Benni Lickfett, Global Head of Emerging Technology & Innovation.
The global voice market is tipped to reach $126.5 billion by 2023. Marketing and advertising are key drivers of growth as mobile, AI and IoT changes the way we search, shop and engage with brands. Like any disruptive technology, there will be successes and failures and timing is everything. Diageo sees huge opportunity in voice and this session will tackle how marketers can benefit from embracing the tech in a considered and strategic way.
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Voice: how brands can seize the emerging opportunity
1. Voice: how brands can seize the emerging opportunity
Benni Lickfett – Diageo, Head of Technology & Innovation, Europe
2. HI, I AM BENNI. I WORK IN TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION AT DIAGEO.
3. NOW WHY SHOULD ANYONE CARE ABOUT VOICE?
Great Technology makes people’s lives easier
68% use Voice because it’s fast. Humans can
speak 4x faster than type
58% use Voice because the answer is read back
to them
57% use Voice because they don’t have to type
Younger and older audiences are adapting fast
The tech actually works now
Voice
interfaces
7. • 25% of mobile queries are voice
based
• 2 in 5 Adults in the UK use voice
search regularly
• Google predicts that by 2020 50%
of all searches will be voice based
• Capgemini expect voice based
commerce to reach 40 Billion USD
by 2020
DON’T GET DISTRACTED BY SMART SPEAKER THOUGH…
IT’S ALREADY HERE.
8. SURE, IT’S EARLY DAYS AND A LOT OF INTERACTIONS ARE
TRANSACTIONAL OR A GIMMICK…
Amazon Skill Usage 2017
14. DESIGNING FOR VOICE IS DIFFERENT
WE PARTNER WITH SPECIALISTS TO LEARN AND WIN TOGETHER
- You don’t follow a visual hierarchy
- Voice & screen need to work together
- The Eco-system is still fragmented
- Linguistics are complex
- No room for error
- Lots of unexplored use cases
Innovation principles apply…
- Move at speed
- Keep it lean
- Consumer First - fix a problem
- Don’t outsource the learnings
- Collaborate
15. DELIVERING NOW AND BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
OPTIMISING OUR
CONTENT
DELIVERING UTILITY & GREAT
BRAND EXPERIENCES
DEVELOPING NEW USE CASES
AND STANDOUT EXPERIENCES
Leading premium drinks company in the world.
Over 200 brands in 100+ countries
At the centre of our brands is the experience - Celebrating life, every where, every day
Sports is obviously a big passion points for our consumers – Guinness Rugby, Pimms and Wimbledon or F1 and Johnnie Walker
China 55% mobile payments
Japanese keyboard
Alibabas Tmall Genie
Globally 24 million voice devices sold last year
Alexa Song Quiz
WATCH-OUT: Winner Takes it all
Ads will launch and be even more competitive/pricier
So we try to take the most pragmatic approach possible and borrow from start-ups, we want to keep it lean, get stuff done and into market. Rapid experimentation
Borrowed from culture eats strategy for breakfast
Feel sorry for the poor chaps when they are in the water for the first time
We conducted over 25 pilots in the last 12 month in Europe alone
LET’S not spend month building sonic brand identities
Voice adoption to grow by 2020 – 50% of all search queries will be via voice
57% of these are on mobile
76% only use voice with one device
Smart home devices don’t currently have a SEO ‘marketplace’ as such – will come onto this towards the end, hence why mobile leads
Older generations adopting voice as it is a utility
Dad – struggling to see and not tech savvy. Voice allows him to action decisions through his device
The way people search via voice is different to written search – more detail
Central search approach (managed centrally across the portfolio – funding available)
NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN DRIVE INTO THE EXPERIENCE MORE EFFECTIVELY
TEST IN OTHER MARKETS
•Took the Echo away from it’s natural environment
•Developed a skill for the on-trade
•Skill allows consumer to:
•Explore the menu via a voice activated and touch screen interface
•Fulfil order via the device
•Efficiencies driven:
•Less time taken to order (no requirement to signal staff for attention/wait in line at the bar)
•Bar staff drinks output at higher turnover
•Symbiotic relationship between staff and technology
•To be showcased at exec of key GB account, Stonegate
•Displaying to the trade that we are not only forward thinking, but also willing to invent on their behalf
STONEGATE ASKED US TO DEMONSTRATE THIS AT THEIR SESSION – inventing on behalf on our trade customers