This document discusses contextual chatbot and voicebot solutions for businesses. It begins with an introduction to chatbots, their capabilities beyond simple conversations, and why they are gaining popularity now due to increased mobile messaging. The rest of the document outlines best practices for planning, designing, building, testing and improving chatbots. It also discusses technology trends, challenges, and examples of how the company Botwiser provides chatbot platforms and services to help businesses improve customer communication and experiences.
3. Agenda
Why now?
Plan: Start it right
Design: Chatbot design and prototyping
Build: Frameworks vs Platforms
Test: Measure and analyse
Chatbot technology trends and
challenges in 2018
Botwiser: Case studies
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4. What is chatbot?
Chatbots are the future of customer
experience and have the power to replace
search windows and many apps in the
not-so-distant future.
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5. Chatbot is more than
a conversational
interface
AI
NLP
NLU
BIG
DATA
IoT
API
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11. WHY USERS LOVE CHATBOTS?
APP ALREADY ON
PHONE
ALREADY IS LOGGED
IN
FASTER ADAPTATION
OF INTERFACE
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12. WHY USERS DO NOT USE CHATBOTS?
PERSONAL HABITS /
DISCOVERY
PERSONAL PRIVACY /
(DATA & SPAM)
BAD EXPERIENCE /
HIGH EXPECTATIONS
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14. Plan
○ Value proposition
○ Objectives and goals
○ Persona
○ Channels
○ Technology
○ Integration
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15. Artificial intelligence?
People expect
chatbots to be...
○ useful for assisting
in basic tasks and
queries
○ efficient and get
things done faster
○ straight to the point
And not to...
○ answer all their questions
○ fully understand their
responses
○ be very intuitive or reliable
○ be too informal or
expressive
○ offer opinions
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16. Tips and tricks + Tools
○ Part of existing process/product
○ Identity - know your audience! (DFF, MB)
○ Internal support - Explain what to expect!
○ Training/adaptation period
○ Map your user/customer journey -
https://uxpressia.com
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19. Design (UX)
○ Draw straight flow!!!
○ Personalisation
○ Plan fallbacks (sorry...)
○ Use images, gifs and video
○ Copywriter + Use emojis
○ Keep it short and simple!
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20. Tips and tricks + Tools
○ Test design on focus group(s) (FFF)
○ Validate texts
○ Human takeover - chat with staff
○ APP and chat design UI merge
○ Flow design tools - botsociety.io
○ Bot structure/map design - mindmup.com
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30. Test
○ Logs, logs, logs
○ Test simple flow
○ Build, Test, Learn, Improve
○ Be ready for unexpected actions from user
○ Old versions (end user)
○ Different size screens
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31. Tips and tricks + Tools
○ Chat flow analysis
○ User input analysis
○ Conversation rate and A/B testing
○ Usage statistics (Users, Messages)
○ Chatbot analytics (UXProbe, Dashbot)
○ User review
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46. Custom chatbots (BaaS)
○ Consulting
○ Prototyping + MVP
○ Custom logic
○ API and integration
○ Multiple channels
○ Corporations and startups
○ Agencies
○ White label solution
○ Support
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47. I believe that in future digital communication
will be AI powered two-way instant interaction
via text, voice or other interface.
Someone will say - It's future!
My answer is - Future starts now!