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I had no idea if building my first Alexa Skill was going to work. But it did. Like a freaking charm.

It never happens like that. And when it does, it kind of feels like serendipity.

There are already more than 40,000 Alexa Skills in the Alexa Skills Store within the Alexa App (how you set up / customize your Echo, Echo Dot or other Alexa-enabled device like the Roav VIVA or Sonos Speaker), but now the Data Driven Daily Tip is in the mix.

While future posts will explain why the heck I\u2019m spending time doing this, this post is all about \u201cHOW TO ADD MY BRAND SPANKING NEW ALEXA FLASH BRIEFING SKILL TO YOUR DAILY ALEXA ARSENAL.\u201d

But first, we can definitely review. Chances are, even if you have some familiarity with this space, you\u2019re still asking yourself What The Heck Is An Alexa Flash Briefing? Read below from an earlier blog of mine.

But there\u2019s also a kind of Skill that many content companies and media companies use that is much simpler and more common during this infancy of Voice.

And as you can imagine, these have my attention. These Skills are called \u201cFlash Briefings.\u201d

Top Flash Briefing skills include Wall Street Journal, Cheddar, CNBC and Fox News.

But even brands like the NBA have Flash Briefing skills.

What\u2019s cool about Flash Briefings is that, as a user, you can customize your own.

For example, mine could be \u201cweather in Spring Hill, Tennessee,\u201d \u201cTop Tech News from TechCrunch.,\u201d \u201cMLB Schedule Today,\u201d and \u201cGary Vee 365.\u201d

You customize your own by heading to your Alexa app, tapping the hamburger menu then, Settings, then Flash Briefing.

So now, you can get my Data Driven Daily Tip on Alexa. Here\u2019s how.

1. Open your Alexa app on your phone.

2. Tap the hamburger menu on the top left, tap \u201cSkills & Games\u201d

3. Search for \u201cData Driven\u201d

4. See this screen, and click \u201cENABLE.\u201d

5. Once the Skill is enabled, tab the Hamburger Menu Again, then \u201cSettings\u201d then scroll down to \u201cAlexa Preferences\u201d and tab \u201cFlash Briefing.\u201d

6. This is how your Flash Briefing will play in order when you say \u201cAlexa, Play My Flash Briefing\u201d or \u201cAlexa, What\u2019s In The News?\u201d Make sure Data Driven Daily Tip Plays First!