{"id":2535,"date":"2014-04-29T11:49:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T16:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2015-09-18T06:50:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T11:50:50","slug":"web-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/?p=2535","title":{"rendered":"How to save 30 hours on your next project (download a free copy of my personal swipe file)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I grew up in the deep South. My parents were religious and as a result, so was I. We went to church every Sunday.<\/p>\n

Once a year there was this traveling preacher who would come to our town and preach a series of lessons for a solid week<\/p>\n

Normally, this would be torture to any 8 year old boy. A boy that age would much rather play in the mud and build forts instead of sitting in a pew.<\/p>\n

But with this one traveling preacher, it was different. I looked forward to him coming.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

He told incredible stories. He didn’t preach, he just talked like a normal person. He told stories like we were sitting around the living room.<\/p>\n

It was natural.<\/p>\n

I always wondered how he came up with all of these stories. It was fascinating to me. They were all riveting and fresh. Finally, one day I asked him.<\/p>\n

He told me,<\/p>\n

“I keep a file. Everytime I hear a story that grabs me, I put it in that file. Then anytime I need a story I go back to that file”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Years later I discovered that these files had a name. They are called swipe files<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And they can be used for anything, not just old preacher stories.<\/p>\n

They make creating anything substantially easier.<\/p>\n

For example:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This past weekend I started updating the main landing page for this site. Luck for me,\u00a0I keep a folder with every well designed landing page I come across.<\/p>\n

That made my job easy. I found 3 pages I liked and use them as inspiration.<\/p>\n

An hour later and one well manicured Keynote file later, I had this mockup:<\/p>\n

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