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Demystifying Smart Assistants & AI

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Today’s Consumers & Smart Assistants

What we’ll cover:

The Evolving Customer Experience

Modernizing Marketing

Looking to the Future

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1961IBM introduced Shoebox, the first digital speech recognition tool

2011Apple introducedSiri on the iPhone

Google Now launches in Search for Android & iOS

2012

2014Amazon launches Alexa

Microsoft launches Cortana

Google launches Assistant

2016

2017Samsung launches Bixby

Modern Era of AI

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19%MicrosoftCortana

36%Apple

Siri

36%Google

Assistant

25%Amazon

Alexa

Microsoft 2019 Voice Report

What are people using today?

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People use assistants for simple tasks that boost productivity

Voicebot.AI

Ask a question

Listen to a streaming music service

Check the weather

Set a timer

Listen to the radio

Ask a general question

Traffic or directions

Call someone

Send a text or email

Find a place to eat

SMART SPEAKER SMARTPHONE

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2.5 billionSmart assistant devices in use worldwide

Juniper Research

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Assistants are expanding to new surfaces around the home

Voicebot.AI Consumer Adoption Report#SMSsummit@AmyBishop

35% of brands are increasing investment in

assistants

Uberall

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How can smart assistants amplify brand marketing?

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the evolving customer experience...

Assistants have surpassed the human threshold for speech recognition

KPCB Internet Trends Report, Google#SMSsummit@AmyBishop

Consumers are asking full length

questions

Customer Lifecycle

CONSIDERATION

AWARENESSRETENTION

PURCHASE

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Customer Lifecycle

CONSIDERATION

AWARENESSRETENTION

PURCHASE

WHAT?

WHO?WHERE?

WHEN?

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Should my brand create a voice skill?

Voice skills can work if brands have intense loyalty with

consumers or have credibility to serve as a trusted resource

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Awareness & Consideration

Brands That Educate Harness credibility in a category to help people solve daily problems — driving awareness & consideration

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Give me a martini recipe

Give me summer

skincare tips

What’s going on with

Apple’s stock?

How do I remove grass

stains?

How do I fix a leaky faucet?

What are the side effects of

ibuprofen?

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Brands That Entertain Bring delight, fun and entertainment to consumers — driving awareness, consideration & even loyalty

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Play Hot 105.7 FM

Play the next episode of Stranger Things

Play my Discover Weekly

Play Disney Princess

Play Paw Patrol Trivia

Play Jeopardy

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Purchase & Retention

Brands That Transact Enable faster and easier purchases — driving overall sales & conversions

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Order a tall vanilla latte

Buy Avengers tickets for

Friday night

Add bananas to my cart

Order a large pepperoni

pizza

Reorder toilet paper

Order flowers

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Brands That Control Link to other devices for voice control of the smart home — driving product usage & customer satisfaction

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Turn on the lights

Make it warmer

Preheat the oven to 350

Lock the front door

Start cleaning

How much time is left on the washing

machine?

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Brands That Inform Provide specific, personally relevant updates & info — driving retention & loyalty

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Where are my packages?

What’s my checking account balance?

What’s the status of my

claim?

Send a WhatsApp

message to Mom

How many Balance Rewards

points do I have?

Ask TD Ameritrade for

a portfolio update

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modernizing marketing...

What started out as blue links on a search engine results page is transforming into something even larger in scale and deeper in breadth.

The blue links are disappearing.

Keywords are disappearing.

Keyboards are disappearing.

What will be left?

Microsoft 2019 Voice Report#SMSsummit@AmyBishop

Shoppers use their assistants before, during & after purchases

Navar

Research products

Add to my shopping list

Track a package

Make a purchase

Provide ratings or reviews

Contact support

Reorder items

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58%have used assistants to find local business information

BrightLocal

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People are looking up local information to visit & shop at nearby locations

Brightlocal

Hear review ratings

Call with a speaker

Order take out

Discover new businesses

Determine distance

Find business hours

Get phone number

Get directions

Get address

% of smart assistant users#SMSsummit@AmyBishop

3% of local businesses offer correct

information in smart assistant searches

Uberall

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Featured snippets influence smart assistant responses

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Modernize marketing with assistants

How to create content that's utilized by smart assistants:

1 Write content in a natural, conversational voice that answers consumers questions

2 Optimize your content for long-tail queries likely to be spoken aloud

3 Answer questions concisely — the average featured snippet is 45 words

4 Provide clear and accurate local business info on the web and ensure positive reviews

5 Consider a third-party integration to sell consumer services, meal delivery, or reservations

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looking to the future...

200%increase in smart assistant devices in use by 2023

Juniper Research

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Amazon has “no plans for Alexa advertising”

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Experiment with smart assistants by advertising through media partners

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ThankYou

QUESTIONS

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