Brandchat Notes: BRANDS + VOICE SEARCH

#brandchat questions for Wed, April 4 chat, BRANDS + VOICE SEARCH

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OC:  What do you see as a brand's greatest challenge in voice search aka conversational commerce?  #brandchat

Q1:  Content needed for voice search means more conversational queries instead of standard phrases (instead of searching festival gear - What do I pack for a festival?). How can brand prepare?  #brandchat
Q2:  What best practices have you seen in voice friendly search?  #brandchat 
Q3:  What do brands need to have prepared now to keep consistency of tone in a voice driven economy?  #brandchat
Q4:  Recent healthcare survey found voice search key to patient acquisition strategies w/ more complex system-based searches via voice search to improve their health experience?(i.e. prescription reminders) #brandchat
Q5:  Don't buy the hype - voice search won't change SEO. Discuss.  #brandchat
Q6:  How can brand control the data generated via interactions with AI assistant users?  #brandchat

ARTICLES FOR THE CHAT:
https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/06/how-to-prepare-your-products-and-brand-for-conversational-commerce/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yext-releases-patient-voice-search-behavior-survey-revealing-new-insights-on-the-impact-of-voice-search-on-the-healthcare-industry-300620589.html
https://mumbrella.com.au/dont-buy-the-hype-voice-search-wont-change-seo-507175
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/309895


This week’s stats:
32 participants; 358 tweets; reach of 219,027



Q1: Content needed for voice search means more conversational queries instead of standard phrases (instead of searching festival gear – What do I pack for a festival?). How can brand prepare? #brandchat
Brands need to plan for that and know more about those differences.- @GoSproutMedia

The answer to this is an extension of effective SEO. When you understand intent, you will build for it. Add a l… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981552966904811522 - @Mr_McFly

It's important to develop 10 questions for each product, service or topic that you know your custome… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981552983396712449 - @bre_mtb

Natural language search has been a common Google feature for a long time. Not sure about Amazon, etc.  - @johncloonan

Perhaps ‘voice search’ is how brands will learn to understand how important nuance and culture are to your brand message. - @SJAbbott




Q2: What best practices have you seen in voice friendly search? #brandchat
Easy to use and more convenient to the users. - @VeeraeswariS

Honestly - not close to best practices yet with my clients - mostly still in "awareness and inclusion of voice s… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981554614997782528 - @michelletweet

What's impressive is a lot of local radio stations have been hooking up with Alexa quite rapidly, an… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981554692663730176 - @quillagency

Eiminate extra words.Keep it simple even though it may not be the best grammar it's what we would s… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981554736850751489 - @findTroy

I'm liking Alexa's  "skill enablement" as a best practice, because it ties an action to a specific set of words. - @johncloonan




Q3: What do brands need to have prepared now to keep consistency of tone in a voice-driven economy? #brandchat
Something they should have already: a brand voice and personality. They may want to hire voice talent on top of that.  - @johncloonan

Consistent messaging and relationship building is the best way for any and all brands to futureproof themselves… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981556159424466944 - @Mr_McFly

Brand guidelines are important as well as a clear idea of your ethos and how you would like your bra… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981556296989265921 - @BenHardicre

It should have responding and adaptable search for multiple voices.  - @VeeraeswariS



Q4: Recent healthcare survey found voice search key to patient acquisition strategies w/ more complex system-based searches via voice search to improve their health experience?(i.e. prescription reminders) #brandchat
Conversational #testimonials. "Ask a customer" - @michelletweet

This is where US and other countries differ. ‘Patient Acquisition Strategies’ just doesn’t get said, here. And I… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981558072815509511 - @SJAbbott

(Part 1) Healthcare of senior citizens and voice assistants are a natural match. But these technologies need to… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981558077869654016 -  @brand_m_blog

(Part 2) If you are a company looking to get ahead of voice assistant technology than make sure you're adaptive… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981558779606167561 - @brand_m_blog
Future of voice search?🔥 chatbot + AI + voice search.Usesinsights:👉🏽location👉🏽search history👉🏽shopp… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981559319488589824 - @CardozaGab




Q5: Don’t buy the hype – voice search won’t change SEO. Discuss. #brandchat
It’s still optimizing search. It’s not a new concept, just a new tool. - @SJAbbott

It might make it faster and easier to conduct keyword research...cause I can just say it instead of typing it?… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981560167983665152 - @michelletweet

I guess the question here is whether it will make enough waves and become one of the main ways… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/981560743223939072 - @BrixxSoftware



Q6: How can brand control the data generated via interactions with AI assistant users? #brandchat