Build, Monetize and Market Alexa Skills without Writing Code

Name: Build, Monetize and Market Alexa Skills without Writing Code
Rating: 4.3 (28 reviews)

Take part in the Voice Revolution that will fundamentally change the way we interact with our world!

Created byBurt Richard

Last updated 10/2018

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What you'll learn

Build engaging Skills for Amazon Alexa in minutes.
Easily test your Alexa Skills in the browser and on real Alexa devices.
Publish your skills to the Amazon Skill store.
Add monetization to your Alexa skills so you can earn money for premium content.
Market your Alexa Skills on social media and paid advertising platforms.

Course content

8 sections • 58 lectures • 4h 38m total length

The Goal, The Plan and How to Profit from the Finished Alexa Skill4:26
This new Voice Economy… as reported by Forbes Magazine will be a 40 billion dollar industry by the year… 2022. Discover how you can take a big chunk of that 40 billion dollar industry home to improve your own Personal Economy.
Understanding What is Alexa and How HUGE this NEW Economy is Growing5:54
If you don't know much about Alexa, after this video, you'll understand how huge and how Alexa is changing the way we interact with our world.
Looking Professional1:46
When you begin building a business or learn a new skill, it's good to think into the future. This video will help you be prepared before your skills go live. This video will also tell you how you can get someone to create your Privacy page and Professional emails for you...IF you need that help.
Understanding Amazon Rewards3:24
Amazon and the VoiceApps platform often run Rewards in order to encourage people to build more and more skills. The more skills Amazon has for Alexa, the better Alexa becomes for everyone. So, offering Rewards is good thing.

Create a Skills Account2:23
Building Alexa skills used to be something ONLY experienced developers could accomplish...until this platform made it Drag and Drop EASY to create Alexa Skills.
Research Joke Skill Ideas3:55
In this video, let's do some research to learn what Alexa Skill we want to build.
Learn how to Clone a Template and Begin Creating Your Joke Skill8:27
Let's learn how to use some EASY to clone Skill Template to quickly create an Alexa Skill.
Edit Your NEW Cloned Template and Personalize it - Make it Your Own6:51
Learn how to make the clone template your own.
Summarize - Let's see what we've done so far3:16
Man...You're Good ! Let's see how much you've accomplished.
Testing - Always Test your Skill to make sure it works properly2:42
Always Test your skill. VoiceApps makes it easy to test your skills.
Make your Skill GREAT - Tip 014:09
Learn how to make your skill better than the average skill.
Make your Skill Great - Tip 025:55
It gets even better, as I share some AWESOME secrets to making your skill GREAT!

Before You Go Live1:23
It's almost time to publish your skill...but what should you do before you go LIVE?
An Overview of How to Publish Your New Skill2:08
Get prepared to set up your Amazon Developer Account.
Create an Amazon Developer Account6:26
Learn how to create an Amazon developer account. Learn how to properly create an account so you look Professional. This is where your Alexa skills will reside.
Linking your Developer Account to VoiceApps0:58
Link your VoiceApps account with your Amazon Developer Account.
Deploying your Skill to Amazon1:04
Test your Alexa skill in a visual editor, publish it, and deploy the skill to your Amazon account; then verify in your Amazon developer account for final publishing steps.
Testing your Skill in the Amazon Developer Portal3:21
Testing Your Skill on a Real Alexa Device - The Best Way to Test2:01
Publishing Your Skill for Certification - You are Almost There4:01
Publish your Alexa skill for certification by submitting through the Amazon developer console, reviewing distribution settings, privacy terms, and awaiting Amazon’s final approval before it goes live.
You're Live - Whoo Hooo, Customers can use your new Cool Skill4:02
Submit your skill for certification, receive feedback or a pass notification, and move it from in review to live. Edit in development, publish changes, recertify, and view skill on Amazon.

Intro to Trivia & Trivia Ideas6:28
Planning our Project4:22
Create a New Project3:35
Create a new custom skill, customize its name, category, icon, and description, and use keyword research to attract users; the platform auto-generates welcome, help, and goodbye intents for editing.
The Welcome Intent10:19
The Help Intent4:48
Explore how to design and use a help intent and contextual help across Alexa skill intents, with activation, responses, and seamless user guidance in gameplay scenarios.
The Goodbye Intent3:42
The Name Intent9:18
Create a name intent by defining a player name variable in curly brackets, activated from welcome intent, then store the name using US first name data and prompt for location.
The Location Intent5:39
The Game Intent10:58
Build the game flow inside an Alexa skill by activating from the location, configuring max seven questions, and using random opponent names and locations.
Prepare Your Questions7:15
Prepare your questions and assemble a 50-item true/false trivia template using the Jason template and trivia questions downloads to build an engaging, profitable Alexa trivia skill.
The Next Question Intent9:49
The Answer Intent12:15
The Opponent Answer Intent4:58
The Score Intent8:37
The Win-Lose Intent3:47
Activate the win-lose logic after all seven questions and the score is set, via the data tab, then use three response groups for win, lose, and tie.
The End Game Intent2:38
The Repeat Intent5:00
Summarize and Test3:43

Introduction to Monetization2:07
Create an In Skill Product6:51
The Membership Intent2:14
Create a membership intent to trigger the trivia premium membership in an Alexa skill when users say membership, guiding them toward purchasing with their stored Amazon account credit card.
The Membership Accept Intent2:49
The Cancel Membership Intent2:00
Create a cancel membership intent to let users cancel their subscription, add utterances such as cancel or cancel subscription, and route to the cool trivia premium membership product.
The Cancel Membership Accept Intent2:57
Gate, Limit or Protect your Skill6:19
Gate End Game Intent7:12
Testing in Alexa Console6:39
Test your Alexa skill thoroughly in the real device and the Alexa developer console, validating membership flow, three-game protection, and all intents to ensure proper behavior and certification.
Making Corrections5:00
Refine the Alexa skill by correcting intents, enabling contextual help, and routing help to the previous intent. Add membership decline paths and test after redeploying.

Introduction to Marketing0:57
Master marketing to gain your first 100 users for your Alexa skill. Make your skill look great to customers, then share it using free methods and paid ads.
How your Skill Looks to Customers11:01
Before marketing your Alexa skill, perfect the first impression with an icon. Study top examples with strong reviews, ensure professional branding, and include a detailed what, how, and contact email.
Re-Publish to redeploy and send to Certification to Update4:30
03-Amazon Changes Things3:01
04-Social Media Skill Share4:30
Download this FaceBook Template. Tweak it to be your own. This will make it easy to share your skills on Facebook.
05-Email Skill Share3:26
Paid Sharing3:58
Promote your Alexa skill by sharing across social networks, joining groups, and emailing contacts, then explore affordable paid advertising on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest to grow users.

Privacy Page & Emails3:00
LIMITED TIME BONUS CONTENT: Learn how you can get 2 free t-shirts and an Echo Show!
Amazon runs promotions every month to encourage people to build Skills and VoiceApps does the same. You can learn more about the contest each month by going to the Voice Apps Promotions page. They list Amazon's monthly promotions and their own promotions as well.
https://help.voiceapps.com/voice-apps-promotions/get-2-free-t-shirts-and-an-echo-show
Having a proper privacy page is very important and using a professional email address will help you to standout and look creditable to your customers.
While creating a privacy page and professional email address is outside the scope of this training...I have GREAT news for you!

To make it as easy for you to get a Privacy Page and Professional Email address as it is to create an Alexa Skill, I've pulled a few strings for you.
I've contacted a company I do business with and they've agreed to create a privacy policy and unlimited email addresses for you.
You can go to the link in the description below to get these things created for you.
To Get Privacy Page and Professional Email Address go to the link below:
http://createdforsuccess.com/udemy
Don't forget to download your Privacy Request Template to make it easy for you to get your Privacy Page and Professional Email address.

Requirements

No experience or prior knowledge needed.
No programming knowledge needed.

Description

The Voice revolution is changing the way we interact with our world. Voice technology is in our homes, on our phones, in our cars, and in our appliances...it's everywhere! Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices will be used by over 50 million people this year and with competitors like Alibaba, Apple, and others on their heels, the number will continue to grow.

This course will teach you everything you need to know to build, monetize, and market Amazon Alexa Skills.

Why should I build Alexa Skills?

At the time of this writing, there are only 45,000 Alexa Skills in the Amazon Skill store and many of those are very poorly written with very few users. That's why it's important that you get in now!
I don't know how to write software. Can I do this?

In the past, creating an Alexa skill required a software engineer...

Not anymore! This course is going to show you how to create incredibly engaging, well-designed Alexa skills that will attract users and keep them coming back day after day... in minutes...without writing any code!
Can I make money from Alexa Skills?

YES!

Of course, if you want to make money from your new Alexa Skill, you're going to need to add monetization features to it. The documentation from Amazon on how to do this is very complicated and overwhelming.

We're going to show you how to add monetization to your skill in just a few short steps. We've made it really easy!
How do people find my Alexa Skill?

Most Alexa courses stop after they've taught you how to build your skill. They don't talk about all the stuff you need to do to get people to actually use it!

We are going to teach you how to get your first 100 users to your skill and how you can continue to get users for your skill each and every day!

Why should we trust you?

We are a team of recognized experts in the voice industry. Our team has developed and marketed some of the most popular and highest revenue generating skills on the Amazon Alexa platform. We've developed over 100 skills ourselves and have helped thousands more develop their own skills.

You're in REALLY good hands!

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn how to build Amazon Alexa skills. No programming knowledge is needed!
Anyone who wants to learn how to make money from their Alexa skills.
Anyone who wants to learn how to get more users for their Alexa skills.

Build, Monetize and Market Alexa Skills without Writing Code

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Course content

Introduction to Alexa Skills4 lectures • 16min

Learn how to Create a Simple Joke Skill in under 20 minutes8 lectures • 38min

Publishing Your Skill9 lectures • 25min

Create an Addictive, Multi-Player Trivia Skill18 lectures • 1hr 57min

Make Money With Your Alexa Skills10 lectures • 44min

Get Your First 100 Users For Your Alexa Skill7 lectures • 31min

Closing Thoughts...1 lecture • 4min

Bonus Content1 lecture • 3min

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