Voice Entrepreneur

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

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.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!

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. 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!

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. Here are a few of the things we all discussed last night. 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!

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. 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!

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. 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!

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 the message. 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 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. 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!

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

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 on Alexa listenership.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!

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 ambitions for the Amazon Alexa technology.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!

Here are three great reasons you should consider publishing daily podcasts and 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!

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. 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!

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.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 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 couple of ideas for voice games for kids. The problem is that sometimes, the character in the game dies. I don't want to make them overly sad, but on the other hand, I'm thinking they are used to these game-over scenarios from video games. Do you have any insight on how kids react to this?"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!

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 was shocked to find out it's much less gear than you probably thought. Beyond my trusty 6 year old laptop, it turned out I only needed to buy two key items!:The Zoom H6 RecorderThe Electro-Voice RE20 microphoneWe talk about both items and why you need to make the move to audio TODAY.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!

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 talk about some marketing lessons we can learn from the chat with Makaio. When in doubt, listen to a kid. 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!

How to market your voice skills and podcasts so people actually listen:1) EMAIL 2) FACEBOOK 3) LINKEDIN 4) COLLABORATIONS5) GUERILLA MARKETINGFor show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: https://bit.ly/2He5STO** New!: Join the Voice Entrepreneur Facebook Group: HERE.Thank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!

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 talking to people that use Amazon Alexa. I do this through LinkedIn and Facebook. I join groups on both platforms, and I talk to people who love Voice technology and Alexa devices. Find out what they want MOST. Keep asking people over and over what they need and want. 3) I create some basic Facebook ads that advertise exactly what the people in #2 told me they want. I spend almost nothing on ads until I get a little bit of a response.4) I use a free page builder to build an email signup page so I can ask people for their email address. When you can get 25 people to sign up for the email list you know you have something big. 5) Go to storyline and build your first version. For free. 6) LAUNCH! Keep talking to actual people who need your solution. Keep talking to them over and over. Note: I didn’t talk about raisi

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. For show notes, to ask a question, and to hang with me: https://bit.ly/2JyqOnaThank you for all of the incredible support & reviews!