How I Built An Alexa Skill With My 10 Year Old Son — Data Driven Daily Tip 348

There are basically four main ways that I build Voice Apps (Alexa Skills and Google Actions).

1. Amazon Alexa Blueprints and Google Action Templates — these are pre-built Voice Apps that allow content marketers and developers to change and customize the content in the flow. These can include some cool functionality though, such as Business Onboarding Guides, Games and Quizzes.

2. The Voice Designer — TheVoiceDesigner.com allows you to download a WordPress plug-in that content marketers and business owners can use to build and deploy Alexa Skills and Google Actions directly from their WordPress dashboard. This is an amazing tool, and easy to use, allowing businesses to build a Voice presence that is in alignment with the content on their website.

3. Engage By Voice — EngageByVoice.com is a product that follows the “template” concept, but allows businesses to engage with their audiences via functionality such as voice-based SMS messaging, voice-based user surveys, email sign-ups via voice and even a…