{"id":52738,"date":"2020-02-09T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T23:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portada-online.com\/?p=52738"},"modified":"2021-05-16T21:38:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T01:38:31","slug":"amazons-alexa-brand-voice-new-feature-toyotas-go-highlander-campaign-more-sales-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portada-online.com\/sales-leads\/amazons-alexa-brand-voice-new-feature-toyotas-go-highlander-campaign-more-sales-leads\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s Alexa \u201cBrand Voice\u201d New Feature, Toyota\u2019s \u201cGO HIGHLANDER\u201d Campaign & More Sales Leads"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amazon\u2019s Alexa \u201cBrand Voice\u201d New Feature, Toyota\u2019s \u201cGO HIGHLANDER\u201d Campaign & More Sales Leads<\/strong><\/p>\n For prior Sales Leads editions, click here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Amazon<\/a><\/a>\u2019s Alexa<\/strong> has a new feature called \u201cBrand Voice<\/em>\u201d that can be used to create a unique voice that represents a brand\u2019s persona, Mediapost reports. Amazon\u2019s Alexa\u00a0customized voice feature can be created with the Amazon Polly team of artificial intelligence research scientists and linguistics. Amazon Polly is a cloud service of Amazon Web Services that converts text to lifelike speech.The team has been working with Kentucky Fried Chicken Canada and National Australia Bank<\/strong> to create unique Brand Voices.Amazon’s new initiative aims to make it easier for customers to interact with multiple voice assistants on a single device.<\/span><\/p>\n T<\/span>he marketing campaign for the all-new 2020 Toyota<\/a> Highlander<\/strong> has officially kicked off. The \u201cGO HIGHLANDER\u201d campaign for the fourth-generation benchmark SUV will feature Highlander and Highlander Hybrid models that speak to the vehicle\u2019s performance, dramatic new design and sophisticated detailing, making it the ultimate vehicle for those who are at the center of making memories.\u201cHeroes\u201d, an action-packed :60-second spot featuring actress Cobie Smulders and the all-new Highlander, ran in this year\u2019s Big Game and officially kicked off the campaign. The spot was created by <\/span>Saatchi & Saatchi<\/b>.The fully-integrated Highlander campaign was developed using the Total Toyota (T<\/span>2<\/span>) model which provides <\/span>multicultural insights<\/b> aimed at a transcultural mainstream audience. T<\/span>2<\/span> features a blended and cohesive marketing approach inclusive of multicultural marketing, bringing together its agencies into a total market model. The T<\/span>2 <\/span>agency team includes Saatchi & Saatchi, Burrell Communications, Conill Advertising and Intertrend, with <\/span>Zenith <\/b>placing TV and outdoor media buys.<\/span><\/p>\n Tricolor<\/strong><\/a> announced a US$30 million equity investment from a global institutional investor to rapidly scale its technology-powered approach to the sale and financing of used vehicles.In 2018, financially underserved customers in America spent US$48 billion in fees and interest on subprime and Buy Here Pay Here (BHPH) auto loans, according to a recent report from the Financial Health Network. Tricolor is actively transforming the car buying experience and helping to eliminate unnecessary fees through a business model that aligns customer impact with business outcomes and leverages advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.To date, Tricolor has disbursed nearly US$1 billion in affordable business loans<\/a> throughout California and Texas. With this infusion of funds, the company will rapidly scale its platform and retail network to expand availability for its guaranteed, high quality used vehicles and access to responsible auto financing options for Hispanic customers<\/strong> in new markets.For more than a decade, Tricolor has successfully scored no file and thin file Hispanic customers, as evidenced by five well-received ABS securitizations.The company will continue to expand this program alongside its growing dealer and financing network.Houlihan Lokey served as advisers to Tricolor on the transaction. Headquartered in Dallas, Tricolor and its affiliate Ganas Auto Group operate 36 retail dealerships across 12 markets in Texas and California, as well as a shared services center in Guadalajara, Mexico.<\/p>\n Bank of America<\/strong><\/a> has consolidating all external marketing services with Publicis Groupe<\/strong>. The agency’s dedicated unit called <\/span>GroupeConnect<\/span><\/a> will handle the business. Publicis Groupe\u2019s Starcom has handled media buying and planning for Bank of America since winning the account in 2008.Bank of America spent over US$187 million in the first nine months of last year on marketing in the U.S., up from a little over US$183 million total in 2018, according to Kantar Media.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n JOIN PORTADA’S KNOWLEDGE-SHARING AND NETWORKING PLATFORM: To find out about Portada’s new networking solutions targeting the decision makers of the above campaigns, please contact Sales Director Leslie Zambrano <\/strong>at\u00a0Leslie@www.www.portada-online.com.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Toy company Hasbro<\/strong><\/a> has consolidated its global media account with GroupM\u2019s MediaCom<\/a><\/strong>. The WPP-owned agency has snatched the business from incumbent OMD. MediaCom will handle all the brands under Hasbro in all the markets it has a presence in. Prior to the consolidation, Omnicom Media Group\u2019s OMD held the Hasbro account for 15 international markets including APAC and Europe, while MediaCom was overseeing Latin America.Brands under Hasbro include MARVEL, Power Rangers, Transformers, PlayDoh, My Little Pony, Star Wars, Sesame Street, Trolls and more. <\/span>Hasbro overtook Mattel to become the world\u2019s biggest toy company in 2017 following significant marketing spends. In 2018, the company posted global sales of US$US4.6 billion, according to reports. <\/span><\/p>\n\n
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