Posts Tagged ‘Jeff Blankenburg’
How Bloggers & Influencers Can Grow Their Following Using Alexa
WATCH READ At The Voice Event 2020, I talk to my friend Jeff Blankenburg from Amazon about how Bloggers and Influencers can grow their following using Alexa. In addition to what he mentions in this video, bloggers can also voice enable their WordPress blog for Alexa and Google Assistant using a plug-in called TheVoiceDesigner.com. Paul…
Read MoreHow Law Firms Can Benefit From Alexa Skills
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…
Read MoreWhat Is The Difference Between Alexa Quick Links and Tasks?
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…
Read MoreHow Dental Practices Can Benefit From Alexa Skills
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…
Read MoreHow Hair Stylists Can Use Alexa To Improve Their Business
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…
Read MoreHow Realtors Can Build Their Business On Alexa By Using A Brochure Website Concept
WATCH READ My guy Jeff Blankenburg (Sr. Developer Evangelist at Amazon for Alexa) is back again, this time talking about how realtors can build their businesses on Alexa. But what I really like about this is that he’s talking about simple stuff, like Alexa Skills that realtors can build using Blueprints to answer frequently asked…
Read MoreHow Restaurants Can Use Alexa To Engage Their Audience (with Jeff Blankenburg of Amazon)
WATCH READ Listen up restaurant owners, this one is for you. I asked my friend Jeff Blankenburg, Sr. Developer Evangelist for Alexa at Amazon, to break down exactly how restaurants need to think about using Alexa to engage their audience, and here’s what he had to say. For people that own or manage restaurants, one…
Read MoreThe Voice Event – How To Build A Business On Alexa With Jeff Blankenburg
I met Amazon’s Jeff Blankenburg, Senior Developer Evangelist for Alexa, at Project Voice 2020 in Chattanooga, TN. He and I hit it off pretty hard core when he told a story about a realtor friend of his that monetized his business by building simple content-based Alexa Skills to help his clients learn about houses he…
Read MoreHow To Get Found On Alexa: Exclusive Interview With Amazon Alexa Evangelist Jeff Blankenburg
Getting found on Alexa (let’s call it “SAO” – Search Alexa Optimization) – At Project Voice, I asked Amazon Alexa’s Jeff Blankenburg how businesses can get found on Alexa. While waking Alexa with a phrase like “Alexa, how do I make a Jack-o-lantern” I’ve noticed more frequently over the last 6 months that if Alexa…
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