Chancebending with Ben Smith

The Amazon Alexa team is about to launch "context carry-over". This changes the game for marketers.

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Google and Amazon hate people. Why? Because people are messy. Data is clean. This means metadata is the universal language we need to speak with them if entrepreneurs want to succeed.

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So many Alexa skills suck right now. As we start to review Alexa skills on this daily podcast/brief, I wanted to lay out 5 ways NOT to suck.

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The first ever Voice Entrepreneur meetup went down in LA last night!

We had incredible turnout and some of the smartest voice tech people in Los Angeles were in the room.

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3 ways to monetize your Voice Skill! Amazon has hinted monetization is coming to Alexa apps very soon.

Now is the time to get ready and beat the competition.

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Who the hell would order a Domino's pizza through the Amazon Alexa in 7 easy steps?

As entrepreneurs and marketers our job is to simplify, not complicate.

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Even Jeff Bezos had to start by getting his early employees, friends, and family to create orders and leave reviews. No shame in the game. It's also a great way to improve your product and simplify t…

As we hit 31 episodes at Voice Entrepreneur, we talk about community, some of our killer Voice Entrepreneur members, and how to market to "real" audiences together.

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How do you find your voice and how do you get your message heard in 2018?

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Today marks my 29th consecutive day of posting voice briefings on the Amazon Alexa platform. I’m one away from a month! As a wannabe data nerd, I thought it might be interesting to look at the data o…

Techcrunch is reporting today that Amazon is going to sell smart televisions with built in Alexa through Best Buy.

I don’t think many people realize how important the TV is for the future plans and a…

Here are three great reasons you should consider publishing daily podcasts and voice skills.

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Clickbait and Fake news is enabling podcasts and voice to grow like a weed. There is a massive flight to quality content in podcasts, and the numbers are starting to show it.

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Podcasting is exploding. 60 million US homes now listen to podcasts.

Are you ready to take the leap?

It's not as hard as you might think.

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I got a question this week from a listener. Milan asks:

"I read your blogpost this week about what you learnt from an 8 year old about they way he uses Alexa. Fascinating. I've been playing with a cou…

The number one question I get asked on Voice Entrepreneur is what gear is required to start a new Alexa voice briefing, voice skill, or a new podcast. So what gear do you need to get in the game? I w…

It's crazy what you can learn from a 8 year old kid.

I talked to Makaio Popp (8 years old) all about his love of Amazon Alexa. Makaio told me what he loves, hates, laughs at with the Alexa. We then t…

How to market your voice skills and podcasts so people actually listen:

1) EMAIL

 2) FACEBOOK

 3) LINKEDIN

 4) COLLABORATIONS

5) GUERILLA MARKETING

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How to start a voice startup (in only a few days):

1) Go look at what users need and want today. I look at the Dashbot rankings for smart, fast ideas. I also look at the Amazon Alexa store.

2) I start…

I answer the elephant in the room. Why is Alexa still a little stupid? It turns out technology platforms should be about people, not technology.

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