
Why promoting bots via Facebook Ads doesn't work (at least for now).
As you can see by the image in this post, I ran a Send Now campaign for my bot, Qwazou. The call to action (click) for this campaign took the user to my bot's Get Started screen vs. taking the users to the actual content I was promoting in this campaign. I cannot complain at all about the number of clicks I received for the amount I paid. The $.06 per click rocks! It's amazing, mind blowing, fantastic even. That's the good news. Now the bad news. For my $7.76 spent, not one c


Chat is the new web browser
Few people picked up on one of the most interesting things that David Marcus, head of Facebook Messenger, said at TechCrunch Disrupt in September. In an offhanded comment, Marcus noted that users could book airline tickets and hotels through Hipmunk’s new chatbot and that the experience was “pretty close to having a native app, and definitely better than mobile web.” Just think about that for a second. Facebook launched its chatbot platform in April — around the same time tha


Chat Bots in E-commerce
If you are someone who is even remotely interested in tech, you must have till now surely come across the word ‘Chat Bots’ — how they are the next big thing and how they will completely change the way businesses function. If not, fret not! In this article we will explore how you can use chat bots in your business, especially if you operate in the e-commerce space. Today the e-commerce space not only holds multi-product platforms like Amazon, Flipkart etc. but also all types o


The 8 best chatbots of 2016
Wow, what a year! More than 34,000 bots have been built since Facebook Messenger opened its platform to bot developers back in April. Thousands more are probably being designed by inspired teams across the globe as I write these lines. Saying these numbers are mind-blowing would be an understatement. The tech industry’s enthusiasm for the bot space is simply unprecedented. Obviously, there have been a fair number of “fart bots” goofs — after all, we’re all trying to figure ou


American Eagle’s Aerie launches a bot for bra shopping
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) and its Aerie lingerie brand have made bots for holiday shoppers and bra browsing. The news was announced today by Pandorabots, who created both bots. Customers may shop bra styles based on the occasion (going out for the night, something soft, get fancy, etc.) or a preferred fit or style. The Aerie bot was also made to promote Aerie company culture through photos, videos, and the #AerieReal hashtag. In 2014, Aerie started its Aerie Real campai

Qwazou now in Beta
It is with great pleasure, after months of research and hard work, that we are able to announce the launch of Qwazou – a bot that helps people discover all the bots on Facebook Messenger. The impetus for creating Qwazou is the lack of discoverability and bot store for the 34,000 bots that have been deployed. We also feel that empowering people to discover other bots while in a bot experience is much more intuitive and a more natural search flow than existing solutions in the


Qwazou Video Demo
This video show how easy and compelling Qwazou is to use to discover all the amazing bots on Facebook Messenger. #facebook #facebookmessenger #Qwazou #bots


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