WATCH READ In my speaking appearance at Nashville Design Week, I spoke about Designing For Voice. In this snippet, I cover the Data that shows businesses why they should take building voice apps seriously. Paul Hickey, Founder / CEO / Lead Strategist at Data Driven Design, LLC and founder of The Voice Event, and The Voice Designer, has created…

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WATCH READ All small businesses need to differentiate themselves from their competitors, and the data says that 100+ million users are now getting their information from Alexa and Google Assistant. Getting your business an Alexa Skill that can be found on in the Alexa app is a way of getting found that your competitors probably…

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WATCH READ I spoke with Jeff Blankenburg, Senior Developer Evangelist at Amazon for Alexa, at The Voice Event 2020, about what Alexa Skills all law firms should consider building and how they can benefit. I really like talking to Jeff about this stuff, because the practical ideas he comes up with make a ton of…

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WATCH READ With Alexa and Google Assistant now in home offices, meeting rooms, waiting rooms and in cars, headphones and more, it makes more sense than ever to have a voice-enabled / voice-based version of your website. At Nashville Design Week, I reiterate the importance of this from a marketing perspective. At Data Driven Design,…

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WATCH READ Discoverability and shareability of Alexa Skills (applications that businesses can build for Amazon Alexa-enabled devices) is continuing to improve. In 2020, Amazon launched Alexa Quick Links and Tasks. Alexa Quick Links are for marketers. Alexa gives you your own quick link that you can promote. No coding or additional work necessary. Every Skill…

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WATCH READ What are some ideas for Dental Practices to create a better customer experience, improve internal efficiencies and operations as well as beef up their marketing simply by using Alexa and creating Skills for their business? I talk to Jeff Blankenburg, Sr. Developer Evangelist for Alexa, at Amazon, who’s father was a dentist until…

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WATCH READ Shana Berkeley of Corner To Corner, Jeff Blankenburg of Amazon and myself talk about how Hair Stylists, Restaurants and Catering businesses can use Alexa to “scale themselves” at live events or at their store fronts and create an interactive, memorable experience that will be shared on social media. This video explains how Alexa…

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WATCH READ In this full presentation at Project Voice 2020 in Chattanooga, TN, I explain the concept of Voice-activating your website. Not only that, but I explain the data and the rationale behind voice-activating your website. I also explain how all businesses should voice-activate their website, using The Voice Designer – and the VUI (Voice…

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