{"id":53161,"date":"2025-07-01T13:48:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/?p=53161"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:34:06","slug":"announced-july-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkorange.com\/blog\/announced-july-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Announced: July Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"53161\" class=\"elementor elementor-53161\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2095336 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2095336\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b390ed9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b390ed9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"342\"><strong data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"342\">Announced by Amazing Life: The Inside Scoop \u2013 July Edition<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"506\">Your shortcut to what\u2019s new, what\u2019s changing, and what\u2019s coming soon\u2014straight from this month\u2019s Facebook Live. 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