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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://iowamediaguru.com/2020/11/09/when-the-dust-settles/" rel="bookmark">When the Dust&nbsp;Settles</a></h2>						<p>The dust is finally starting to settle. On first count, the President of the United States has unofficially been selected, the House leans left, and control of the Senate is potentially in the hands of Georgians. Nothing unusual to see here in 2020. But how did we get here? According to an Advertising Analytics update, [&hellip;]</p>
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					<time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-11-09T07:30:00-06:00">November 9, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-11-08T21:44:21-06:00">November 8, 2020</time>				</div><!-- .entry-meta -->
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://iowamediaguru.com/2020/11/02/t-minus-24-hours/" rel="bookmark">T minus 24&nbsp;Hours</a></h2>						<p>It&#8217;s election day&#8217;s eve. The candidates are doing their last minute rounds, political ads are primarily positive, and the world waits to see what the outcome is. A lot of focus, as it should be, is centered on the candidates. What did they say? What didn&#8217;t they say? How does their past look? Are they [&hellip;]</p>
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					<time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-11-02T07:45:00-06:00">November 2, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-11-01T22:41:57-06:00">November 1, 2020</time>				</div><!-- .entry-meta -->
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			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://iowamediaguru.com/2020/10/26/facebook-embargo/" rel="bookmark">The Facebook Embargo</a></h2>						<p>If you haven&#8217;t already heard, Facebook is going on the offensive against political advertisers. In the last twelve months, Facebook has allowed users to opt out of political ads, prevented creating last minute ads before the election, and will ban political ads after the election. So it looks like that inexpensive and effective way to [&hellip;]</p>
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					<time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-10-26T07:30:00-05:00">October 26, 2020</time><time class="updated" datetime="2020-10-25T22:19:33-05:00">October 25, 2020</time>				</div><!-- .entry-meta -->
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