Bree Glaeser's guest appearances

Bree Glaeser

VUX World

Machine Yearning

Patricia Scanlon

Adva Levin

Brooke Hawkins

John Campbell

Greg Bennett

Jon Chu

Robin Sloan

Jeff Smith

Bob Moore

Dave Grossman

Scott Stephenson

Matt Hartman

Steve Penrod

Andrew Wilson

Mark Webster

OwlTail

Diving deep into the usage of smart speakers in-store, finding out how a voice assistant is helping with product selection and driving sales, with The Mars Agency's Bree Glaeser and Brooke Hawkins.If you've had your ear to the ground, you might have come across this example of how voice is being used to help people shop for whisky in-store. It's called SmartAisle. It's an interactive voice assistant that takes away the paradox of choice by guiding users through a conversation to find the right whiskey for them.It's a sterling example of how voice could and should be applied in-store and is proving to increase sasles.Today, we're speaking to the team that designed it to find out about:The opportunities of voice in-storeHow it's driving salesDesign considerations for designing in-store voice assistantsTechnical challengesThe future of voice shoppingEarn monthly recurring revenue from your skills/actionsIf you build skills/actions for clients, then you can earn money from them each month through Speebly.Speebly let's your client's skill/action be accessed and interacted with via your client's website.Sign up your client to Speebly and you'll get a share of the monthly subscription fee.Plus, if you've already built the skill/action, it'll take you 5 minutes to set up.Find out moreWhere to listenApple podcastsSpotifyYouTubeCastBoxSpreakerTuneInBreakerStitcherPlayerFMiHeartRadioAbout Bree GlaeserBree is an innovation strategist, currently focused on helping brands prepare for a voice-first world. Bree leads the voice practice at The Mars Agency, and is a core member of the team responsible for dreaming up and bringing to life the first-of-its-kind voice assistant at brick and mortar retail, SmartAisle (SM).Bree got into the voice and conversational commerce space via a background in design thinking and innovation. She has acted as a coach/industry expert supporting the Berkeley Entrepreneurship Program and other innovation groups in the Bay Area, to help students and professionals identify insights and ideate consumer/user-driven solutions.About Brooke HawkinsBrooke started her career in voice designing interactive phone calls and voice assistants for healthcare. Since then, she’s helped co-write the Intro to VUI course at CareerFoundry, designed chatbots for Fortune 500 clients at Nuance, and now works with The Mars Agency designing voice shopping experiences for brands. When she’s not designing for brands, Brooke writes about the burgeoning field of voice ethics, and is always thinking about the new ways voice interfaces are changing our lives for better or worse.About The Mars AgencyThe Mars Agency is a global marketing practice, specializing in marketing to shoppers, consumers and retailers across the ever-expanding omnicommerce environment. Mars uniquely refers to this environment as the A-to-V Commerce space, which incorporates everything from Autonomous to Voice commerce.Mars, proud of its independence and growth-for-clients focus, operates internationally across the Americas, Europe and Asia through its network of 13 offices.LinksVisit The Mars Agency websiteConnect with Bree on LinkedInConnect with Brooke on LinkedInFollow Brooke on TwitterRead more about Smart Aisle from the Marketing Dive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diving deep into the usage of smart speakers in-store, finding out how a voice assistant is helping with product selection and driving sales, with The Mars Agency's Bree Glaeser and Brooke Hawkins.If you've had your ear to the ground, you might have come across <a href="https://www.marketingdive.com/news/alexa-serves-up-in-store-whiskey-recommendations/516185/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this example</a> of how voice is being used to help people shop for whisky in-store. It's called SmartAisle. It's an interactive voice assistant that takes away the paradox of choice by guiding users through a conversation to find the right whiskey for them.It's a sterling example of how voice could and should be applied in-store and is proving to increase sasles.Today, we're speaking to the team that designed it to find out about:<ul><li>The opportunities of voice in-store</li><li>How it's driving sales</li><li>Design considerations for designing in-store voice assistants</li><li>Technical challenges</li><li>The future of voice shopping</li></ul><h4>Earn monthly recurring revenue from your skills/actions</h4>If you build skills/actions for clients, then you can earn money from them each month through Speebly.Speebly let's your client's skill/action be accessed and interacted with via your client's website.Sign up your client to Speebly and you'll get a share of the monthly subscription fee.Plus, if you've already built the skill/action, it'll take you 5 minutes to set up.<a href="https://speebly.com/vux/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Find out more</a> <h2>Where to listen</h2><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/v-u-x-world/id1347820660?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple podcasts</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/11kuggDqneDH8zwvUL8u2P" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaVUfKD4bUlSR3iY-SzoHNJrh26EseRYD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a><a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/VUX-World-id1174773?country=gb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CastBox</a><a href="https://www.spreaker.com/user/10477256" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spreaker</a><a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/VUX-World-p1102017/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TuneIn</a><a href="https://www.breaker.audio/vux-world" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Breaker</a><a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vux-world" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a><a href="https://player.fm/series/2093893" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PlayerFM</a><a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-VUX-World-28954249/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iHeartRadio</a> <h3>About Bree Glaeser</h3>Bree is an innovation strategist, currently focused on helping brands prepare for a voice-first world. Bree leads the voice practice at The Mars Agency, and is a core member of the team responsible for dreaming up and bringing to life the first-of-its-kind voice assistant at brick and mortar retail, SmartAisle (SM).Bree got into the voice and conversational commerce space via a background in design thinking and innovation. She has acted as a coach/industry expert supporting the Berkeley Entrepreneurship Program and other innovation groups in the Bay Area, to help students and professionals identify insights and ideate consumer/user-driven solutions. <h3>About Brooke Hawkins</h3>Brooke started her career in voice designing interactive phone calls and voice assistants for healthcare. Since then, she’s helped co-write the Intro to VUI course at CareerFoundry, designed chatbots for Fortune 500 clients at Nuance, and now works with The Mars Agency designing voice shopping experiences for brands. When she’s not designing for brands, Brooke writes about the burgeoning field of voice ethics, and is always thinking about the new ways voice interfaces are changing our lives for better or worse. <h3>About The Mars Agency</h3>The Mars Agency is a global marketing practice, specializing in marketing to shoppers, consumers and retailers across the ever-expanding omnicommerce environment. Mars uniquely refers to this environment as the A-to-V Commerce space, which incorporates everything from Autonomous to Voice commerce.Mars, proud of its independence and growth-for-clients focus, operates internationally across the Americas, Europe and Asia through its network of 13 offices. <h2>Links</h2>Visit <a href="http://www.themarsagency.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mars Agency website</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/breeglaeser/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with Bree on LinkedIn</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brookebhawkins/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with Brooke on LinkedIn</a><a href="https://twitter.com/brookebhawkins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow Brooke on Twitter</a><a href="https://www.marketingdive.com/news/alexa-serves-up-in-store-whiskey-recommendations/516185/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read more about Smart Aisle from the Marketing Dive</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Smart speakers increase in-store sales with Bree Glaeser and Brooke Hawkins

This chapter is an excerpt from our interview with Bree Glaeser at the 2018 VOICE Summit - the largest gathering of the conversational technology world. Bree is one of the many folks we interviewed, people who are thriving at the front edge of brand, UX, research and design. Bree is from The MARS Agency, where she’s leveraged her formal training as field researcher at Harvard Medical School and Parsons into the world of consumer insights and strategic global marketing. She’s helped to build voice assistants that help people navigate brick and mortar stores and it’s clear her thousands of hours of field work have paid off.   This is just a taste, so make sure you grab the full episode and subscribe so you never miss a single Machine Yearning.

This chapter is an excerpt from our interview with Bree Glaeser at the 2018 VOICE Summit - the largest gathering of the conversational technology world. Bree is one of the many folks we interviewed, people who are thriving at the front edge of brand, UX, research and design. Bree is from The MARS Agency, where she’s leveraged her formal training as field researcher at Harvard Medical School and Parsons into the world of consumer insights and strategic global marketing. She’s helped to build voice assistants that help people navigate brick and mortar stores and it’s clear her thousands of hours of field work have paid off.   This is just a taste, so make sure you grab the full episode and subscribe so you never miss a single Machine Yearning.

VOICE Round-Up: Bree Glaeser from The Mars Agency on integrating consumer insight into the voice design-build process