{"id":4796,"date":"2021-11-08T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T12:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:13:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:13:59","slug":"5-ways-chatbots-are-revolutionizing-customer-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/5-ways-chatbots-are-revolutionizing-customer-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways Chatbots Are Revolutionizing Customer Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most successful brands have always craved a deep understanding of their customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When brands know their customers, they have the wisdom needed to build long-term customer relationships, solve customer pain points, and enhance the customer experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But understanding customers is not always easy. With multiple customer datasets to sift through and no unified real-time customer database, getting to know your customer is a job in and of itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter: Chatbots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots are the next generation of customer relationship management. Chatbots can collect and effectively use the information to move your customers through the sales funnel and create laser-focused brand experiences. But that is not all they do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we take a look at what chatbots are and why companies should use them. Then we\u2019ll explore five ways chatbots are revolutionizing customer relationships. Finally, we present the three biggest challenges of using chatbots so that you are aware of how to deal with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the end of this piece, you\u2019ll become a chatbot pro. Are you ready? Then let&#8217;s get started.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_53 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/5-ways-chatbots-are-revolutionizing-customer-relationships\/#What_Are_Chatbots\" title=\"What Are Chatbots?\">What Are Chatbots?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/5-ways-chatbots-are-revolutionizing-customer-relationships\/#Why_Should_Businesses_Use_Chatbots\" title=\"Why Should Businesses Use Chatbots?\u00a0\">Why Should Businesses Use Chatbots?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/5-ways-chatbots-are-revolutionizing-customer-relationships\/#5_Ways_Chatbots_Are_Revolutionizing_Customer_Relationships\" title=\"5 Ways Chatbots Are Revolutionizing Customer Relationships\">5 Ways Chatbots Are Revolutionizing Customer Relationships<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/5-ways-chatbots-are-revolutionizing-customer-relationships\/#3_Challenges_Of_Using_Chatbots_to_Boost_Customer_Experience_and_How_to_Handle_Them\" title=\"3 Challenges Of Using Chatbots to Boost Customer Experience (and How to Handle Them)\u00a0\">3 Challenges Of Using Chatbots to Boost Customer Experience (and How to Handle Them)\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/5-ways-chatbots-are-revolutionizing-customer-relationships\/#Summing_up\" title=\"Summing up\">Summing up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Are_Chatbots\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Are Chatbots?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A chatbot is a computer program that can maintain a conversation with a user. Also known as a smart bot, talk bot, chatterbot, bot, IM bot, interactive agent, or artificial conversational entity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A well-designed chatbot will take into account the various nuances of English grammar and still serve customers for whom English is not their first language. It will also be able to converse with users in a natural spoken or written language.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such programs are frequently created to convincingly mimic how people would behave as a conversational partner, through passing the Turing test. Chatbots are typically used in dialog systems for several practical purposes including customer service or information acquisition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4799 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1.png\" alt=\"An example of a chatbot\" width=\"512\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1.png 512w, https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.setsail.co\/sales-tracking\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots can also understand a user\u2019s main intent and send a response. For instance, you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/create-a-simple-working-chat-bot-in-2-hours\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">design a chatbot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to dig through your website\u2019s knowledge base to find an answer for a customer who\u2019s on one of your pages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some well-known examples of chatbots are Apple\u2019s Siri and Amazon\u2019s Alexa, but many chatbots are embedded in landing pages and websites to help customers with the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigating through a website<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding how something works<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relaying contact details\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asking questions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setting appointments\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claiming offers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Should_Businesses_Use_Chatbots\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why Should Businesses Use Chatbots?\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChatbots are not just software in the modern era. Chatbots are like our personal assistants who understand us and can be microconfigured. They remember our likes and dislikes and never tend to disappoint us by forgetting what we taught them already, and this is the reason why everyone loves chatbot.\u201d &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tidio.com\/blog\/brainy-quotes-about-chatbots-and-technology\/#Quotes-About-Chatbot-Application\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sumit Raj<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The traditional adage of \u201cpeople buying from people\u201d holds a lot of truth. While the digital age has allowed for SaaS businesses to develop with the entire sales channel being made online and with the growth of chatbots allowing communication to be efficiently streamlined on websites, nonetheless many businesses still rely on person-to-person engagements for sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since chatbots are programmed to dig through data and provide answers in nanoseconds, they help businesses save countless hours and money on repetitive tasks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots never tire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They never ask for a raise or complain about work. They are never late, sick, or take a vacation. Instead, they eliminate countless redundancies and mundane jobs \u2014 and they have the rare ability to be in a continuous phase of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots can also:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce operational costs\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automate online purchases<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop customer service<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/how-to-create-and-optimize-a-website-conversion-funnel-step-by-step-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve conversion funnels\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve response rates<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide better communication\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourage seamless customer interactions\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch more effective business practices\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this new age of customer experience, businesses can use chatbots to solve customer pain points and ultimately deliver more efficient processes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have all heard about artificial intelligence (a.k.a. AI), which is a buzzword these days as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerburg and even Jeff Bezos also consider that it is the next thing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An aspect of AI and bots are chatbots, which we cover in this article, so you can use them in your digital marketing to open a different communicational way to engage more prospects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Ways_Chatbots_Are_Revolutionizing_Customer_Relationships\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 Ways Chatbots Are Revolutionizing Customer Relationships<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are five ways chatbots are revolutionizing customer relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. CRM Chatbots Improve Conversational Customer Relationship Management\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The future of customer relationship management (CRM) is conversation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conversation is how customers find brands relatable, receive personalized experiences, and feel seen. It is how brands humanize themselves and build lasting relationships with ideal customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brands can fill in the gaps where crucial customer data is often missing and start fruitful conversations with users using CRM chatbots.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only do CRM chatbots help keep data updated, but they can also be set up to create hyper-personalized conversational experiences and avoid sending messages to irrelevant customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To design an effective CRM chatbot system, make sure your system can:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use machine learning to enable fruitful conversation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build a conversational user experience throughout the entire customer journey<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build personal relationships with your customers at scale\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll also need to choose whether you want a:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Front-end AI-powered bot: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bot that interacts directly with customers without human intervention<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>AI-assisted human agent<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A human customer service rep who is supported by AI technology<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Human-assisted AI bot<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chatbot is the primary decision-maker, but a human customer service rep supports it in case human interaction is needed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAI and chatbots have become commonplace ways of interacting with a company\u2019s website to get customer support. Sometimes, chatbots are so good you do not know if you are dealing with a human or a computer.\u201d &#8211; S. Hyken<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4800 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2.png\" alt=\"An example of a Human-Assisted AI bot on HubSpot\" width=\"512\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2.png 512w, https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hubspot.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Use a CRM Chatbot to Reach Customers\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCall centers, websites, and mobile apps are no longer the only means of interaction with brands. Chatbots are fast becoming a business imperative for businesses that want to engage with their customers. Online chat through chatbots has grown faster than any prior channel.\u201d &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tidio.com\/blog\/brainy-quotes-about-chatbots-and-technology\/#Quotes-About-Chatbot-Application\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eileen Brown<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are curious about how to use a CRM chatbot to reach current and new customers, here are some ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b> Your Ads<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up automation that integrates with campaigns to start conversations with anyone who engages with your ads.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b> Your Website and Landing Pages<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use your chatbot to collect information about who visits your web pages and how they interact with your offers.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b> Your Social Media Channels<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use your chatbot to capture insights about your customers when they are on social media. Then have the chatbot use the information it collected to present relevant offers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b> Your Apps<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use your chatbot to establish a presence on messaging apps like Telegram Messenger or WhatsApp. Add a chatbot to establish a presence on your company apps, too (if you have any).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Chatbots Can Help Teams Track Sales\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots can support a team\u2019s sales tracking strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By using chatbots to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringy.com\/articles\/sales-tracker\">track each step of the sales process<\/a>, teams gain valuable insights that help them see how effective their sales processes are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This way, teams can identify bottlenecks, streamline workflows, and improve sales activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, if a chatbot presents three different campaigns to three-segmented audiences, it will be able to track which campaigns worked and which did not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To track sales using a chatbot, make sure to design a chatbot that can:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track sales messages, emails, and phone calls<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track every customer interaction<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintain customer records<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collect and analyze data points\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyze sales process effectiveness<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Chatbots Can Help Teams Improve Sales Processes\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots have become an essential part of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reply.io\/build-sdr-process\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sales process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With chatbots, you can qualify your leads and start conversations with people at scale. A CRM chatbot can recognize what specific piece of content a lead needs next. With this insight, it can move the lead to the next stage in the sales funnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ideally, a well-designed chatbot can gather insight from multiple data sources and use it to create unified target profiles. This can be especially helpful for business models where leads require a lot of information at the top of the funnel. For example, trust-based businesses, like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/simplemoneylyfe.com\/best-credit-repair-companies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">credit repair companies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, usually require several interactions with leads before they commit. This is where a chatbot is handy for the initial interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By collecting and strategically using information, chatbots can guide customers through the sales funnel and weed out unqualified leads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From presenting relevant offers to thanking customers at checkout, chatbots can help teams:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generate quality leads<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Target the right customers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collect customer and lead information\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manage social selling on social media<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Track sales engagement\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suggest tailored outreach sequences\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve sales processes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carry customers through the sales funnel<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Chatbots Transform Customer Experience\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots transform customer experience and reduce customer care costs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is no surprise that poor customer service is a common pain point many customers have. In fact, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/810473\/customers-by-share-lost-due-to-poor-service-in-the-last-year\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">48%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of customers say that they have stopped doing business with a brand due to a poor customer service experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4801 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3.png\" alt=\"Diagram: a customer service satisfaction survey\" width=\"512\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3.png 512w, https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/810473\/customers-by-share-lost-due-to-poor-service-in-the-last-year\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But with chatbots, brands can:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><b> Provide Consistent Customer Service\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When customers speak with different customer service reps on varying platforms and on different occasions, they do not always receive consistent quality service. With chatbots, you can design a consistent tone, voice, and language so that all of your bots have a unified voice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h4><b> Offer Customer Care 24\/7\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customers want high-quality service on their time \u2014 not the company\u2019s time. They want to be able to reach some form of customer support 24\/7. Chatbots can provide customers with swift replies any time of the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h4><b> Assist Customers on Common Messaging Platforms\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Facebook Messenger to WhatsApp and LinkedIn, more people are communicating with messaging applications than ever before. Adding a chatbot to your social channels helps your customers receive support when they are on the messaging platforms they use most.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h4><b> Provide Quick Access to Common Support Questions\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots help you automate tedious customer service tasks, like answering the same frequently asked support questions. Customers can change and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/loginlockdown.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manage passwords<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> multiple times, ask for a tutorial, etc., and the chatbot will cordially respond quickly every time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\n<h4><b> Ensure a Personalized Customer Experience\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots can access an entire history of customer interactions and pool data together to create personalized customer experiences \u2014 like personalized solutions, responses, and recommendations based on user behavior patterns. Using this data you can develop a content strategy for offering different types of material to assist your customer. For example, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/how-to-make-a-podcast\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creating podcasts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and support articles based on user behavior patterns and FAQs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Chatbots Get Rid Of Language Barriers\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChatbots are important because you will not feel stupid asking important questions. Sometimes talking to someone can be a bit intimidating. Talking to a chatbot makes that a lot easier!\u201d- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tidio.com\/blog\/brainy-quotes-about-chatbots-and-technology\/#Quotes-About-Chatbot-Conversations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petter Bae Brandtzaeg<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a global economy, businesses have to be prepared to serve customers who may not speak their language. This is especially true for remote businesses that may have a more international customer base.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friction in communication is a major problem when you are trying to deliver a personalized experience. But with chatbots, you do not have to hire multilingual staff. Chatbots naturally run on natural language processing (NLP) standards which enable them to understand different languages with ease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When having conversations with guests, customer service chatbots store different words and phrases related to customer problems. This makes it easy to develop and enhance a business\u2019s existing knowledge base.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots can tap into this knowledge base at any time to deliver selfless and customer-centric experiences. And since they run on machine learning and artificial intelligence, they can also answer questions that they have not had any training on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4802 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.png\" alt=\"An example of a customer service chatbot \" width=\"437\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.png 437w, https:\/\/capturly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/botpenguin.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Challenges_Of_Using_Chatbots_to_Boost_Customer_Experience_and_How_to_Handle_Them\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 Challenges Of Using Chatbots to Boost Customer Experience (and How to Handle Them)\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots are incredible tools to use to save time and enhance the customer experience. But like anything else, chatbots have their own challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are three challenges of using chatbots to boost customer experience and how to handle them:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Challenge #1: Security\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes chatbots effective is also what makes them susceptible to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/advancedfirewallsolutions.com\/how-to-protect-sensitive-business-data-from-information-leakage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data breaches<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Chatbots retrieve and store information from users so they can continuously improve customer service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A way to keep this data safe is by storing it in a secured state for a set amount of time and discarding the data on a specific date. Ensuring that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlyte.com\/faqs\/what-is-colocation-data-center\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">colocation data centers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where your servers are based use compliant network security infrastructure are also essential.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Challenge #2: Vernacular Chatbots\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vernacular chatbots are multilingual chatbots that can pick up on vernacular language (everyday language spoken by people in a specific country). The challenge is being able to program the chatbot so it can understand exactly what is being asked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To do this, make sure the chatbot can understand exactly what the user wants and can respond naturally. The first step is making sure the chatbot can recognize multiple language dialects. Use Named Entity Recognition (NER) so the bot can accurately identify entities \u2014 such as names, location, and time \u2014 any time a customer asks a question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Challenge #3: Likability +16<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots may not be people but customers still expect them to have personalities like human agents do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure chatbots are likable, make sure they can chat in a personalized and engaging manner. Have them address customers by name and use conversational language when speaking with customers \u2014 bonus points for having a sense of humor, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summing_up\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summing up<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots are the most reasonable solution, a way for companies to keep in touch with their clients without the need of hiring multiple community managers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They help the user to do such things as check the weather information, order a pizza, make a doctor appointment, register for an event, buy a new Christmas dress, ask how they can arrive at some location, answer their FAQs or just talk for fun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By deeply understanding customers and elevating the customer experience, chatbots are revolutionizing customer relationships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key to designing the right chatbots is starting with a list of customer service, sales, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/divbyzero.com\/blog\/b2b-saas-marketing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SaaS marketing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> goals your brand is aiming for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test a variety of chatbots to see which ones would help you achieve those goals the best \u2014 front-end AI-powered bots, AI-assisted human agent bots, or human-assisted AI bots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love them or hate them, chatbots are here to stay. Chatbots have grown to be remarkably popular in recent years due to exciting progressions in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other underlying technologies such as natural language processing. Today\u2019s chatbots are more intelligent, more responsive, and more helpful &#8211; and we are expected to see even more of them in the coming times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, get out there and create the chatbot of your dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most successful brands have always craved a deep understanding of their customers. Why? When brands know their customers, they have the wisdom needed to build long-term customer relationships, solve customer pain points, and enhance the customer experience.\u00a0 But understanding customers is not always easy. 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