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Kim Komando Today

Spying smart speakers -- Ads for anvils -- Using social media to grow a business

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Are smart speakers spying on you? Is your smartphone targeting your ads based on your calls? Can you grow your business just by using social media? Listen the the answers for these questions and more.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Imagine this. You're having breakfast and you're talking to your spouse about a loved one who's no longer with you. It happens. Something sparks a memory. And then all of a sudden, your home smart speaker responds and says, hey, I'm here. Okay. How would you react to that? Or what about this scenario? You're having a conversation about something very

0:21.5

specific. Anvils, to be exact. I mean, who the heck talks about anvils? Have you ever Google

0:27.6

searched an anvil? Not me. Suddenly you open your smartphone and what do you find?

0:32.3

Oh, yes, ads for anvils. Is this just a coinky-dinky or is there more to the story?

0:38.2

Are the advertiser networks?

0:39.5

Is somebody else listening to your conversation?

0:42.1

And also on tap for today's podcast, a small business owner who wants to know how he can make

0:46.3

his business more visible using social media.

0:48.7

Oh, good luck with that.

0:50.3

It's a tough one, but we have some answers.

0:53.2

Stay right where you are because in this command-ando on Demand podcast, you're going to hear about the nitty-gritty details of these smart devices that seemingly are listening all the time.

1:02.4

Oh, and there's one more thing you don't want to miss.

1:04.3

I'm going to give you the inside scoop on how and why you should keep your wireless network hidden from your neighbors.

1:10.0

I'm Kim Commando, and this special Commando-on-demand podcast, it's not the Kim

1:14.6

Commando-show.

1:15.5

That's three hours.

1:16.8

What we're trying to do with this Commando-on-demand podcast is to give you just some snippets,

1:21.8

some highlights that will encourage you to listen to all three hours of the Kim

1:26.1

Commando show on your local radio station or get the

1:29.5

Kim Commando show podcast. And when you sign up for the Kim Commando Show podcast, which is not

1:34.6

Commando on Demand, I know it gets so confusing, you get the entire show every single weekend for

1:39.2

about $3 a month. So it works out to be a dollar an hour. Whoa. I mean, where else can you get that type of

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