WATCH READ If you think a service-based business has no use for an Alexa Skill, you’re crazy. For example, my company, Data Driven Design, builds websites, digital strategies and custom software. We do so always based on data over opinions, thus, when a client launches a new website with us, we want it to be…

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WATCH LISTEN READ Alexa Skills are starting to make more and more sense for any kind of business to have. Data Driven Design is getting asked to brainstorm how many of our clients can partake in building a voice-based extension of their product or service to be available on Alexa, Google Home, and other “smart…

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WATCH LISTEN READ What Is Alexa For Business? “While Alexa was started as a Consumer Product, it has evolved into a couple different areas. Business Skills, like the one Data Driven Design has built to allow clients to ask Alexa how their web traffic is doing… Skills that are only available to employees of a…

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WATCH LISTEN READ Can An Alexa Skill BE A BUSINESS, or Should It Be An Extension of a Pre-existing Business? From my interview with Amazon Alexa’s Chief Evangelist Dave Isbitski It can be either for sure. Interesting Scenarios: 1. Account Linking – businesses can use their existing APIs and accounting systems, etc. to link up…

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WATCH LISTEN READ I asked Amazon Alexa Skills Marketing Employee #1 Dave Isbitski about Alexa Blueprints. What are they? Essentially they’re a way to use a free, visual dashboard to create your own Alexa Skill. This is something all businesses should be aware of. What is an Alexa Blueprint? Dave says “one of the things…

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WATCH READ I sat down and spoke with new friend Dave Isbitski, who is Chief Evangelist for Alexa at Amazon. As Alexa Skills Marketing Employee #1, he has a very special message for CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Marketers and Small Business Owners attending Nashville Voice Conference. More information at https://NashvilleVoiceConference.com. “What if I told you, you could…

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WATCH   LISTEN READ For almost three years I’ve been making Data Driven Daily Tips, useful pieces of information for Small Business Owners and Small Marketing Teams to learn Web Design and Development, Digital Marketing, Google Ads, Facebook Ads, Blogging, Content Creation, Instagram Growth Strategies and more. There are almost 300 “DDD Tips” now, and…

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