{"id":210530,"date":"2017-05-12T15:43:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=210530"},"modified":"2017-05-12T15:45:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:45:04","slug":"sponsored-messages-for-alexa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/210530-sponsored-messages-for-alexa.html","title":{"rendered":"Sponsored Messages for Alexa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VoiceLabs has developed an ad format which it believes consumers will understand and accept on voice assistant platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The new ad format &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/voicelabs.co\/2017\/05\/11\/voicelabs-launches-first-monetization-program-for-amazon-alexa-developers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sponsored Messages<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; enables brands to reach consumers in their homes.<\/p>\n<p>VoiceLabs said the sponsored messages will also help Alexa developers to invest in their applications.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored messages have been in the testing phase for the past few months, with positive consumer feedback and brand engagement lift, said the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first interactive audio advertising solution, where the consumer can ask for more information, add products to their Amazon cart, and give feedback to the advertiser,\u201d said VoiceLabs.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/209934-amazon-launches-free-voice-calls-and-messaging-through-alexa.html\">Amazon launches free voice calls and messaging through Alexa<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VoiceLabs has developed an ad format which it believes consumers will understand and accept on voice assistant platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":210532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[7431,723],"class_list":["post-210530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-alexa","tag-amazon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210530"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210540,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210530\/revisions\/210540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}