[vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider_vc alias=”messenger-bots”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1452083453766{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 140px !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6″][mkdf_animations_holder css_animation=”mkdf-element-from-left” easing_type=”” animation_delay=”200″ animation_speed=”700″][vc_empty_space height=”32″][mkdf_section_title title=”🤖 What Are Facebook Messenger Chatbots?” title_color=”” title_text_transform=”uppercase” title_text_align=”” margin_bottom=”” title_size=”large”][mkdf_section_subtitle color=”” text_align=”” text=”Messenger chatbots run on the Facebook messenger platform and are designed to automate conversations with your customers. A smartly-coded bot will have fun interactions with your customers and keep them engaged. Facebook created a system that allows for chatbots to run on their Messenger platform, and methods for people to start interacting with your chatbot, through widgets, links, pop-ups, ads, and even comments on facebook posts!” width=””][vc_empty_space height=”31px”][/mkdf_animations_holder][vc_column_text]
🔎 What Are Customers Looking For From Chatbots?
[/vc_column_text][mkdf_separator position=”center” color=”#f2f2f2″ border_style=”solid” width=”100%” thickness=”1″ top_margin=”40″ bottom_margin=”42″][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#ff224e” title=”A resolution for a problem or issue” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#808080″ space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][vc_empty_space height=”31px”][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#ff224e” title=”Get a quick answer to a question” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#808080″ space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][vc_empty_space height=”31px”][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#ff224e” title=”Get detailed information from a query” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#808080″ space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][vc_empty_space height=”31px”][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-check” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#ff224e” title=”Get live help from a human support agent” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#808080″ space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][mkdf_separator position=”center” color=”#f2f2f2″ border_style=”solid” width=”100%” thickness=”1″ top_margin=”40″ bottom_margin=”42″][mkdf_section_subtitle color=”” text_align=”” text=”With the possibilities of chatbots, it’s going to be a no-brainer for business to use bots to improve efficiencies in customer support, sales, and marketing. When designed properly, your customers will love interacting with your bot, and will be able to get help faster than if they had to send an email or call you directly.” width=””][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1451053303987{padding-left: 4% !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6″][mkdf_animations_holder css_animation=”mkdf-element-from-right” easing_type=”” animation_delay=”200″ animation_speed=”700″][vc_single_image image=”7242″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][mkdf_section_subtitle color=”” text_align=”” text=”Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging platform used by over a billion people every month. Nearly everyone has a facebook account, making it a fantastic way to connect with customers. Messenger can show chat notifications on the web, via email, and through push notifications on your phone, and results in much higher open rates for your messages than a traditional email list.” width=””][vc_empty_space][/mkdf_animations_holder][vc_column_text]
💣 The Power Of Facebook Messenger
[/vc_column_text][mkdf_separator position=”center” color=”#f2f2f2″ border_style=”solid” width=”100%” thickness=”1″ top_margin=”40″ bottom_margin=”42″][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-group” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#808080″ title=”Roughly 1.5 Billion active Messenger users” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#808080″ space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][vc_empty_space height=”31px”][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-pie-chart” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#808080″ title=”80% of Americans use Messenger regularly” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#808080″ space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][vc_empty_space height=”31px”][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-times” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#808080″ title=”Five times more messenger messages are sent than texts” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#808080″ space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][vc_empty_space height=”31px”][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-briefcase” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#808080″ title=”Business messages have grown by 400% in one year” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#808080″ space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][vc_empty_space height=”31px”][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-thumbs-up” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#808080″ title=”56% prefer Messenger over phone with businesses” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#808080″ space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][vc_empty_space height=”64px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1547075981622{padding-top: 97px !important;background-color: #4286f5 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1451050098786{padding-right: 9% !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6″][mkdf_custom_font custom_font_tag=”h3″ font_family=”Poppins” font_size=”37″ line_height=”30″ font_weight=”700″ letter_spacing=”0″ text_transform=”Uppercase” content_custom_font=”👋 Meet Our Chatbot,” color=”#ffffff”][mkdf_custom_font custom_font_tag=”h3″ font_family=”Poppins” font_size=”48″ line_height=”40″ font_weight=”700″ letter_spacing=”0″ text_transform=”Uppercase” content_custom_font=”BossBot!” color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text el_class=”bigp”]
Ready to meet a messenger bot? BossBot is Boss North SEO’s helpful digital marketing assistant. You can find the messenger box pop-up in the bottom right section of the page to get a free website analysis from him. Or you can click here to meet him, and get our free ‘Boss’ Online Promotional Jumpstart for Businesses ebook. BossBot has hundreds of many hours of work invested into his core to add intelligence beyond a basic chatbot, and this core code is built into every chatbot we create for businesses!
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][mkdf_animations_holder css_animation=”mkdf-element-from-bottom” easing_type=”” animation_delay=”200″][vc_single_image image=”7253″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”none”][/mkdf_animations_holder][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1452074266039{padding-top: 131px !important;padding-bottom: 62px !important;}”][vc_column][mkdf_section_title title=”🤔 Why Use Chatbots In Your Business?” title_color=”” title_text_transform=”” title_text_align=”center” margin_bottom=”” title_size=”large”][mkdf_section_subtitle color=”” text_align=”center” text=”Use chatbots to save time, improve your support system, engage and learn more about your customers, and generate new leads.” width=”78″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1547147615576{padding-bottom: 97px !important;}”][vc_column width=”5/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-offset-1″][mkdf_animations_holder css_animation=”mkdf-element-from-bottom” easing_type=”” animation_delay=”200″][vc_single_image image=”6535″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]
Generate Leads & Get More Customers
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]You can create multiple ways for visitors or customers to interact with your chatbot, and use your bot to generate leads from your business, gathering email addresses, learning about your customers, and setting up appointments, calls, or sales, all while giving your visitors entertaining interactions and valuable content.[/vc_column_text][/mkdf_animations_holder][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-offset-1″][mkdf_animations_holder css_animation=”mkdf-element-from-bottom” easing_type=”” animation_delay=”400″][vc_single_image image=”297″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]
Improve & Increase Conversion
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]While email subscription lists have lower open rates and conversion rates than ever, bots offer a fun way for users to learn more about your brand and products and can be used to continue to market to them over days and weeks. Your bot can learn more about users, segmenting them into groups for more effective targeting.[/vc_column_text][/mkdf_animations_holder][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-sm-offset-1″][mkdf_animations_holder css_animation=”mkdf-element-from-bottom” easing_type=”” animation_delay=”600″][vc_single_image image=”319″ img_size=”346×240″][vc_column_text]
Connect Smartly With Your Customers
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Not only can you program your bot to answer commonly asked questions or complete basic requests, but you can also use it to identify customers who need help and notify you or your team so they can immediately address an issue. A bot can catch a dissatisfied customer before they leave a negative review and put them in touch with a human to resolve their concern.[/vc_column_text][/mkdf_animations_holder][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547147486076{padding-top: 97px !important;background-color: #45ca82 !important;}”][vc_column][mkdf_custom_font custom_font_tag=”h3″ font_family=”Poppins” font_size=”37″ line_height=”30″ font_weight=”700″ letter_spacing=”0″ text_transform=”Uppercase” text_align=”center” content_custom_font=”🤑 How Can Your Business Use Messenger Bots?” color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1547147851429{background-color: #45ca82 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1451050098786{padding-right: 9% !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text el_class=”bigp”]The sky is the limit with how chatbots can change, grow, and augment your business. Find out about a user’s needs with fun questions that allow you to personalize your marketing and offers towards them. Let visitors make an appointment, reservation, or book with you directly through your automated assistant. Use your bot as your first line of customer support, cutting down on your team’s workload, while highlighting customers who need a response right away. Encourage users to review, rate, follow and like your business if they had a good experience to bolster your online reputation and reach over time.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1547147752775{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-child” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#4485f5″ title=”Create interactive experiences that visitors love!” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#ffffff” space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-envelope” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#4485f5″ title=”Get user emails, phone numbers and more from Facebook” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#ffffff” space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-comment” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#4485f5″ title=”Send messages directly to users’ Facebook feeds” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#ffffff” space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-calendar-o” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#4485f5″ title=”Let customers book appointments and services through your bot” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#ffffff” space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-support” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#4485f5″ title=”Your bot can answer a customer’s basic support questions” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#ffffff” space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-user” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#4485f5″ title=”Route customers to a human if they need additional help” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#ffffff” space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][mkdf_icon_list_item icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”fa-thumbs-up” title_font_weight=”700″ title_font_family=”default-font-family” icon_size=”24″ icon_color=”#4485f5″ title=”Invite customers to review your business or follow on social media” title_size=”20″ title_color=”#ffffff” space_title_and_icon=”20″ margin_bottom=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_aligment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1547147923390{padding-bottom: 97px !important;background-color: #45ca82 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”55px”][mkdf_button size=”medium” type=”white” hover_type=”white-outline” target=”_blank” icon_pack=”” font_weight=”” text=”GET A CHATBOT FOR YOUR BUSINESS” link=”https://bossnorthseo.com/work-with-us/” hover_border_color=”#ffffff” color=”#4485f5″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”grid”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][vc_column_text el_class=”bigp”]
🤖 The Tools For Building The Best Messenger Bots
So you know you want a smart bot to help your customers and build your business, but how are these bots made? The answer to that are bot building tools, the biggest and most popular being Manychat and Chatfuel. These companies work with Facebook and other platforms to enable their bots to work on these platforms. These tools make it easier to make a bot than it would otherwise be, but it can still take tens of hours to just learn the platform, let alone start building your bot and learning best practices.
Manychat
Manychat is a visual bot builder rich in features like broadcasting, analytics, live support, and most important, a visual bot builder that makes it easy to start designing your own bot ‘flows’ that drive the interactions your bot will have with users who engage with it. Manychat is our chosen bot platform for the above reasons, and it’s currently leading the pack in terms of features and development. The Boss North SEO bot core has thousands of hours of development allowing for more interactivity, responsiveness, and logic than nearly any other bot.
ChatFuel
This is another bot builder that enables you to make an interactive bot on Facebook Messenger. Chatfuel is very popular, and according to their statistics, powers 46% of bots on Facebook. ChatFuel has a higher steeper learning curve in our experience than Manychat, creating a higher barrier to entry. ChatFuel does, however, have a larger array of pre-built templates to use, however, these templates are not going to match the complexity nor offer as much interactivity as a custom bot built using our bot core.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”grid” header_style=”mkdf-light-header” css=”.vc_custom_1547149645467{background-color: #353535 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][vc_column_text el_class=”bigp”]
📖 Beginner’s Guide To Building Your Own Chatbot
If you want to try creating your own bot, go for it! If you’re willing to invest the time and effort, you can do it yourself, though there is a lot to learn between Facebook’s guidelines, bot building best practices, and learning how to make the most of the tools and build multiple flows that work together.
1. Sign-up for Manychat
You can follow their course on how to create bots in Manychat. Keep in mind it gets quite in depth, however! You’ll have to start by linking your manychat account to a facebook page for your business, which is where your bot will be based.
2. Plan what you want your bot to do.
Your bot could give away something of value to users in exchange for their email or phone number. It could be used to answer frequent questions you get with your business. Your bot can also send out broadcasts to bot subscribers for special events, like a sale or promotion at your business. Planning ahead is important before you start building out your bot.
3. Create your first flow in Manychat
You can set this as your default flow that users will interact with when they meet your bot. We recommend including some questions in this flow to find out more about each user and creating tags based on those questions. In this flow, you may want to give away something of value, like a guide, report, coupon, or something else your visitors will find valuable.
4. Let People Interact With Your Bot
When you’re ready to put your bot live, you can use the growth tools in Manychat to create a link that will let people interact with your bot. Other types of growth tools include a pop-up on your site or a post on Facebook that will subscribe people to your bot when you leave a comment. We use our bot to let people analyze their website for free and identify if they could benefit from our local seo services.
5. Keep Learning
If you’re serious about making a bot yourself you’ll want to dive into the Manychat documentation and follow bot building courses or check out videos on Youtube. There is a ton to learn about making bots. Our bot core is made up of many flows, and support for responses to hundreds of keywords. The sky is the limit for how far you can take your bot![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mkdf_call_to_action full_width=”yes” content_in_grid=”yes” grid_size=”75″ type=”normal” show_button=”yes” button_type=”” button_hover_type=”” button_hover_animation=”” button_icon_pack=”” button_text=”GET IN TOUCH” button_link=”https://bossnorthseo.com/work-with-us/” box_background_color=”#45ca82″]
Get A Chatbot Built For Your Business
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