1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:03,120 Terri Jones: How's your day? Awesome. 2 00:00:04,020 --> 00:00:06,600 Robert Plank: My day is pretty decent. It's like, sometimes you 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,360 have to, like, psych yourself up ahead of time to do something. 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,140 So I was like, All right, focus doing all this live stuff. So 5 00:00:13,140 --> 00:00:19,500 I'm in the zone. Oh, cool. So, uh, what? What are we talking 6 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:20,900 about? What's your website? 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,740 Terri Jones: My website is we, voice it.com 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:31,280 Robert Plank: voice it.com All right, pull it up, 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:33,560 Unknown: okay. Voice 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,720 Robert Plank: technology to expand your brand. 11 00:00:35,780 --> 00:00:37,580 Terri Jones: All right, yes, 12 00:00:39,260 --> 00:00:41,920 Robert Plank: okay. And so, just to give us kind of so we're 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,340 talking about like, like Alexa and voice search and things like 14 00:00:45,340 --> 00:00:45,760 that. 15 00:00:46,060 --> 00:00:46,660 Terri Jones: Yes, 16 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,180 Robert Plank: all right, exciting. And so is there 17 00:00:49,180 --> 00:00:54,100 anything that you want me to mention about this, or about you 18 00:00:54,460 --> 00:00:56,440 or your business as we jump into this? 19 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:02,940 Terri Jones: Well, basically, I have a podcast titled we voice 20 00:01:02,940 --> 00:01:07,560 it. And on there, I share really cool things that you can do with 21 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,380 your Amazon Alexa, Echo device, lots of people have these 22 00:01:10,380 --> 00:01:14,040 devices, but they don't have a clue of all the millions of 23 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,640 things that they can help them with productivity. You know, as 24 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,740 an entrepreneur, you know, working from home, and so that's 25 00:01:21,740 --> 00:01:27,800 what I share every week on my actual podcast. And then also, 26 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:32,900 for those who may have a podcast and want their content on their 27 00:01:32,900 --> 00:01:36,860 not just podcasters, but bloggers or content creators, 28 00:01:36,860 --> 00:01:39,440 pretty much, they can actually have their content on the 29 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,180 device, and they have no clue how to get that done. And 30 00:01:43,180 --> 00:01:46,360 basically, I'm the one. I'm the go to person. 31 00:01:47,620 --> 00:01:50,080 Robert Plank: Well, fantastic. So we'll, we'll touch on all 32 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,500 those cool things, so things you can do with Alexa productivity, 33 00:01:53,620 --> 00:01:58,900 and then get get your podcast on, on on your Amazon. Echo, 34 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:05,460 right. All right, ready to jump and see what happens. All right, 35 00:02:05,460 --> 00:02:10,680 then we will start the timer and here we go. Welcome back to the 36 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:16,020 podcast. We are here with Terry B Jones from we voice it.com and 37 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,800 do you have a Alexa smart speaker? Or know someone that 38 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,160 has an Alexa smart speaker, well, there are all kinds of 39 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,940 amazing things that you can do with it that will make your life 40 00:02:25,940 --> 00:02:29,540 simpler easier, and if you're a business owner, might even make 41 00:02:29,540 --> 00:02:32,780 you more money, as far as getting your podcasts are on 42 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:35,780 there, as far as getting hooked up into voice search. So Terry 43 00:02:35,780 --> 00:02:38,720 is going to be telling us all about some of these cool things. 44 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,480 She is from we voice it.com she has a podcast called we voice 45 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,860 it, and we will dive into some fun activities we can talk about 46 00:02:47,860 --> 00:02:50,620 with Amazon. Alexa, so Terry, glad to be talking to you. 47 00:02:51,580 --> 00:02:55,120 Terri Jones: I'm glad that you invited me. Yeah, and 48 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,780 Robert Plank: it's there's a two way relationship here, because I 49 00:02:58,780 --> 00:03:02,520 am, I'm selfishly looking for some new, cool things that I can 50 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:07,560 do with my smart speaker. I have a new baby, and we wanted to 51 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,900 have, like a Bluetooth speaker. And I thought, why not just get 52 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:13,260 a Amazon Echo? Because it does that, but also does all the 53 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:17,580 voice searching. And I currently use it to sometimes I'll ask it 54 00:03:17,580 --> 00:03:21,560 to send a set a timer for me so I can get something done. 55 00:03:21,620 --> 00:03:25,640 Sometimes I will say, hey, Alexa, add such and such to my 56 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:30,680 shopping list. I'll say, can you play this music to keep my baby 57 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,920 entertained? But I think that's all I do. I don't I haven't 58 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:37,280 installed any extra things. I don't listen to podcasts. I know 59 00:03:37,340 --> 00:03:40,420 that I'm missing out with this smart speaker craze, and I know 60 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:43,900 I'm not the only one. So tell me about what we're all missing out 61 00:03:43,900 --> 00:03:47,080 with Alexa and smart speakers. Actually, 62 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:53,140 Terri Jones: three years ago, Amazon let normal, regular, 63 00:03:53,140 --> 00:03:57,940 everyday people develop Alexa skills for these echo devices. 64 00:03:57,940 --> 00:04:01,080 They were giving devices out to people. People were buying them, 65 00:04:01,260 --> 00:04:04,380 and, of course, initially, you know, just listening to music. 66 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:09,000 And so there's a whole, a whole lot of other things you can do 67 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,920 with the device. And so what better way than to reach out to, 68 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,760 you know, regular people, to say, hey, what kind of content 69 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,620 you know you're interested in that you can put on this device 70 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,820 so that those who have these devices can listen to and take 71 00:04:25,820 --> 00:04:30,020 advantage of and so we just saw the Super Bowl right. There was 72 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:34,220 an Alexa commercial with the Super Bowl. Okay, then, of 73 00:04:34,220 --> 00:04:38,420 course, you see where they have the cars now, where you can 74 00:04:38,420 --> 00:04:44,740 listen to Alexa in your car. And so because of this being, I'm in 75 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:49,480 the technology field, I've been in it for 34 years at the same 76 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,240 company. But, you know, a lot of people's like, oh my gosh, 77 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,380 you've been, you know, same thing. But technology is always 78 00:04:56,380 --> 00:05:00,240 changing, and I like to stay on top of what's trend. Thing, 79 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:05,580 because I am a teacher of marketing concepts, and so this 80 00:05:05,580 --> 00:05:09,660 is the latest and greatest way to get your content on the 81 00:05:09,660 --> 00:05:14,820 device. And so with that in mind, I actually decided that 82 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:19,800 well before covid, you know, I was doing a local events, 83 00:05:19,860 --> 00:05:24,620 workshops and seminars where I was talking to local businesses 84 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,340 about the whole concept, because a lot of people say, oh, yeah, I 85 00:05:28,340 --> 00:05:32,180 have one of those, but they had no idea that you can create 86 00:05:32,180 --> 00:05:38,840 skills. And since 2017 which is when this actually was offered, 87 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:46,120 there has been 100,000 Alexa skills on this echo device that 88 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,960 you can take advantage of, okay, and people don't have a clue. So 89 00:05:50,140 --> 00:05:52,840 of course, you know there's Jeopardy on there. There's 90 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:56,380 Family Feud. You know all your big companies are on there, but 91 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:01,080 your regular local business can actually have their concept on 92 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:05,040 there. If there is, say, a restaurant and they have a 93 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,000 special for the day, they can actually have that on there. If 94 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,900 there's an author that has several books, they want to 95 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:16,380 promote their books and just kind of give you a peep into 96 00:06:16,380 --> 00:06:19,380 what these books are about, and they'll let you know, hey, you 97 00:06:19,380 --> 00:06:22,580 can purchase my books, they can do that. If there's, like, a 98 00:06:22,580 --> 00:06:26,420 local church, you know, where their pastor have, you know, 99 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:29,960 weekly sermons and Bible studies, they can actually have 100 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:35,180 that content on there, and then you can have fun with it, and 101 00:06:35,180 --> 00:06:39,680 have, like, trivia on there. You can have games. I mean, it's, 102 00:06:39,740 --> 00:06:43,600 it's just pretty much the same thing that you would find on 103 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:49,060 Google, you can definitely now look for that same content on 104 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,560 Alexa, just using your voice, and so you don't actually have 105 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,520 to have the devices yourself too. That's another thing that 106 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:02,340 people did not know, that there's an Amazon Alexa app, and 107 00:07:02,340 --> 00:07:05,940 pretty much, when you get the device, that is what you use to 108 00:07:05,940 --> 00:07:11,400 set up your Echo devices, okay? And the way I got started is I 109 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,600 actually won a echo speaker at my job, because I'm in a tech 110 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,680 field, they always giving out, you know, techie type gifts. And 111 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:24,980 so I won the speaker. And then my grandkids, of course, you 112 00:07:24,980 --> 00:07:29,000 know, with kids, they're gonna explore something new, right? 113 00:07:29,180 --> 00:07:32,120 And so I had this device here, but it's like it was just 114 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,580 sitting there, you know, and doing a whole lot with it. And 115 00:07:34,580 --> 00:07:38,660 then my grandkids is like, Alexa, you know, what color is a 116 00:07:38,660 --> 00:07:41,860 pig, you know, Alexa, you know, just asking all kind of weird 117 00:07:41,860 --> 00:07:45,700 stuff, you know. Is there really a God, you know? And so they 118 00:07:45,700 --> 00:07:48,580 were doing so many different things, asking it. And so then I 119 00:07:48,580 --> 00:07:53,920 was invited to a webinar by another author, because I have 120 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:58,300 self published like, 15 books, right? And so basically, she's 121 00:07:58,300 --> 00:08:01,920 like, Hey, you know, get on this webinar so you can find out how 122 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:07,020 to get your content and voice on Alexa, right? So once I learned 123 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:11,820 about them, like, Man, how cool is that, right? So I basically 124 00:08:11,820 --> 00:08:14,520 have all different types of Alexa skills that I developed. I 125 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,820 actually have one, like, every day you can listen to a home 126 00:08:17,820 --> 00:08:24,560 safety tip so that you can be safe in your kitchen and also 127 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,400 being safe in your home like you. There's actually you can 128 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,720 connect your ring device with your Alexa and so that when 129 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,660 you're away from home, you can let Alexa know, Hey, turn my 130 00:08:35,660 --> 00:08:39,140 lights on, turn music on, whatever you want it to do. It's 131 00:08:39,140 --> 00:08:42,400 so many like I said, even as an entrepreneur, you can connect 132 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,180 your Gmail account so that Alexa could tell you what's on your 133 00:08:46,180 --> 00:08:50,980 schedule for today. And all of these things is what I share on 134 00:08:50,980 --> 00:08:54,100 my actual we voice it podcast on a weekly basis. 135 00:08:55,060 --> 00:08:57,100 Robert Plank: I mean, there's so much to think about, and it's 136 00:08:57,100 --> 00:09:01,080 like when I first heard about the Alexa skills, I think I 137 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:06,540 heard about there was a, like a coin flip skill. So if you and 138 00:09:06,660 --> 00:09:10,800 the, you know, the wife or the husband can't decide where to 139 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:14,400 eat for dinner, you just say Alexa, heads or tails. And then 140 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,580 it decides that sort of thing for you. And then I have heard a 141 00:09:17,580 --> 00:09:21,740 little bit about, basically, like one minute podcasts or 142 00:09:21,740 --> 00:09:25,160 something like that, right on Alexa. So that way, if someone 143 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:30,260 is a podcast listener, they can just have like, a queue of all 144 00:09:30,260 --> 00:09:33,740 their, like, little one minute clips like that, that kind of 145 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:36,860 safety tip. And then you like, I kind of made a mental note about 146 00:09:36,860 --> 00:09:40,240 the how there's, like, Jeopardy and trivia that'll be fun to 147 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,180 play around with. And so are these things sort of 148 00:09:43,180 --> 00:09:46,000 interchangeable? Because I'm used to thinking like, okay, 149 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,540 like with a phone, right? You install an app if you want this 150 00:09:49,540 --> 00:09:52,960 feature, or then you go and subscribe to this podcast if you 151 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,860 want these regular updates. Is it with the skills? Is it all 152 00:09:56,860 --> 00:09:59,620 just like the same thing? Is it all interchangeable? Or are 153 00:09:59,620 --> 00:10:02,880 they. Like two separate things we're talking about. 154 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,740 Terri Jones: Okay, so basically, on your phone or on amazon.com, 155 00:10:08,580 --> 00:10:13,140 from your desktop, okay, you can go and you know how you have the 156 00:10:13,140 --> 00:10:18,060 drop down menu where you can say books or Kindle music, whatever. 157 00:10:18,060 --> 00:10:21,740 Well, there's actually something called Alexa skills, and you can 158 00:10:21,740 --> 00:10:25,580 click on there, and once you click on there in the browser, 159 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:31,160 you can put in, you know, finances, you can put in jokes, 160 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:36,200 you can put in encouragement, motivation, any type of search 161 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:41,140 you would normally do on Google. You can do that same search on 162 00:10:41,620 --> 00:10:45,700 amazon.com or if you downloaded the Amazon Alexa app on your 163 00:10:45,700 --> 00:10:50,020 phone, you can search from there and so. And then on the home 164 00:10:50,020 --> 00:10:55,300 screen of the Amazon Alexa app, you can scroll in, and then it 165 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:59,020 lets you know all the different types of things that you can 166 00:10:59,020 --> 00:11:02,520 actually do on this device. A lot of people like say they just 167 00:11:02,580 --> 00:11:08,520 not really, you know, they using it to is maximum capacity. And 168 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,460 so that's why I share, you know that. And like you were 169 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:15,540 mentioning, you know, as far as had Sean doing, like, a one 170 00:11:15,540 --> 00:11:19,920 minute tip, you know, a home improvement tip for the day, or, 171 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,300 you know how to, you know, organize your home for the day, 172 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,120 those types of things, like coaches and stuff. They can 173 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,300 actually share that content on there. If they're having an 174 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:34,700 event coming up, they can share that type of information. But if 175 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:39,380 you have a regular podcast, it doesn't necessarily have to be 176 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:42,400 like a one minute, because the way you were referring to the 177 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,120 one minute, it was more like Flash briefing, type of Alexa 178 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:50,380 skills. And then you have an actual podcast where, like 179 00:11:50,380 --> 00:11:53,860 you're you, you a podcast, or your podcast can actually be 180 00:11:53,860 --> 00:11:59,260 listened to from the Alexa device. And so those who have 181 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:04,380 the the newer cars, and you are able to connect your Alexa 182 00:12:04,380 --> 00:12:07,980 device in your car. They can listen to your podcast while 183 00:12:07,980 --> 00:12:11,580 they're in, you know, traveling and on the road. How cool is 184 00:12:11,580 --> 00:12:12,900 that? That's 185 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:14,700 Robert Plank: super cool. And it's like that there's always 186 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:17,820 the the hesitation, if there's some new platform, there's 187 00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:20,400 always the chicken and the egg, right? There's like, well, I 188 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,440 could list this on on Amazon, or I could have my podcast on 189 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:27,740 there. But if people are people really listening, but every 190 00:12:27,740 --> 00:12:31,220 Christmas, you always hear about how people get these smart 191 00:12:31,220 --> 00:12:34,880 speakers as gifts. You always hear about how the cars are 192 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,780 getting smarter and smarter. And there's all kinds of like, like 193 00:12:38,780 --> 00:12:42,760 Amazon built in, or a podcasting built in. So it just seems like 194 00:12:42,940 --> 00:12:46,300 there. This is only going to grow, but it's also going to get 195 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,600 more crowded. So it's up to us to get in now, while it's 196 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,900 growing, but before there's so many other people out there that 197 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:55,180 we get lost in the noise. And 198 00:12:55,180 --> 00:13:01,020 Terri Jones: guess what? Okay, the number one. The number one 199 00:13:01,020 --> 00:13:09,300 Alexa skill that started Amazon to paying developers to for 200 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:11,700 putting their Alexa skills because they weren't paying 201 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,540 developers. You know, they wanted the content on there, and 202 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,900 basically they will give you, like a T shirt or something like 203 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:25,640 that. But this one guy, he brought so much traffic to these 204 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:30,140 devices, to where he reached out to the president of Amazon and 205 00:13:30,140 --> 00:13:36,320 say, hey, look, I'm sending lots of traffic to your devices. I 206 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:41,440 need to get paid. Okay? And because of him, I don't even 207 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:45,160 know how much he's making now, but he was making like 1000s of 208 00:13:45,220 --> 00:13:52,120 dollars per month, and his Alexa skill is word of the day. How 209 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:56,860 cool is that he's getting paid? I'm telling you, I don't even 210 00:13:56,860 --> 00:13:59,920 know what his money is now. I know like in 2018 I think he was 211 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:02,820 getting like $10,000 a month or something, because so many 212 00:14:02,820 --> 00:14:06,360 people was wanting to know what's the word of the day. And 213 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,300 you think, and you're thinking like, it has to be some big, 214 00:14:09,300 --> 00:14:12,360 grandiose, no, it really doesn't. Something simple as 215 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,960 that another lady friend of mine, because, like, say, I have 216 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:21,200 my two granddaughters that at the time there were like, seven 217 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:26,000 No, maybe seven and 10, or six and nine somewhere up in there. 218 00:14:26,180 --> 00:14:29,720 So what we were doing, what, what I was doing with them every 219 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:35,240 week is I was creating a preview and review of Alexa skills for 220 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:39,860 kids with my grandchildren, okay, and so every week, you 221 00:14:39,860 --> 00:14:43,120 know, there be somebody would reach out to my grandkids, 222 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,900 because, if you just see them, they just so cute on and they 223 00:14:46,900 --> 00:14:51,340 never went to any kind of school on video acting or none of that. 224 00:14:51,580 --> 00:14:55,480 I mean, we just raw. I bring them up on a video, and then 225 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,360 they'll talk about the Alexa skill. You'll listen to it, and 226 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,200 then you'll know, hey, this is. Skills? Yeah, I would like my 227 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:05,220 kids, you know, because we do there's freeze dance, and we use 228 00:15:05,220 --> 00:15:08,640 that at her birthday party. I mean, so many things they can 229 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,300 use for your birthday, you know, as a party and stuff. And so 230 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,900 what happened with that some of the developers started paying my 231 00:15:16,020 --> 00:15:18,960 little grandkids for doing a video. It's like, Hey, would you 232 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,560 have your grandkids to do a video so that people can know 233 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,940 what my Alexa skill is about, right? And then Amazon, last 234 00:15:25,940 --> 00:15:31,160 year, they reached out to me and said, Hey, we're doing a video. 235 00:15:31,220 --> 00:15:34,160 No, it's not last year. This is this year. Yeah, we already yeah 236 00:15:34,460 --> 00:15:40,340 that we're doing a video on voice. And we want to, we found 237 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,480 a video of your grandkids out there, and we want to use a 238 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,920 snippet of one of the videos in our commercial. So they were in 239 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:53,380 a commercial with Amazon talking about Alexa. And so, like, say, 240 00:15:53,380 --> 00:15:57,820 and then also, I've gotten paid to go and speak on Alexa. And so 241 00:15:57,820 --> 00:16:01,440 it's not just, you know, you can make money from developing 242 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,020 skills. Because now, like I said, because of the guy with 243 00:16:04,020 --> 00:16:08,520 order today, they actually are paying people to develop skills. 244 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:12,360 And then, like, say, them give, like, all of the devices I have. 245 00:16:12,420 --> 00:16:14,820 I actually won them from developing skills. I have the 246 00:16:14,820 --> 00:16:18,480 echo show two, I have the echo show five. I have two echo show 247 00:16:18,660 --> 00:16:23,420 echo dots. I have the speaker. I mean, all of it, one, you know, 248 00:16:23,420 --> 00:16:28,100 because they, they reward you in gadgets, money. And then there's 249 00:16:28,100 --> 00:16:31,580 hackathons, where you can enter hackathons and you can win 250 00:16:31,580 --> 00:16:34,880 money. One of the ladies, she answered one. Now, guess what? 251 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:42,220 This was called Kids court. She won $25,000 for that Alexa 252 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:46,240 skill, because it is so cute. I have my grandkids to do a video 253 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,660 on here, but basically, so you have two kids, right and say 254 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:53,980 somebody wasted female polish on the carpet. Brand new carpet is 255 00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:58,840 put down. So now you use this kids courts Alexa skill to 256 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:03,600 determine who really, you know, wasted that female powers, 257 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,560 because both of them saying they didn't do it right? And so those 258 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,440 are some of the types of things that's out there. So it's just, 259 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:15,240 it's just really, really the newest, latest, greatest place 260 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,140 to be with your content. You know, if you're about branding, 261 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,700 you know you have your Facebook, you have your Instagram, you 262 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:26,480 have your YouTube channel. You know now it's time for you to 263 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:30,200 have your content on voice so that people can find you as 264 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,880 well. And 265 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:33,920 Robert Plank: with the with the kids court, how do you figure 266 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,440 out who's guilty? Who do you figure out who's at fault? 267 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:37,460 Alexa, 268 00:17:37,460 --> 00:17:41,020 Terri Jones: there's actually the skill within this skill you, 269 00:17:41,020 --> 00:17:44,560 it actually lets you know who was the one that did it. 270 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:46,420 Unknown: Oh, geez, 271 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,140 Terri Jones: it's cute. It's too cute. 272 00:17:50,860 --> 00:17:52,720 Robert Plank: And there's like, there's a skill for everything. 273 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:57,100 And I really like, like, what your strategy there was? Because 274 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:01,020 that's something that it's like, it's like, it's hard, it's hard 275 00:18:01,020 --> 00:18:05,640 to to remember this of like exploring the universe that's in 276 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,980 front of you, right? Like how there are people that have 277 00:18:07,980 --> 00:18:12,060 created huge YouTube channels of just reviewing the Top iPhone 278 00:18:12,060 --> 00:18:14,760 and Android apps, right? And just like, there's unlimited 279 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,120 amounts of content, so much exploring to do. And just like 280 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:21,140 how, in the same way, you and your grandkids just explore a 281 00:18:21,140 --> 00:18:25,820 different Alexa skill for kids. And, I mean, that's such a 282 00:18:25,820 --> 00:18:28,940 valuable thing, even, because there's people out there who, I 283 00:18:28,940 --> 00:18:31,580 mean, like me, like, I don't have time to install a bunch of 284 00:18:31,580 --> 00:18:34,460 things or play around with a lot of things. And sometimes I'll 285 00:18:34,460 --> 00:18:37,580 even go to YouTube, and I'll, like, dial up like an old video 286 00:18:37,580 --> 00:18:40,360 game from when I was a kid, because it's like, well, I miss 287 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:43,300 that old video game. I want to play it, but I have things to 288 00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:45,580 do, and I don't want to go to all the trouble of actually 289 00:18:45,580 --> 00:18:48,220 doing it. I'd rather just, like, watch it happen on screen. And I 290 00:18:48,220 --> 00:18:51,880 mean, I'm sure a lot of people are similar as far as finding 291 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,120 the hottest iPhone apps or finding the hottest Alexa 292 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:58,960 skills. Like, I'd rather just watch a lot of videos and see if 293 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,040 something presents itself, and then I'll decide if I want to 294 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,700 use it based on what's right there in front of me. And like 295 00:19:05,820 --> 00:19:08,340 you said, like, there's, there's cool things that can be done. Of 296 00:19:08,340 --> 00:19:11,040 like, well, if you have a birthday party coming up, or a 297 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,040 lot of people over and you want to have some cool Lexus skills, 298 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,700 but you don't want to waste two days trying out this and that 299 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:22,160 it's, it's more efficient to go and find a top list, or go 300 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,100 through someone's like YouTube channel, or go through different 301 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:28,640 videos to find something that that we can use. And so you've 302 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,360 mentioned a few times here about how like this term of like 303 00:19:32,420 --> 00:19:35,540 developers. And so if someone says that, like, I like the 304 00:19:35,540 --> 00:19:39,680 ideas that you put out there, as far as, like, something of a day 305 00:19:39,860 --> 00:19:43,240 or some kind of, like a, like a trivia game. And if someone has 306 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,380 an idea for them to create that for their business, is a 307 00:19:47,380 --> 00:19:50,980 developer required? Is there, like, a lot of, like, a setup 308 00:19:50,980 --> 00:19:55,000 fee or a monthly fee? Like, what? What is involved? If 309 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,860 someone says, I want an Alexa skill for my business? Okay? So. 310 00:20:00,180 --> 00:20:04,200 Terri Jones: So basically, if somebody knows how to develop a 311 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,980 skill, they can just go on Amazon and do it themselves. 312 00:20:07,980 --> 00:20:12,540 Okay, now they have it out there. Now you go figure, you go 313 00:20:12,540 --> 00:20:18,720 figure how to get it done. Or you can hire somebody that knows 314 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:22,280 how to do that. You know, I'm a developer. I'm actually in a 315 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:27,380 private Facebook group with just developers. Okay? And so if you 316 00:20:27,380 --> 00:20:30,740 have a concept and you say, Hey, this is something that I want to 317 00:20:30,740 --> 00:20:34,880 do, then, yes, you know, you know, we can do that. Now, I do 318 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:41,320 have the, let's see. I'll call it the the entry point you know, 319 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:46,780 of someone who's not like a techie type person that wants to 320 00:20:46,780 --> 00:20:51,700 get their content on there. I do have a no code, no techie kind 321 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:55,420 of way for you to get your content on there. But like said, 322 00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:59,080 of course, you know, I do have that. I have a, actually, I 323 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:03,540 created a course, you know, on that, and so for those who want 324 00:21:03,540 --> 00:21:08,160 to. And then, of course, as because the content, you'll be 325 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:13,860 using my platform to upload your your content, then I do charge a 326 00:21:13,860 --> 00:21:18,720 monthly fee, you know, for that as well. And so, but that's 327 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,740 pretty much how someone who wants to get their content out 328 00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:24,860 there, you know, they can connect with me, or I if, if 329 00:21:24,860 --> 00:21:30,860 it's a, if it's something like, real, huge, you know, and more 330 00:21:30,860 --> 00:21:33,980 than what I'm willing to, you know, do, because I do have a 331 00:21:33,980 --> 00:21:38,660 full time job, then I, I'm in a group of developers like, hey, 332 00:21:38,780 --> 00:21:41,860 you know, which one of you guys would be interested in helping 333 00:21:41,860 --> 00:21:45,820 this person you know, to get you know their because, you like, 334 00:21:45,820 --> 00:21:50,620 you can have a nursing home that want their their patients, you 335 00:21:50,620 --> 00:21:53,740 know, to have an echo device so that they can communicate with 336 00:21:53,740 --> 00:21:56,140 their family members, because they're not able to go visit 337 00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:59,260 them because of covid. And so that is something that could be 338 00:21:59,260 --> 00:22:04,260 done, you know. And so, yeah, definitely, they can reach out 339 00:22:04,260 --> 00:22:05,220 to me on that 340 00:22:05,940 --> 00:22:07,980 Robert Plank: so many possibilities. And even the 341 00:22:07,980 --> 00:22:11,340 other day, I was explaining to the wife about, like, smart 342 00:22:11,340 --> 00:22:14,040 light bulbs, right, how it's just it's built into the light 343 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,980 bulb. You screw in light bulb, and it connects on Wi Fi, and it 344 00:22:16,980 --> 00:22:20,300 talks to your Echo devices, and you can set a timer, and you can 345 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:23,840 group them together. I mean, at first, at first thought, it's 346 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,600 like, well, who cares? It's just a speaker and a microphone. But 347 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,960 then when you look at what people have created and how it 348 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,840 connects to other things, like, it's amazing some of the 349 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:37,220 possibilities that are out there. And so as far as you and 350 00:22:37,220 --> 00:22:40,120 your contact details, we've mentioned things like, you have 351 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:43,120 this podcast, you have this course, and then you have this 352 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:46,840 way for people to contact you directly. If they have something 353 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,980 customer, you're going to host it for them or pass along to 354 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,880 someone that can create us to put their idea into reality. So 355 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,700 where can people find you and what the next steps here? Where 356 00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:00,160 should people go after listening to our conversation today? 357 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,600 Terri Jones: Well, on my website, we voice it.com I do 358 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:08,100 have an appointment tab on there, so you can set up an 359 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:11,880 appointment with me, because that's not what I do. So that I 360 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:16,080 can get an idea of what you have, what you're trying to do, 361 00:23:16,260 --> 00:23:19,680 and then that way we'll know how to move forward, how, what the 362 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,360 content that you want to get on your device, and what's the best 363 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:27,680 route to take to have that done? Just set up an appointment. 364 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:28,580 Yeah, we voice it.com/appointment 365 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:33,620 Robert Plank: we voice it.com/appointment and and my 366 00:23:33,620 --> 00:23:37,640 thinking with this is, if you're out there in podcast land and 367 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,180 you've heard of this, or you've thought of this, or you're 368 00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:42,940 excited about this. Well, are you serious or not? Well, if 369 00:23:42,940 --> 00:23:46,660 you're not serious, then you can continue listening to podcasts 370 00:23:46,660 --> 00:23:49,120 and reading the blog post, but if you actually are serious 371 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:52,600 about making this happen soon, in a reasonable amount of time, 372 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,560 then you're going to want to go to wevoice it.com and click on 373 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,320 that appointment tab and schedule the call with Terry, 374 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,820 just to get your idea out there, and to get the ball rolling on 375 00:24:02,820 --> 00:24:05,460 some of these next steps that way. This isn't just some pipe 376 00:24:05,460 --> 00:24:08,940 dream that well, maybe someday in the years to come, all set up 377 00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:12,840 an Alexa skill. No, do it now. Schedule the call with Terry so 378 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,480 that before we even think about it, if you think about it, 379 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,940 you'll talk yourself out of it. Don't think about it. Just do 380 00:24:17,940 --> 00:24:20,900 it. Take action on this. And then also, Terry, is there an 381 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:25,160 easy way from that website to find this YouTube channel with 382 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,440 your grandkids? Because that sounds like a lot of fun, too. 383 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:28,220 Yeah, 384 00:24:28,279 --> 00:24:30,739 Terri Jones: they just go to wevoice it.com I do have some of 385 00:24:30,739 --> 00:24:34,219 the videos on there, so, yeah, they just click on there and 386 00:24:34,219 --> 00:24:36,559 you'll see them right there on the homepage at wevoice it.com 387 00:24:37,339 --> 00:24:39,019 the videos are on the homepage. 388 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:43,000 Robert Plank: Fantastic. We voice it.com. Is the place to go 389 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,480 if you have been amazed, but also at the same time, 390 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:49,540 overwhelmed by all these possibilities with smart 391 00:24:49,540 --> 00:24:54,580 speakers and Alexa echo show version eight or things built 392 00:24:54,580 --> 00:24:58,240 into the cars. Terry makes it simple for you, right? She makes 393 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,340 it simple and fun and. And that way you can focus more on the 394 00:25:02,340 --> 00:25:05,100 possibilities and the things that you'll do with it, without 395 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:08,280 getting bogged down on those technical details. So we voice 396 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,820 it.com, is the place to go, and anything, any final parting 397 00:25:11,820 --> 00:25:14,400 words that come to mind, Terry as we wrap up our conversation? 398 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:15,540 Well, if 399 00:25:15,659 --> 00:25:20,479 Terri Jones: you think about it, it's only 100,000 Alexa skills. 400 00:25:20,479 --> 00:25:24,259 Just think about that, that that's not a large number, you 401 00:25:24,259 --> 00:25:28,579 see what I'm saying. And so, yeah, so pretty much any right 402 00:25:28,579 --> 00:25:32,839 now, it's the time to get instead, be ahead of the curve. 403 00:25:32,839 --> 00:25:37,039 I'm, I'm a pioneer, you know, if, if it's something going 404 00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:41,319 down, I'm on top of it. And so I want to help you, you know, to 405 00:25:41,319 --> 00:25:45,519 get your content found on voice. Imagine 406 00:25:45,519 --> 00:25:47,559 Robert Plank: getting into something before all the 407 00:25:47,559 --> 00:25:51,279 competition crowded out. Imagine being one of one of the first 408 00:25:51,279 --> 00:25:55,599 Bitcoin buyers. Imagine buying one of the first.com names now, 409 00:25:55,599 --> 00:25:59,979 with millions of smart speakers out there and only a few 1000 410 00:25:59,979 --> 00:26:04,679 skills now it's it's the right ratio of get in there now have a 411 00:26:04,679 --> 00:26:07,799 lot of fun with it. We voice it.com, and thank you, Terry, 412 00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:09,059 for stopping by. Thank you 413 00:26:10,140 --> 00:26:11,400 Terri Jones: for inviting me. You.