Voice Entrepreneur

These five mistakes can hurt your voice skill in more ways than you can imagine.Please hit the subscribe button so that you do not miss any future episodes.For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

Just got this question from a listener named Melao last night: Q: Should I raise money for my voice skill?I have a chance to raise about $150,000 from my family and a few friends of my Dad. Is this a good idea? What should I think about?—MelaoFor show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

The nice part about running Voice Entrepreneur is I get to talk to so many smart, interesting people every single day. But over the last few weeks, a disturbing trend has emerged. People tell me they expect Amazon will market their voice skill. They think if the voice skill has enough merit, then Amazon will magically make sure the voice skill gets loads of traffic. Nobody says it in those exact words. But the subtext is always that they are building voice skills for Amazon’s approval. Like Amazon is a warm, but stern mother or father. So today I wanted to clear the air. For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

In this podcast, I go over answers to questions I received from the "OFFLINE marketing for voice skills" podcast episode last week.Questions covered:1) You mentioned tools. What tools do you use?2) Other places to offline market?3) Have your ever had people yell at you?4) Any other oddball guerrilla advice to market voice skills?For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

I'm super psyched to share this live stream interview I did on the Founder Series with Seth Lugibihl this week. We talk a lot about the current state of voice technology, and then get heavily into the art of entrepreneuring. We talk about marketing voice skills and how to rapidly develop an engaged audience. Definitely some gems in this one! Hope you enjoy.To check out Seth and his show go here: YouTube: Seth LugibihlInstagram: Seth LugibihlFor show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

We all know that the challenge with most voice skills today is discovery. How do you get people to learn about your voice skill? How do you get them to discover your new voice technology project? Here are suggestions on how you can sell more and get more users by using OFFLINE marketing in your arsenal of tools.For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

"We rarely talk about short-term mentors. These mentors work with us for a short amount of time, so people often disregard them as mentors even though they can have a lasting impact." --Shireen JafferIf you are on the fence about doing something positive, about helping, about taking a chance, I’d love to remind you that as humans, we have all of this power, to help moment by moment. You have this very moment to do produce something and to help.For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

As voice technology and voice platforms are now exploding it’s only a matter of time until we start to see the "Twitter for voice" happen. It’s also only a matter of time until we see the "Facebook for voice" happen.As a former business development person at Google and YouTube, I built a ton of the earliest social media deals on the web. I even created the first social media partnership the U.S. government ever signed back when I was dealmaking at YouTube in 2008. So I’ve seen how to build social platforms and have found there is a bit of a formula in building social content platforms....For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

Advertising has become a tax on the attention poor. Our time and attention is our most valuable resource. Link to the original WSJ post here. For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

I’d strongly suggest if you can create a discussion around topics that involve your business, brand, community or industry, you might want to start a FB group for it.For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

I worked at Google and YouTube and all these fancy places, but they never taught me that one thing. For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

1) My concern is how new changes in Net Neutrality laws from the FCC will effect the future of voice skills from a systems point of view especially the SEO / Ranking systems of A voice based internet.2) Where are push notifications with Amazon Alexa and Google Home?3) When will people be able to build affiliate links into voice skills?4) Were you serious about live streaming? Where will you live stream? Can you build that into voice skills?For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

If there is one skill that would serve everybody well it’s audience building. It’s going out there and getting people to try your product or service. How do you get people to try your stuff?!And lots of people assume that I’ve been a "growth hacker" forever. But it’s not true. Here is what I’ve learned over the last few years: people like you and me can absolutely do it. Learn how in today's episode!!! For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

1) Did you finally decide if Voice Entrepreneur is a podcast or a flash briefing?2) What’s your podcasting and flash briefing gear setup right now?3) Should I record daily?4) How would you optimize your flash briefing on Alexa? What's your strategy?5) Should I build factual news flash briefings like sports scores or do I have to build a personality based flash briefing?6) What have you learned a few months into a daily flash briefing?7) What’s next for Voice Entrepreneur?For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

WANT TO KNOW YOUR ENTREPRENEUR CREDIT SCORE?Imagine if everybody had a entrepreneur score. Are you a 750 or a 450?Wouldn’t you like to know just how great of an entrepreneur you are right now?Imagine the benefits. You could instantly see what the next steps are for you in your development. You could see how far you are over-reaching. You could plan ahead, get better, and learn the skills of the game. Come listen to the debut of the entrepreneurial credit score now!For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

After I learned this secret power, I used it to help build and contribute to Google and YouTube, and then build and sell multiple venture-backed startups.With this secret power, I’ve made more money in a single day than I did for the first thirty years of my life.Listen and learn how you can do it as well!.... For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

As a startup CEO, I’m always expected to have all of the right answers. But I discovered a while back there might be even more power in having all of the right questions.    You see, when I started asking the right questions to grow my startup team, everything changed. I started getting hockey stick growth from our team nearly immediately. It turned out I could get more production out of five questions than I could from spending thousands of dollars on expensive recruiters and HR help. For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

I got a question from Yana in California: "My voice skill has about 40 users a day. Is that good?"We investigate how to measure voice skills in today's episode. For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

Should I offer exclusive paid content in my voice skill?How do you make money on Voice Entrepreneur?I'm starting a diamond ring company, and have been planning it for over a year now. I created a survey showing people want more choice in buying engagement rings, and now I want to raise money. How do I raise the money from VCs and investors?Best marketing book?Hosting software?How is the Voice Entrepreneur Facebook group growing so quickly?For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

Hi Ben,I’ve been working on my very own voice skill for the last 3 months. I’m a single mother of 3 and have a day job. I’m worried that I’ll never finish my voice skill and when I do, it won’t get lots of people. Or at least I won’t know how to get lots of people to use it. Should I give up now?Melinda in OregonFor show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: www.bensmith.tvJoin our growing community on Facebook: Voice Entrepreneur Facebook GroupThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!