Missed an episode of Chatfuel School—our weekly podcast where we cover hot topics in the world of bot-building and marketing? Don't worry; we took notes for you. ? The topic for August 14, 2020 was how to get more reviews and showcase social proof for your ecommerce store. Here's the full episode. ? Keep scrolling for a recap of what you missed. (Sign up to get a reminder when our next episode premieres!) Human instinct isn't to trust brands and businesses. It's to trust other humans: faces, stories, opinions, and experiences. Your product may be fantastic, but telling prospects this usually ..read more

Missed an episode of Chatfuel School—our weekly marketing podcast where we cover hot topics in the world of bot-building and marketing? Don't worry; we took notes for you. ? The topic for July 17, 2020 was advice for travel marketers and travel brands during COVID-19. Here's the full episode. ? Keep scrolling for a recap of what you missed + extra advice on the topic. (Sign up to get reminded when our next episode premieres!) In 2019, the global travel industry was flourishing like never before. ✈️ It contributed a record $8.8 trillion and 319 million jobs to the world economy. More people w ..read more

Can your chatbot juggle? ?‍♀️ If you built it with Chatfuel, it can! Your bot can juggle an almost infinite number of tasks for you, completely on autopilot. It can schedule events, organize lead information, create email contacts, and more, all on its own. All you, the builder, have to do is get your Chatfuel bot set up with Zapier automation software—a quick process that doesn't require a single line of code. If you're not familiar with Zapier, think of it kind of like a translator. It makes it so that different software apps can speak to each other so they can work together, like Chatfuel ..read more

Welcome to the next installment in our #botboss series, a collection of blog posts from experts in the chatbot industry. Today, we're speaking with Andrew Demeter about how to build your own digital marketing agency that sells chatbots. If you've ever thought about starting your own digital marketing agency that sells chatbots, now's the time. Chatbots were already exploding in popularity. Now, the major uptick in ecommerce and digital communication due to COVID-19 has massively accelerated that. And even though marketers and business owners have no-code tools for bot building at their finger ..read more

The Brand “It’s said that time heals all wounds, but my research suggests that time spent in dream sleep is what heals.” – Dr. Matthew Walker, professor of neuroscience and psychology Sansan Fibri has always believed that our dreams have the power to help us uncover and deal with emotional challenges. Most of us just need the right guidance to start this mental-health journey. That's where Sansan's AI chatbot for dream analysis comes in, called MyDreamChat. It's a guided self-therapy tool that helps users analyze their dreams in a conversational, quiz-like format. The goal is to lead them tow ..read more

The digital marketing industry evolves fast. With every new development comes the opportunity to create even better results for your clients. So if you're not on top of the trends—whether it's a new social platform, another ad type, a cutting-edge technique or technology—you'll lose customers to your competition. That's why we're here to let you in on the next big thing in digital marketing: chatbots. Facebook Messenger chatbots, to be exact. They're helping businesses of all sizes, across industries, to automate customer support, lead generation, sales, and more. Here's why your marketing ag ..read more

The coronavirus pandemic pushed us over the edge. Chatfuel was a partially remote company pre-2020. We have employees in nine countries, and about 60% of them were coming into an office every day. Then in March of 2020, we switched to 100% remote work temporarily, in response to COVID-19. But due to a number of factors (uncertainty around when the pandemic will end, productivity and employee-happiness boosts since the shift), we've decided to make the change permanent. We'd been teetering on the brink of going fully remote for a while, and now we've committed. We're not the only ones, of cour ..read more

Supporting small businesses during and after the pandemic is our priority. As another way to help, we've asked some marketing experts to share their best business-building tips on our blog. Today, our guest is digital marketing expert Adam Enfroy. He's here to offer his insights on how you can decrease marketing expenses while increasing results. The key: incentivizing your customers to do your marketing for you. It's a well-documented fact that consumers consider businesses with user-generated reviews on their websites to be more trustworthy. User-generated content can include reviews, soci ..read more

How do you scale a chatbot marketing agency? You already know automation is the key to scale for many businesses. After all, the automation tools you provide to clients help them grow theirs. But how can automation help you in your service-based, creative business where each client is unique? The secret: Synced Cloning. Synced Cloning: A Chatfuel feature that lets you copy blocks from one master chatbot to a "clone" chatbot in two clicks. Any future changes to the blocks in the master template will reflect in the cloned bots, too. The phrase "No need to reinvent the wheel" applies nicely here ..read more

The brand Bonomi is a Budapest-based startup founded by marketing professionals with a passion for travel. With the industry shifting towards alternative accommodations like AirBnbs, "we realized that hotels no longer stand a chance in the race for our digital attention," say the founders. That's why they created a solution to help hotels stay competitive. It's called Bonomi Assistant, a customizable Facebook Messenger chatbot that acts as a virtual assistant for hotel brands of all sizes. It's "a future-proof solution designed to enhance the guest experience by making hotels available inside ..read more