Tag: Messaging
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[Tars Feature Update] Smarter bots, better conversations, more conversions
TARS bots got smarter. A lot smarter. The basic premise behind TARS bots is : You, the creator of the bot, construct a back and forth exchange(a conversation) in which the bot shows a user a prompt and the user can give a response using an input method that you specify. To make conversations more complex,…
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[Tars Feature Update] — Prettier Pictures
At Tars, we use a lot of images and gifs in our bots. We believe they make the chat flows more engaging, thus increasing our conversion rates and more importantly, they make the chat experience more natural for the user (because humans use gifs and images in everyday chats). So to double down on our…
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Chatbot Building Best Practices #4 — Making your Bots look the part
Building chatbots poses a set of design questions before you that are completely different from any you have faced before. Bots are different from websites and apps in that the fundamental elements of every chat interface are immutable (chat bubbles and a user input area). As such, rather than thinking about layout, and visuals, bot…
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Make Chatbots to replace your regular old webforms with Tars — Our Interview with Siftery
Tars is a new way to collect user input (e.g filling forms) on mobile. It is a chat like interface where a user replies to one question at a time and that reply is the input. The conversation backend is fully automated, without the need for any human operator. Gerry Giacoman Colyer interviewed Ish Jindal,…
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Chatbots Roundup #9 — Best Bots in this week
Bots for Customer Support Automation, eBook Opt-in and Product Explanation A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a startup named TARS used to make roundups of the coolest bots they tried every week. That roundup has returned. Here are the best bots we loved chatting with this week. BEN Direct link : https://dojmt.gov/bot-mvd-ben.html…
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Chatbots Roundup #8 — Bots with good design, great hooks and amazing messaging copy
Another week and you guys have not ceased to amaze us with your bot building skills. Here is our weekly roundup of bots you should try this week: Northstories.io Direct link : https://northstoriesio.hellotars.com/conv/rJiEfw Northstories.io is a digital marketing company that helps you tell your company’s digital story so that you can get more traffic and higher…
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Chatbot Building Best Practices #2 — Why Message Length Matters
TL;DR : Message length is a significant contributor to the high user engagement of bots. When a user lands on a bot, the bot prompts the user to take action within a few seconds. On a website, users need to get their bearings, read all the text and figure out what is happening. A reason for…
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Chatbots Roundup #7 — How bots can be used by bloggers, travel sites and webinar hosts
Another week, another bot roundup. Check out some of our favourite bots from this week in no particular order: QAInsights Direct link : https://convbot.hellotars.com/conv/ByYw0I QAInsights is a website run by NaveenKumar Namachivayam, a product tester at Infosys and an avid blogger. His bot acts as a way for his readers to get in touch with him.…
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Tars Labs Experiment #1 : Creating a Telegram Bot to receive Tars chat submissions
DISCLAIMER: People who do not know how to code. Do not get intimidated, this tutorial might look technical but it is not. It’s just a bunch of copy-paste. Telegram is the best messaging app you can download today. Their apps on Android and Windows are better than those of Messenger and WhatsApp and most importantly…
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Chatbots Roundup #4 — Bots in Legal, Healthcare and Lead Generation
Over the past few months, people have used TARS to create some amazing bots. We feel that these bots deserved to be seen by more people, so here is a weekly roundup of 4 bots that caught our eye. Who knows maybe they will give you inspiration for your next bot? Here they are in…
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[Tars Feature Update] — Change system messages to your own language
Hey Bot makers! We hope your bot-y exploits are going well and can’t wait to see what you guys are making. We wanted to let you know that we are pushing a new feature today : Ability to change bot language A lot of you guys have been asking for this and we have been listening.…
