WATCH READ Wow, what a crazy last couple of weeks in Europe and in the United States. I’m writing and publishing this during a lockdown in Spain due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in March 2020. On March 3, there was a Tornado in Nashville, TN that affected many people and businesses and caused damage that will…
Read MoreWATCH LISTEN READ I had the pleasure of speaking with Bradley Metrock, CEO of Score Publishing. Bradley is many things, and most certainly all things voice. Bradley has been in the voice space for several years and culminated the Project Voice event, the number one event for voice technology and AI in America. During the…
Read MoreWATCH LISTEN READ What’s up everybody, Paul Hickey here with Data Driven Design. Businesses ask me all the time, “what can I do to differentiate myself and drive customers?” I’ve got a perfect example for you: Carmen Johnston Gardens, a landscape designer in Georgia, built an Alexa Skill with Data Driven Design. “Alexa, launch Carmen…
Read MoreWATCH READ When I sat down and talked with Voiceflow CEO Braden Ream with QuHarrison Terry at Project Voice 2020, I expected to have a conversation mainly about Voiceflow being one of the top up-and-coming SaaS products and no-code solutions in the Voice Space. While that certainly happened, and you can see the full interview…
Read MoreWATCH LISTEN READ If you’re a small business and you’re not sure how or why to add voice to your digital marketing strategy, CEO of Data Driven Design, Paul Hickey explains exactly how it can help you. He talks about how and why he’s such a fan of digital marketing, the voice skills he’s created,…
Read MoreWATCH LISTEN READ Dr. Chithra Durgam and I randomly started following each other on Twitter in 2017. Around the Fall of that year is when I started creating and publishing my Data Driven Daily Tips. Part of that process was not only publishing the content to my website, but also to all social media outlets.…
Read MoreLISTEN READ I’ve known our CTO Joe Wallace since 2011. He’s one of the most thoughtful people I’ve ever worked with. NOT “touchy feely” thoughtful. Thoughtful about his work. Period. He – and I mean this in a complimentary way – is NOT easily impressed. And as he admits in this wonderfully done podcast interview…
Read MoreWATCH LISTEN READ Getting found on Alexa (let’s call it “SAO” – Search Alexa Optimization) – At Project Voice, I asked Amazon Alexa’s Jeff Blankenburg how businesses can get found on Alexa. While waking Alexa with a phrase like “Alexa, how do I make a Jack-o-lantern” I’ve noticed more frequently over the last 6 months…
Read MoreWATCH LISTEN READ David Code has an interesting story. He got a job at LinkedIn teaching AI to people with a non-STEM background. He got fed up trying to learn AI from AI experts who couldn’t teach well, and decided to write a 140-page textbook and post it to Reddit. Well, LinkedIn found him and…
Read MoreWATCH LISTEN READ Those of us building Voice Apps for Alexa and Google Assistant have naturally become evangelists and power users of the voice assistants and smart speakers. Case in point, I don’t know anybody who knows more about How To Use Alexa than creator of Project Voice and CEO of Score Publishing, Bradley Metrock.…
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