Finding your favourite episode of our popular Alexa Flash Briefing is now easier then ever

Welcome to our Podcast Episode Directory

To enable our faithful listeners to quickly locate previous episodes, from December of 2018 until today, we have created this Directory, which will be updated with each new release.

We hope it is both useful and interesting, and will make it easy to discover -- as well as revisit -- content that will enable you and your company to play a leading role in the nascent Voice Revolution.

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Quickly Find Your Favourite Episode

Finding your favourite interview of European innovators, or that special video or link to a useful resource mentioned by Paul or Anna is now faster and easier than ever.

Just click on the links below!

BV European Marketing Podcast | Season 03

• #FOA, FEAR OF ALEXA | JANUARY 2021  
  01 Paul, Anna & our VoiceTeam explore Fear of Alexa, Voice Biometrics & Privacy threats
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-s03-e01-foa-fear-of-alexa
  
  
  
• SMART DATA INNOVATION | FEBRUARY 2021  
  02 We look at Smart Data Tips, European cases, Smart Media with DOOH and more!
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-s03-e02-smart-data-innovation-tips
  
  
  
• SMART MEDIA EFFECTIVITY | MARCH 2021  
  03 In this short interview, Digital Media expert David Lahoz simplifies the complexity
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-s03-e03-interview-david-lahoz-smart-media-effectivity
  
  
  
• THE REALITY REVOLUTION | APRIL 2021  
  04 We celebrate the release of our 30th Episode exploring how our reality is being re-defined.
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-s03-e04-the-reality-revolution
  
  
  
• THE NEW RETAIL EXPERIENCE | MAY 2021  
  05 In this chat, Cristina Elson tells us why "Traditional Retail Is Dead". And what to do about it!
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/bv-european-marketing-podcast-the-new-retail-customer-experience-s03-e05
  
  
  
• ALEXA & AMBIENT | JUNE-JULY 2021  
  06 Our team reports on the latest innovations from Amazon's 2021 Alexa Live conference.
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/bv-european-marketing-podcast-alexa-live-2021-highlights-ambient-computing-s03-e06
  
  
  
• SAVING EUROPEAN INNOVATION | SEPTEMBER 2021  
  07 Is European Innovation in Crisis? Many Thought Leaders think so, yet there's still hope.
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/saving-european-innovation-bv-european-marketing-podcast-s03-e07
  
  
  
• WHY NORTHERN SWEDEN IS HOT! | OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2021  
  08 ABBA is now a hologram. Spotify's hard-wired into our lives. What makes Swedes so innovative?
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/why-northern-sweden-is-hot-s03-e08
  
  
  
• LATEST EPISODE WEB 3 & MORE SURPRISES | DECEMBER 2021  
  09 Our CIO, Edgar Griñant takes a peek at the Future, to help you prepare for it!
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/web-3.0-and-more-surprises-s03-e09
  

• EUROPEAN INNOVATION | JANUARY 2020  
  01 Cases Presented: City of the Future, Smart Attribution, Robot Caterers
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-european-innovation-s02-e01
  
  
  
• SECURE VIDEOCONFERENCING | FEBRUARY 2020  
  02 Swedish Innovation to Save the World: A Chat with Bengt Grahn
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-swedish-innovation-to-save-the-world-s02-e02
  
  
  
• VOICE UPDATE | MARCH 2020  
  03 BV Voice Services: Automotive / e-Health / News Media / Voice Commerce
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-voice-tech-update-s02-e03
  
  
  
• 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: BARCELONA VIRTUAL | MARCH 2020  
  04 25 Years of Innovation: Facing Challenges, Lessons Learned
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-barcelona-virtual-25-years-of-innovation-s02-e04
  
  
  
• INNOVATION IN GERMANY | APRIL 2020  
  05 Trend Analysis from Hamburg, WAVE 5, Immunity Passports, COVID-19 Voice Detection
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-innovation-in-germany.s02-e05
  
  
  
• E-COMMERCE GROWTH TIPS | MAY 2020  
  06 Energise Your eCommerce Strategy, Fast. Increasing ROI / Smart Data Tips.
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-ecommerce-growth-tips-s02-e06
  
  
  
• MAKE A DIFFERENCE: HOMELESS ENTREPRENEUR | JUNE 2020  
  07 An Interview with Andrew Funk, Vision and Innovation to Solve Homelessness
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-responsible-business-andrew-funk-interview-s02-e07
  
  
  
• EUROPEAN INNOVATION | JULY 2020  
  08 Our periodic overview of surprising innovation and Marketing strategies from Europe
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-innovation-in-europe-s02-e08
  
  
  
• VOICE NEWS: ALEXA LIVE WRAP-UP | JULY 2020  
  09 Our team reports on the latest innovations from Amazon's Alexa Live conference.
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-live-2020-alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-s02-e09
  
  
  
• COVID-19: CRISIS, HOPE & OPPORTUNITY | SEPTEMBER 2020  
  10 GDPs across Europe plummeted in Q2, and experts warn of more. What can you do?
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/crisis-hope-opportunity-alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-s02-e10
  
  
  
• NEUROMARKETING | OCTOBER 2020  
  11 An Interview with Raquel Fructos, founder of The Smart Bubble & BV Senior Consultant
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-s02-e11-neuromarketing-an-interview-with-raquel-fructos
  
  
  
• VOICE COMMERCE UPDATE | NOVEMBER 2020  
  12 Get the latest Voice Commerce stats and learn how to design your own V-Commerce!
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-s02-e12-voice-commerce-update
  
  
  
• SPECIAL HOLIDAY EPISODE | DECEMBER 2020 
  13 Kick back, relax & grab a virtual cookie! Our Voice Team has created a very special episode  ;-)
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-s02-e13-christmas-holiday-special
  
  

BV European Marketing Podcast | Season 01

• THE DEBUT EPISODES | DECEMBER 2018-JANUARY 2019
  01 Interview with Raúl Cabrera, FC Barcelona Football Team
  02 Voice News and Smart Data Tip
  03 European Case Studies
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-live-today
  
  

• MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS | FEBRUARY-MARCH 2019
  04 Special #MWC19 Flash Briefing
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/special-mwc19-flash-briefing-listen-to-it-here
  
  

• AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | MARCH 2019
  05 Interview with Alexei Kounine, Selligent Marketing Cloud
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-interview-march-2019-selligent-alexei-kounine-barcelona-virtual
  
  

• VOICE: THE GREAT PARADIGM SHIFT | APRIL 2019
  06 Valuable Insights from Paul Fleming, Barcelona Virtual
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-the-great-paradigm-shift-listen-here
  
  
  
• CASES, CHATBOTS & SMART DATA TIP | MAY 2019
  07 Hyper-personalised Experiences from France, Kinetic Swiss Smart Watches
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-case-studies-smart-data-tip-listen-here
  
  
  
• INVISIBLE BRANDING | MAY 2019
  08 A Chat with Jacqueline Ramos, Barcelona Virtual
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-invisible-branding-a-chat-with-jacqueline-ramos-listen-here
  
  
  
• THE NEW SEO | JUNE 2019
  09 VEO, Alexa and Your Privacy
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-the-new-seo-alexa-your-privacy-listen-here
  
  
  
• INNOVATION IN FRANCE | SEPTEMBER 2019
  10 Interview with Chani Kabla, Affinità France
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-innovation-in-france-listen-here
  
  
  
• CLIMATE CHANGE, MARKETING & INNOVATION | SEPTEMBER 2019
  11 A Chat with Dr. José Luis Maccarone, Former United Nations Diplomat
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-marketing-innovation-climate-change-listen-here
  
  
  
• ALEXA IN EUROPE, GOOGLE'S RISE, THE NEW SEO | OCTOBER 2019  
  12 Alexa Stats in Europe, Smart Speakers Worldwide, Google's Rise in Voice, The New SEO
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-alexa-in-europe-the-rise-of-google-listen-here
  
  
  
• COMPANY CULTURE AND DIGITAL DISRUPTION | NOVEMBER 2019  
  13 A Chat with Elodie Martin, Key Performance Consulting, Paris 
  
  https://blog.bvirtual.com/alexa-european-marketing-flash-briefing-elodie-martin-company-culture-digital-disruption-eps-13
  

The Backstory

In late October of 2018, Amazon finally launched its long-awaited Alexa-enabled devices in Spain, localised to Castillian Spanish. Here in the agency, we quickly snapped up 2 Echo Dots for in-agency research.

And several members of the team went on to introduce Alexa to their families, by means of the popular Smart Speaker, but also by learning to use new "intelligent devices" such as Philips HUE Smart Lightbulbs and Smart Plugs that quickly transformed our homes -- as well as our daily routines -- into a 21st-Century reality hitherto only seen in Sci-Fi fantasies.

Our Alexa Flash Briefing Is Born

But that's not all we did. We quickly formed our own internal "Alexa Rapid Response Team" and by mid-December 2018, had created the first three episodes of our popular English-language Alexa Flash Briefing on European Marketing and Innovation.

Made up of interviews, relevant Voice news and practical case studies from Europe, the number of episodes has reached 29, with Episode 03 of Season 3 just released at the time of this update.

Upon publication, each Alexa Flash Briefing can be heard using Amazon Echo devices by simply asking Alexa to play the latest show. At the same time, each podcast is accompanied by a post here on the Blog of Barcelona Virtual in which it is possible to listen to embedded Soundcloud audio of each episode.

Each podcast episode is available on: Spotify | Podbean | Apple Podcasts | Alexa | Soundcloud

Listeners -- who currently come from a host of European countries, as well as the USA, Canada, Mexico, India and elsewhere -- can also find links and additional resources from each Flash Briefing.

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We hope you enjoy the monthy broadcasts, hosted by Paul Fleming, together with Anna Hernández.

You can find this podcast at any time on various platforms:

By speaking to Alexa, here on the Barcelona Virtual Blog,
on Spotify, Podbean, Apple Podcasts or at our Soundcloud profile page.

Please, don't forget to include your comments with us here on the Blog; and also to share your own examples of innovative Intelligent Marketing from Europe.

Your own project just might be featured in one of our future Flash Briefings!
We look forward to hearing from you.

The Production Team of our European Marketing Alexa Flash Briefing: Pere, Anna and Paul