Alexa Skills
My Mindset Was Totally Different Three Years Ago When I Started My Company
READ Heading into Year Three of Data Driven Design, I’m thinking back to when I started the company, and how different my mindset was then than it is now. If 2018 (almost 2019) Paul told 2016 Paul that he’d have a team of 8-10 solid full time employees spanning the skill sets of custom software…
Read MoreWhy Your Business FOR SURE Needs A Presence On Alexa Enabled Devices
READ I know what you’re thinking, marketers and small business owners. “I can’t even get my website right, let alone create social media content, and now some dude is telling me I need a presence on Alexa?” Yep. You want to be in business over the next 10-20 years? Having an Alexa Skill or Podcast…
Read MoreWhy Amazon Alexa-Enabled Devices Will Win Your Attention
READ You’ll start reading more and more headlines about Voice-Enabled Smart-Speakers, and you may even have one of them in your home. If you do, chances are, you’re likely using it for streaming music, and that’s probably it. But over the next 24-36 months, you’ll start using it for much, much more, and may even…
Read MoreWhy You Need To Rework Your Podcast Strategy: Data Driven Daily Tip 185
WATCH LISTEN READ For months I was podcasting about once or twice a month, very long form, interview style. It was a good start, and gave me some stuff to talk about, however recently I decided to change my strategy to see if listenership improved. I increased frequency to basically daily, or at least 4-5…
Read MoreAlexa Skills vs. Facebook Ads: Be A Practitioner, NOT A Headline Reader: Data Driven Daily Tip 182
WATCH LISTEN READ I’m HUGE on what the data says is working for your marketing strategy. The data doesn’t lie. So this may seem confusing, but I’m really not concerned with the headlines recently that Facebook lost $125 billion last quarter. It’s really irrelevant to your marketing strategy, especially when Facebook Ad – when done…
Read MoreAlexa Users: Here's How To Add Our Flash Briefing Skill
READ 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…
Read MoreHow I Built My First Alexa Flash Briefing Skill
READ I have no idea if this is going to really work. This is usually close to the first thing I’m thinking when I learn something new and try implementing it for the first time. I just built my first Alexa Flash Briefing Skill – named Data Driven Daily Tip – and submitted it to…
Read MoreHow To Get Alexa In Your Car, And What This Means For Marketers
READ I’ve recently gotten into building Alexa Skills. 22% of Americans now have an Alexa-enabled device; up from 1% a year ago. This according to information I picked up at VoiceCon, a one-day Voice Conference by VaynerMedia in Manhattan. 99% of Alexa users simply use it to play music, check the weather, ask what time…
Read MoreAlexa Goes Mobile: Alexa Skills Marketing – Data Driven Daily Tip 167
WATCH READ So picture this – you’re a marketer or franchisee of a retail store, convenience store, restaurant, coffee shop – whatever. The bottom line is you’re target audience persona is ON THE GO. You need a way to reach this target audience as they’re ready to make purchasing decisions. How do you get your…
Read MoreWhat is an Alexa Skill?
READ What is an Alexa Skill? Raise your hand if you have an Amazon Echo device. You know, the one that everyone calls Alexa. Okay, put it down, no one is actually looking at you right now. 🙂 Raise your hand if you’ve been frustrated with Alexa not knowing how to get her to do…
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