Posts Tagged ‘Nashville Voice Conference’
Recreating the Side Conversation at a Virtual Event
WATCH READ It’s no secret in a COVID and eventual post-COVID world that in-person live events will never be the same. Even when people are comfortable enough to get together in large groups face-to-face, many companies and small business owners will have realized through 2020 that many in-person networking events were just complete wastes of…
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 MoreHow To Find Google Actions On Google Assistant: Data Driven Daily Tip 325
WATCH LISTEN READ I’ve built several Google Actions and Alexa Skills recently, and while Alexa seems to be pretty straightforward in terms of finding and adding Skills to your devices via the Alexa app / Skill store, the Google Home situation with Google Assistant isn’t as straightforward. To be honest, there still appears to be…
Read MoreWhy The Next Generation Will Expect Businesses To Have Alexa Skills
WATCH LISTEN READ Alexa Skills and Google Actions are voice applications built on top of Alexa and Google Home / Google Assistant. The next generation will expect businesses to have Alexa Skills. Watch this video or keep reading to find out why. You can build these apps for just about anything. For example, in this…
Read MoreHave You Ever Listened To A Website In Your Car?
WATCH LISTEN READ Seems like a weird concept, right? But honestly, the data says that we’re only about 1-2 years away from people expecting to be able to listen to content from websites on Alexa while driving. This means, Alexa Skills Are The New Websites. Today, Data Driven Design is building Voice Based versions of…
Read MorePodcast Episode 220: The Alexa Skill Approval For The Nashville Voice Conference’s Alexa Skill
Listen Read Hey Alexa, Open Nashville Voice Conference. The Nashville Voice Conference has launched the first ever Alexa Skill dedicated to communicating with attendees of an upcoming event, as well as speakers, staff and media. “I believe we are the first, but I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong!” said Paul Hickey, Founder of Nashville…
Read MoreDoing What You Said You Were Going To Do. Example: Nashville Voice Conference and Ask Data Driven Design
WATCH READ Those of you that know me, know that I don’t talk politics. I’m not a history buff, and I don’t have reflections on how other people live their lives. In fact, I rarely open my mouth about anything I don’t know a lot about. It’s just how I’m wired, so that’s not…
Read MoreWhat Is Alexa For Business?
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…
Read MoreCan An Alexa Skill Be A Business?
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…
Read MoreWhat Is An Alexa Blueprint? How To Make Your Own Alexa Skill
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…
Read More