and forgotten. No more publishing episodes that sound impressive but never end in ROI. Your voice is one of the most powerful trust-building tools you own. A social post might get a glance. A podcast gets invited into someone's life. That's online marketing with a podcast. Your ideal clients are not just consuming information. They are building a relationship with you. And relationships create connections. Those connections build trust fast. Trust leads to DMs and profits. I learned this the hard way. My first year podcasting, I released 52 episodes. 1,066 downloads. Zero sales. So when someone says, “Just be consistent,” I want to lovingly throw a microphone. Consistency without strategy is punching a time clock for an extraordinarily negative return. You need a podcast that does its job – without you burning out. Inside the Substack Podcast Studio, you’ll build out your podcast that: ↳ Positions you as the trusted expert ↳ Connects your message to your offer ↳ Turns your listeners into leads and buyers ↳ Helps you grow without living on social media ↳ Builds deeper relationships with the right audience ↳ Creates content that compounds instead of disappears This is for the Christian entrepreneur who already has wisdom, experience, and something valuable to sell and want to create a marketing asset you own. That is why we are building on Substack. We are building podcasts that do more than get downloaded. They get remembered. They get referred. They get profits. Topics covered: Substack podcast strategy, podcast monetization, lead generation for Christian entrepreneurs, audio-first marketing, messaging for premium clients, evergreen content, podcast CTAs, private podcasting, sales funnel strategy, faith-based business growth, and scalable podcast systems. thevirtualpodcastschool.com/substack thejenrogers.substack.com

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