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Using the ActiveDEMAND AI Chatbot

Using the ActiveDEMAND AI Chatbot



If you are looking to engage with clients directly or via automation using web chat, ActiveDEMAND's web chat system has everything you need to engage with contacts via a Web Chat interface.




When Enabled, the Web Chat widget is deployed automatically using the tracking script on your website.

Setting up the tracking script for your website



Package Availability
The Webchat features are available in the Small Business Marketer and Corporate Marketer packages


Configuring The Web Chat Widget



The configuration of the Web Chat widget can be accessed under your Administration menu item

Chat Setup

Appearance Tab
Enable/Disable the web chat (if enabled, it will automatically deploy using the tracking script)
Placement of the webchat on the website (left bottom or right bottom)
Name of the attendant
The byline
Brand (sets up the colours)
Chat visibility options
Avatar icon
Page visibility options


The web chat widget uses the selected brand's Button styles for the header colour and the attendant message colour.


You can set up a greeting message that will be users will see when a new chat is initiated



Starting Message
Starting form (optional)
Form Field Prompt
Add Form Field

Learn About Using Chat Forms & Automating Chat in ActiveDEMAND


Engaging with Contacts



You can either engage with prospects using:

Direct Communication
Automation



Direct Communication


To engage directly with prospects you can use the Conversations Inbox

Click Here for Using the Communication Inbox



Automating Communication


There is a workflow action that can be used to automate engagement with contacts.



This workflow message, uses the in-process contact to define a message. It posts the message to the web chat widget for that contact. You can use dynamic terms to construct a message that uses the contact's state to deliver the right message






Setting Up Automation


You could consider creating a campaign sequence that uses a contact history = web chat message as a starting step:





The starting step you want is 'New Contact Activity'





And the query you want to use as the starting step is 'WebChatDiscussion'. This history type is created whenever a NEW conversation happens (initiated by either the prospect or an attendant). This history item is created, at most, 1 time per hour. Thus all messages that go on after the WebChatDiscussion will be captured with this history item.




You could then use ChatGPT to respond to the incoming query




This dynamic term would insert the last webchat message into your ChatGPT query

%CONTACT.RECENT_INCOMING_HISTORY(WEBCHATMESSAGE).COMMENTS%



Using a closed loop will ensure the contact does not leave the workflow and continues the conversation

Updated on: 10/11/2023

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