Posts by Paul Hickey
How To Test Your Alexa Skill Without A Device – Data Driven Daily Tip 341
WATCH LISTEN READ Alexa Skill Development is a skill set that is becoming more and more recognized in the mainstream. I recently met a community college professor at a speaking engagement in Nashville who is trying to build a Voice Design / Voice Development program at his school. PHENOMENAL. This will happen. SOON. And as…
Read MoreHow To Build A How To Video Google Action For Your Business: Data Driven Daily Tip 340
WATCH LISTEN READ As the world of voice apps continuously changes, one of the latest ways you’ll want to consider garnering awareness for your business is to build what’s called a “How To Video Action” on Google Assistant. This is a voice-activated way that users can bring up VIDEO content on their devices, like Google…
Read MoreHow To Build Multimodal Voice Apps Using Alexa Presentation Language – Data Driven Daily Tip 339
WATCH LISTEN READ Before I get into defining Alexa Presentation Language (APL), I have to define “Multimodal Voice App.” What the heck is a multimodal voice app? By now, we’re all somewhat familiar with what we can ask Alexa to do. Some of us way more familiar than others. And by now, we should at…
Read More10/31 is way more than just Halloween to me :)
READ Three years ago today, I did something I knew I’d do since I was six years old. I started my own company. While not my first company, Data Driven Design is the realest company I’ve ever had. Now, with 9 full-time employees, possibly going on 10, on October 31, 2016, it was just me,…
Read MoreHow To Create Your Own Branded Instagram Story Sticker GIFs – Data Driven Daily Tip 338
WATCH LISTEN READ What’s up everybody? I’m going to show you something I’ve been really excited to do myself. This is how to create an animated GIF (I pronounce it JIF like the peanut butter), then add it to Instagram Stories, so that anyone can stick it to their stories on Insta. This is complete…
Read MoreHow To Set Up An Amazon Alexa Developer Account – Data Driven Daily Tip 337
WATCH LISTEN READ The first step towards creating your Alexa Skill or Alexa Flash Briefing for your brand, start-up or small business, is to create an Amazon Alexa Developer Account. It’s one of the easiest possible steps in the entire experience of building Alexa Skills, but it still feels good to get started and know…
Read MoreSave The Date: 8.7.2020 – Nashville Voice Conference – Why Businesses Need Voice
WATCH READ “There’s a progression happening now where it went from ‘you had to have a website, then you had to have some engagement, blogs and things like that, and then all the way to an instagram presence, a video presence; and now we’re seeing the next generation of that, as podcasting becomes a billion…
Read MoreWhy Voice Makes Sense For Start Ups and Entrepreneurs
WATCH READ I recently talked about Voice and other topics with Brynn Plummer, VP of Community Relations and Inclusion at Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Here is some of the great knowledge she dropped. “I don’t think I realized that this isn’t like some abstract future state technology or adoption that we will move to in 10-20s,…
Read MoreHow Entrepreneurs Can Find The Right Resources – With Brynn Plummer of Nashville Entrepreneur Center
WATCH LISTEN READ I sat down for an awesome podcast interview with my good friend Brynn Plummer, VP of Community Relations and Inclusion at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. We had a great conversation about Voice Technology, and how businesses will be expected to have Alexa Skills and Google Actions in the next 24-36 months. We…
Read MoreHow An Alexa Skill Increases User Engagement
WATCH LISTEN READ I want businesses to know that you don’t need to have an Alexa Skill or a Google Action that does everything for you. You need it to just be integrated with / enhancing your current experience. Michael Antaran, CEO of CARROT Wellness, explains how CARROT started simple, and then integrated Voice based…
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