Nick Schwab of Invoked Apps Talks Alexa Skill Product Strategy - Voicebot Podcast Ep 58

Nick Schwab founded Invoked apps after building his first three
Alexa skills in 2016. Within six months he had more sounds and
was streaming 1 TB of data per day. Fifteen months later he has
41 sound skills plus a couple of games on both Alexa and Google
Assistant that collectively generate 18 TB of streaming data each
day. Invoked Apps also has the distinction of publishing the
Alexa skill with the most user reviews, Ambient Sounds:
Thunderstorm Sounds. That skill has over 13,700 user reviews at
an average rating of 4.9 stars. 


In the interview, Nick discusses the product strategy behind
single invocation skills and aggregation skills and how he has
had to take a different approach on Google Assistant. He also
discusses his experience in 2017 with Alexa skill cross promotion
and advertising and the current Amazon developer rewards program.
There is a lot to learn about the state of Alexa skills today and
how the system works differently on Amazon and Google. You will
definitely learn a lot.