Britstrapped

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Britstrapped

Two Brits talking about bootstrapping their businesses and the challenges they face along the way. Occasionally drinking tea but never wearing bowler hats!Tune in and hear about a wide range of topics from software development, validating a software product, and marketing, to when is Nick going to start training for the London marathon ;o).There’ll be thrills and spills along the way. Don’t miss out, subscribe to the podcast feed so you can laugh and cry along with (or at!) us.

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    098 - Talking Microconf EU with the Gross Profit Podcast

    It's been a while but we've dusted off the cobwebs to bring you an episode from  the Gross Profit podcast where Martin caught up with James Kennedy from From Procurement express (https://www.procurementexpress.com/) to talk about Microconf Europe 2023.The Gross Profit podcast: https://www.procurementexpress.com/podcast/spilling-secrets-from-microconf-2024/Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    097 - Looking forward to Christmas

    This week, Nick and Martin catch up on what's been happening over the last few weeks and look forward to Christmas.Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    096 - Verified but not verified

    This week, Nick and Martin catch up on what's been happening over the last few weeks.Userlist, email automation for B2B SaaS: https://userlist.com/Dan Martells Growth Map framework: https://www.facebook.com/Danmartell/videos/saas-founders-struggling-w-growth-use-my-growth-map-process-to-get-clear-on-your/2055515714678256/ Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    095 - Another podcast, another Prime Minister

    This week, Nick and Martin catch up on what's been happening over the last few weeks.Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    094 - Not backpacking

    This week, Nick and Martin catch up on what's been happening over the last few weeks.Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    093 - Back to school 2022

    This week, Nick and Martin catch up on what's been happening over the summer and upcoming plans.SAAS Marketing course Nick mentioned: https://www.poweredbysearch.com/course/10x-your-marketing-team/Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    092 - Half year catch-up

    This week, Nick and Martin catch up on 2022 so far.Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    091 - 2021 Wrap up

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and wrap up 2021.The High Performance Podcast: https://www.thehighperformancepodcast.com/Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    090 - Bringing in developers

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and catch up after the summer.Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    089 - Mulling over an investment offer

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and catch up after a(nother!) break and Nick mulls over an investment opportunity.Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    088 - Catch up after a break

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and catch up after a break.Isabel's Big Haircut: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/isabel-hair-cutOur ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/) 

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    087 - Go where your customers are

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and talk about creating groups where your customers go.Dr Rangan Chatterjee podcast - Master Your Mind with Dr Ethan Kross: https://bootstrapped.fm/170-be-so-good-they-cant-ignore-you-with-peldi-of-balsamiq/Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    086 - Facebook ads

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and discuss advertising on Facebook.Bootstrapped.fm episode with Peldi: https://bootstrapped.fm/170-be-so-good-they-cant-ignore-you-with-peldi-of-balsamiq/Our ProductsNick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/)Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    085: Making time

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and discuss tips for productivity from the book Making Time. Book: Making Time - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Time-focus-matters-every/dp/0593079582 Our Products Nick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    084: Back to school and partner outreach

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and discuss schools going back and Nick's latest partner outreach. Our Products Nick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    83: Customer driven website content

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and discuss different types of website content. Referred to Rogue Startups with Adii Pienaar: https://roguestartups.com/rs240-life-profitability-with-adii-pienaar/ Dan Martell's SAAS Academy: https://www.danmartell.com/saasacademy/ Chart Mogul: https://chartmogul.com/ Our Products Nick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    082: Quick catch-up

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and what's been happening since they last spoke. Our Products Nick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    081: New year, new lockdown

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects and what's been happening since Christmas 2020. Referred to Tweets on distribution: https://twitter.com/adamwathan/status/1338171938645159944 https://twitter.com/earthlingworks/status/1338243389490270209 Our Products Nick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    080: Winding down for Christmas

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects, Martin hires a developer and Nick's been doing customer calls. Referred to Clarity Calls: https://customercamp.co/claritycalls/ Fraze: https://www.frase.io/ Our Products Nick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    079: A Product Hunt launch

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects, and Nick talks about launching SEO Testing on Product Hunt. Our Products Nick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    078: Lockdown, not-lockdown, lockdown...

    Back on the mic for the first time since the first Covid-19 lockdown, Nick and Martin catch up on what's been happening. Mentioned: Arvid Khal's podcast: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/ Cal Newport's podcast: https://www.calnewport.com/podcast/ Our Products Nick: SEO Testing (https://seotesting.com/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    077: Updates for the start of 2020

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects, and what's been happening at the start of 2020. Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    076: Updates and Microconf EU

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects, and Martin talks about attending Microconf EU. Links Massage Gun: https://www.amazon.co.uk/GK2-Massage-Massager%EF%BC%8CPercussion-Massager-Ultra-Quiet/dp/B07VYGRY2Z/ Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.com/)

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    075: LeJog, updates and CRM

    This week, Nick and Martin give an update on their projects, Nick completed LeJog and talk CRM. Links Ultraworking: https://www.ultraworking.com/ Close: https://close.com/ Pipedrive: https://www.pipedrive.com Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    074: Quick update as Nick begins LeJog

    This week, Nick and Martin provide a quick update on what they've been doing as Nick prepares to start the mammoth Land's End to John O'Groats cycle. Links LeJog route: https://www.rideacrossbritain.com/route/classic-9-day/ Track Nicks rides live: http://www.lezyne.com/gpsroot/livetracking/gps_livetracking.php?cD1uaWNrLnN3YW4rbGV6eW5lQGdtYWlsLmNvbSZmPW1hcnRpbi5qdWRkQGpvaW5lZHVwc29sdXRpb25zLmNvbQ== Sponsor Nick: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nick-swan-clic-sargent Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    073: Back from summer break

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing after a summer break. Links Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1861978774 Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    072: Quick catch-up

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing. Links Startups For the Rest of Us episode discussed: https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-448-lets-talk-about-bluetick Grant Cardone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ2cHf232Ag Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    071: Product Hunted

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Sanity Check being hunted on Product Hunt. Links Ultraworking Lights: https://www.ultraworking.com/lights Streaks app: https://streaksapp.com/ Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    070: Outsourcing support

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Martin hiring someone to help with support. Links Growth TLDR Marketing Podcast: https://www.kieranflanagan.io/podcasts/ Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    069: Customer research

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Nicks customer research. Links Transister, The "charge more" debate: https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/the-charge-more-debate Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    068: Quick catch-up after Easter

    A quick catch-up for Nick and Martin after the Easter break. Links The Bottleneck Rules: How to Get More Done (When Working Harder isn't Working) by Clarke Ching The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    067: 'fessing up about what's embarrassing in our apps

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about things in their apps that they're embarrassed about. Links Side Husstle Success podcast: https://www.sidehustlesuccesspodcast.com/ Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    066: Themes for 2019

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about plans for the year ahead. Links Atomic Habits: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    065: Updates, Christmas and side projects

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk a bit about Christmas and side projects. Links Hotjar: https://www.hotjar.com/ Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    064: Updates, pricing and a cycling adventure

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing, discuss Nicks new cycling adventure and a change to a pricing plan. Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/)

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    063: Back in the saddle, part 2

    Nick and Martin are back with the second of two parts where we catch up on what's been happening since early 2017. This week, it's Nicks turn to go over what's going on with Sanity Check and life in general. Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/) Follow up and feedback [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    062: Back in the saddle, part 1

    Nick and Martin are back from hiatus with the first of two parts where we catch up on what's been happening since we last published an episode. This week, it's Martins turn to go over what's going on with Kids Club HQ. Our Products Nick: Sanity Check (https://www.sanitycheck.io/) Martin: Kids Club HQ (https://www.kidsclubhq.co.uk/) Follow up and feedback [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    061: From 0 MRR to "Living the Dream"

    This week, Martin catches up with Robin Warren from Corrello. We talk about getting from 0 MRR to an amount you can live on. You can find Robin at: https://getcorrello.com/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinwarren Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    060: Catch up from January 2017

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing in the first month of 2017. LTV Conf: http://ltvconf.com/ Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    59: New Year off and running

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing, talk about what's coming up for the New Year and Nicks latest venture. Sanity Check (Nicks new product): https://www.sanitycheck.io Improving page load speed: https://hackernoon.com/10-things-i-learned-making-the-fastest-site-in-the-world-18a0e1cdf4a7#.jj69951ok Successful 1 person businesses: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13326535 Stuff Justin Jacksons Tiny Marketing Wins (https://tinymarketingwins.com/) Episode where we discuss Pomodoro and Kanban Flow: http://www.britstrapped.com/episodes/6857-7-productivity-with-kanban-and-the-pomodoro-technique Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    58: A Christmas break

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and why they've missed a few weeks. Stuff Building Micro-SaaS Businesses: https://tylertringas.com/micro-saas-ebook/ Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    57: New sign ups and a golf break

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing. Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    56: Slow going and new projects

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about a slow couple of weeks and potential new projects for Nick indie hackers: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses $1k+ side projects: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12670731 Best marketing thing for $1k+ projects: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12720636 Great question and answers : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12674071 YouTube stuff for developers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12702651 Marketing for Developers course: https://justinjackson.withcoach.com/marketing-for-developers?coupon=SHARED-BY-FRIENDS

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    55: Googles Penguin update, preparing for exhibitions and making stuff for the sake of it

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about Googles Penguin update, preparing for exhibitions and making stuff for the sake of it Power terms : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aR4uICyzgfauHg26AyH43uAR8tfqEd2cU5ssR6i5MsU/edit#gid=446293637 Product people with Nathan Barry: http://www.productpeople.tv/72 http://www.productpeople.tv/77 Mega Maker: http://megamaker.co/ Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    54: More emails and lead gen

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about sending emails for lead generation. AgileCRM: https://www.agilecrm.com/ Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    53 : Back to school

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about lead generation. Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    52 - Interview with Christoph Engelhardt

    This week, Martin interviews Christoph Engelhardt of LiksSpy and the SaaS Email Marketing Handbook. LinksSpy: https://www.linksspy.com/ Christophs book: http://saasemailmarketing.net/ Christoph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itengelhardt Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    51: Leads, leads and more leads

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and Martin gives an update from Microconf Europe. Stuff Christoph Englehardts notes from Microconf Europe: http://www.christophengelhardt.com/microconf-europe-2016-notes-noteworthy/ Chet Holmes , The Ultimate Sales Machine: http://www.chetholmes.com/ultimate-sales-machine SaaStock: http://www.saastock.com/ Fixing dad: http://www.fixingdad.com/about/ Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    50: Ideas everywhere, all the time!

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about turning around a moan into something productive, comfort levels with customer facing software and finding ideas in everything we do. Stuff Saastr - If You’re Going to Do a SaaS Start-Up … You Have to Give it 24 Months: https://www.saastr.com/if-youre-going-to-do-a-saas-start-up-you-have-to-give-it-24-months/ Nicks new co-working space: http://www.thehive-bude.co.uk/ Ask HN: What did your 'Show HN' project turn into?: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12030863 Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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    49: EU exits and following up

    This week, Nick and Martin provide an update on what they've been doing and talk about exiting the EU and following up with leads. UK Bootstrappers conference, Life Time Value: http://ltvconf.com/ One person SaaS apps that are profitable: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11924009 Profitable SaaS? How did you grow your business? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11937132 Follow up and feedback: [email protected], [email protected] twitter : @nickswan @martin_judd

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Two Brits talking about bootstrapping their businesses and the challenges they face along the way. Occasionally drinking tea but never wearing bowler hats!Tune in and hear about a wide range of topics from software development, validating a software product, and marketing, to when is Nick going to start training for the London marathon ;o).There’ll be thrills and spills along the way. Don’t miss out, subscribe to the podcast feed so you can laugh and cry along with (or at!) us.

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Nick Swan and Martin Judd

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