Each mobile device has the ability to add shortcuts to your favorite web apps to the Home screen of the device.  Here are the instructions for some of the most popular ones:

Safari on iOS devices (iPads, iPhones, iPod Touches):
1. Open up the web page you want to save as an app icon.  For example, navigate tohttp://demo.mrsware.com/htmlclient to open the MRSweb app (substitute your company's domain name in place of "demo").
2. Click on the share icon and select Add to Home Screen.
3. Click Add one more time on the Add to Home dialog.

Chrome on IOS
iOS does not allow any non-Safari browser to create icons on the Home page.

Chrome on Android
1. Open the web page you want to save as an icon.
2. Click the menu button and select Add to homescreen.
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​Chrome on Windows
1. Open your web page.
2. Click the menu button and select Tools then Create Application Shortcuts... 
3. On the Create Application Shortcuts dialog you can select either or both to create the shortcut on theDesktop and/or the Windows Taskbar.
 

When you use these options to save an icon to the Home screen, and then use that icon in the future, you will find that the app now opens full-screen instead of in the regular web browser tab, making it appear the same as other apps on your device.

Our final conference of the year will be the STAFDA tradeshow being held at the Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC from November 9 - 11, 2014.

The STAFDA show includes the Technology & Consultants' Fair which has an exclusive area set up at the front of the exhibition floor.  We are excited to be showing MRSweb 2 to our customers and prospects during the show.

If you would like to set up an appointment please fill out the form below.

We're into the full swing of the conference and trade show season and next up to the plate is the ISSA/Interclean Orlando 2014 tradeshow.  It will be held at the Orange Country Convention Center in Orlando, FL from November 4 - 7.  

Please note - there is a change in day and time for the Manufacturers' Representatives Forum which will be held this year on Thursday evening, November 6, from 5:00PM - 7:00PM at the Hyatt Regency (the old Peabody Hotel).  John Stroud, President of the O'Dell Corporation, will be receiving the Manufacturer Representatives' Distinguished Service Award.  Anyone who has had the pleasure of working with John (yours truly included) knows John is very deserving of this award.  There will also be a panel discussing how the ISSA can help reps with their business.

We are excited to be showing MRSweb 2 to our customers and prospects alike.  Please take advantage of the opportunity to meet with us by filling out the form below.

This year's AIM/R conference was held in Squaw Valley, CA - home of the 1960 Winter Olympics - and it did not disappoint anyone.  Attendance was high with a record 61 First Time Attendees on hand - WOW!  The Board of Directors works very hard to maintain and increase their membership as well as the attendance at their conferences and it gets results.  

Although the outside air was a little cool - hard frost and fog every morning, warming to the mid 50's - the conference sessions were warmly received by all.  Great speakers were heard - everything from an economic outlook to the Affordable Health Care Act to business planning to increasing profits and sustaining a competitive edge.  The LOT (Leaders of Tomorrow) group had their own sessions which included various aspects of succession planning.


The highlight of the conference for me were the sessions led by AIM/R reps:
Kelly Michel presented "Best Practices in Website Development"  which was a very humorous approach to developing a website. He emphasized how helpful the images of jobs completed by his agency were in getting new business and demonstrating to his manufacturers his agency's value.
Colin and Hunter Fein discussed  "Best Practices in Technology"  offering what technology had been successful for them and providing the names of some applications that the audience might find useful.
Charlie Parham presented "Best Practices in Operations" which was a comprehensive program on how their company operates and what makes them successful.  He included all aspects of their business - customer service, sales, marketing, warehousing, and training objectives, measurements, reviews and results.  
Steve Elis presented "Compensation Plans that Work" sharing the compensation plan his agency has used for the last several years which has been extremely successful in increasing his business and retaining his sales people.  The plan contains two elements - goals for the team and goals for the individual.  A pot of money is built up and depending on the number of goals achieved the employees share the pot at the end of the year.


One of the major benefits of attending your industry's rep conference is to network and learn from each other.  The AIM/R reps who participated in this year's program were truly unselfish in sharing private agency operations in order to help other reps (including competitors) enhance their business and improve the overall professionalism in their industry.  Congratulations to AIM/R!