{"id":139,"date":"2020-06-09T06:40:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T06:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contactlistbuilder.com\/kevinmichaud\/?p=139"},"modified":"2020-06-09T06:42:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T06:42:24","slug":"clb-add-shortcut-to-your-smartphone-home-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contactlistbuilder.com\/expect2profit\/clb-add-shortcut-to-your-smartphone-home-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"CLB Add Shortcut To Your Smartphone Home Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It seems that most people today have<br>their smartphones attached to their to<br>their bodies 24\/7. Many of us do the<br>bulk of our marketing on the phone. My<br>phone is my office, and I use every tool<br>and shortcut I can to gain efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife is a designer, and is constantly<br>checking out her favourite blogs and<br>websites, on her phone. I watch her<br>enter each site in the browser every<br>time she wants to access her favourites,<br>as if it were the first time searching.<br>It can take a long time, and often she<br>suffers from CRS and may not have the<br>correct info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is CRS you say? My online friend,<br>Michael Lipsey, says that CRS stands for<br>Can&#8217;t Remember Stuff. Needless to say,<br>one needs to tread very carefully when<br>trying to fill the CRS gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So one evening, in a brave moment, I<br>queried\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if you could access<br>your current favourite blogs on your<br>phone with one touch? Surprisingly,<br>instead of the normal &#8220;I&#8217;ve always done<br>it ths way&#8221; response, I got a yes.<br>Cease the day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my mind I said &#8216;I have a very simple<br>solution&#8217;. However, I learned many<br>years ago, &#8220;simple&#8221; is a word best left<br>out of conversations in our household.<br>Instead I suggested &#8216;There is a<br>solution, and you can do it yourself in<br>less than a minute&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Contact List Builder | Add Short Cut To Smartphone Home Screen\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7u4wLQtjeHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These three steps can be used on any<br>smartphone, to create shortcuts to your<br>favourite blogs and websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\"><li>Access the browser of your choice and<br>enter the web address of your favourite<br>site.<\/li><li>Android users, click the three<br>vertical dots at the top right to access<br>the drop down menu and select Add To<br>Home Screen<br>iOS users, click the share button,<br>(square with arrow pointing up) and<br>select Add To Home Screen<\/li><li>Add name of site and click Add To<br>Home Screen<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You are done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how did things work out on the<br>homefront? Huge AHA moment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now my wife&#8217;s home screen is exploding<br>with all her favourites. There are so<br>many that she still is searching through<br>pages of shortcuts. Maybe the next<br>teachable moment will be File<br>Folders\u2026..but I will wait a while on<br>that one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that most people today havetheir smartphones attached to their totheir bodies 24\/7. Many of us do thebulk of our marketing on the phone. Myphone is my office, and I use every tooland shortcut I can to gain efficiency. On the other hand\u2026. 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