Super simple. Works REALLY well. Hi everyone! I recently built an A.I. side project that writes your emails and more for free and in seconds (and it is REALLY good at it). I originally made this for myself, but once I started showing it to people it was clear that I should release it for everyone to use. So here we are! It’s called Octie, and you can sign up for free here: https://octie.ai Over 1,000 brands have already signed up for Octie, some that are small, and many that I bet you saw in a grocery store, or on TV, within the past 24 hours. They have used Octie to write thou ..read more

At Dashbot, we recently hosted a meetup in NYC to discuss brand strategies in conversational interfaces. As the space continues to mature, more brands are getting involved and moving from experimental to production deployments. We assembled a great group of industry experts to share their thoughts and tips for brands looking to build a chatbot or voice skill. Our panelists included: Alec Truitt, Global Product Partnerships, Google Assistant Anamita Guha, Global Lead of Product Management, IBM Q Antonio Cucciniello, Senior Software Developer, Reprise Digital Brian Plaskon, Senior Product Man ..read more

Robot ordering a human outAI integration programs such as chatbots can sometimes make our employees a little nervous. While any type of change can be scary, especially when it comes to one’s livelihood, the most prevalent concern about AI initiatives is job security. Is a robot going to take my job? The simple answer to this is no. AI solutions like chatbots have incredible potential to alleviate simple or routine tasks from employee’s shoulders, but they will not replace skilled human efforts. In fact, we’ve found that bots open new doors to even greater possibilities. Educate The first step ..read more

AI Chatbots in Healthcare: Transform Patient’s Engagement with Healthcare Providers Image source: @totalshape.comChatbots are replacing phone call-based customer service in various sectors. In the healthcare industry is opting Chatbots to help patients in resolving their concerns faster than traditional methods. In the healthcare sector, the patient’s experience remains at the top priority. These days the patient-driven healthcare environment is helping the patient to make better decisions. To remain spontaneous, it is the time for the healthcare services to embrace consumer readiness for digi ..read more

The educational sector has undergone massive changes post the proliferation of internet services in learning. It will not be an exaggeration to say that they have completely changed the way students of all ages study, and the overall landscape of education has evolved for good. There is a host of online educational mobile apps for readers of every age. Schools also recommend online educational mobile app these days to reinforce and supplement in-class sessions. Research suggests that the size of educational mobile apps is going to rise by CAGR of more than 27% by 2022, which marks it as one of ..read more

A funnel-driven approach to Messenger bots for lead generation Testing. Testing is one of the main things I have devoted my energies to in the past year. Testing assumptions. Testing concepts. Testing product increments. Incrementalism is key whenever you are building something that does not exist yet. When we started Visualbots, a chatbot tool for lead generation, the assumptions to test were many. The industry was still in its infancy and marketers were not used to tools like ours. And we did not know which bot design and optimisation strategies would have worked the most. But we were sure t ..read more

Airline Chatbot by PopcornAppsEvery business can benefit from improving customer experience and increasing employee productivity, but for industries affected by volatile external factors, this is especially essential. The airline industry faces unavoidable risk from the weather, fluctuating fuel costs, and geo-political events, among other external variables. But while these factors remain to a large extent outside their control, airlines often experience higher levels of customer dissatisfaction and decreased worker satisfaction and productivity as a result. Customers, too, have changed. They ..read more

Artificial Intelligence has gone from the pages of science fiction to “all around you” like Dolby Surround Sound rather menacingly informs you at the start of every movie. Conversations that might have sounded ridiculous even five or ten years ago are commonplace now. The days of associating AI with humanoid Asimov-type robots are over: from healthcare to shopping to finance, AI is everywhere. Conversational AI has quietly changed the game for customer service and what companies can achieve with digital interfaces. Chatbots are ubiquitous — in banking, online shopping, food delivery — but we d ..read more

Conversational Commerce: if you’re not buying, then our algorithms are just not good enough… That’s why we are still working on them! 0. Before we start To begin with, let’s define what conversational commerce is all about: it’s a kind of commerce that is done via various means of conversation. Sounds simple, right? Chatbots on messaging apps or websites and voice assistant using speech recognition, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence — they all contribute to an exciting shift in the world of tech and business. Conversational Systems in eCommerce are intelligent machines t ..read more

Power your B2B sales team with these bots available on the Slack App Directory One of this year’s most anticipated IPOs took place last month. No, I’m not talking about Uber’s IPO (ok, I guess that one was kinda important too!). I’m referring to Slack, which went public last month with an eye-popping valuation of $23B. Besides being a messaging and collaboration platform that commands the loyalty and undivided attention of many users, Slack is also known for the 1,500+ Slack apps, chatbots and integrations that are listed on its App Directory and available for Slack users to download. As a cha ..read more