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WATCH READ While I think the easiest and best way of building Google Actions is to use our WordPress plug-in, The Voice Designer (https://thevoicedesigner.com​), there are ways to easily build Google Actions that have a little more functionality using Google Actions Templates. This video explains. Paul Hickey, Founder / CEO / Lead Strategist at Data Driven…

WATCH READ Yet another solid use case for building Alexa Skills and Google Actions for your business, is to give your audience information about an upcoming event. A basic FAQ Voice App about your upcoming event is easy to build. I explain here in my presentation at Nashville Design Week’s “Designing For Voice.” Paul Hickey,…

WATCH READ Our WordPress plug-in, The Voice Designer, available at Our WordPress plug-in, The Voice Designer, available at https://thevoicedesigner.com​, allows anyone with a WordPress site to create a targeted user journey written in the brand’s voice to be created from the backend of their WordPress site and deployed to Alexa and Google Assistant. I call…

WATCH READ I explain how voice devices like Alexa and Google Assistant can easily link with any account to voice activate pre-existing apps. Also, I explain how developers can build their own voice apps for Alexa with “account linking,” and what this means. Paul Hickey, Founder / CEO / Lead Strategist at Data Driven Design, LLC and…

WATCH READ What can Alexa and Google Assistant actually do? In addition to just playing music, Netflix, YouTube videos and giving you weather updates, they can actually allow users to choose their own path in very in-depth personalized experiences. As a developer, you can build voice apps that allow your audience to do the following…

WATCH READ How can businesses use Alexa Skills and Google Actions to be more efficient and effective? A few case study examples are discussed in this short video from my presentation at Nashville Design Week – Designing For Voice. These examples focus on Internal Audience Communications and Business Intelligence Reporting. Paul Hickey, Founder / CEO…

WATCH READ Ask Data Driven Design is the first voice-based business intelligence dashboard. It’s simple, visit https://askdatadrivendesign.com and sign up. From there, you’ll get a set of emails allowing you to sign up and access our premium Alexa Skill that integrates with your Google Analytics account. From there, you can just ask Alexa how your…

WATCH READ What are the top three things to know about designing voice apps for Alexa and Google Assistant? For me, the first one is how to design using Alexa Presentation Language. APL is a way to make voice apps come to life visually on all Alexa-enabled devices with screens. You can include videos, touch…