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  1. Automate Conversations

How to Create Automated Chat Menus

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Last updated 1 year ago

In this use case article, you’ll discover how to automate repetitive or common inquiries and route customers to an agent when needed

Benefits of Using Automated Chat Menus

Use automated Chat Menus to:

  • offer self-service options that allows customers to find answers quickly and independently.

  • improve support availability by offering 24/7 access to information about your business that’s accurate and consistent.

  • automate repetitive inquiries and free up online agents' time to focus on more complex queries or specialized tasks.

Workflow Setup

Learn how to use the Workflow Template to set up an automated Chat Menu:

  • Select the Chat Menu Workflow Template and set up menu options.

  • Set up responses for answer options that can be automated and live agent option.

  • Route Contacts to other responses automatically.

  • Set up response for invalid answers from Contacts.

Select the Chat Menu Workflow Template and set up menu options

In the Workflows module, click + Add Workflow > Click Chat Menu > Click Use Template.

3. Chat Menu with All Options: This step asks the Contact question and provide a list of answer options. The answers will be saved as a variable to be used in the following branch steps. You can configure the answers of these steps based on your business needs. In this Workflow Template example, we have prepared answer options as follows:

  • Product A

  • Service B

  • About Us

  • Talk to Sales

Set up responses for answer options that can be automated and live agent option

If you changed the answers options from the previous Chat Menu with All Options step, e.g. Product A, Service B, do replace the sample values in this branch step.

If the Contact selects the answer option Product A, Service B or About Us, the Contact will be routed to Branch 1, Branch 2 or Branch 3 respectively. These branches provide an example of how you can share information with Contacts and keep a record of their responses automatically.

5. Send Information: Sends a message with text.

6. Send Image: Sends a message with image.

If the Contact selects the answer option Talk to Sales, the Contact will be routed to Branch 4. This Branch will assign the Contact to a live agent and inform the Contact about the assignment by sending a message. You can configure and customize these steps as needed.

9. Assignment Message: Sends a message to inform Contact about their assignment status.

Route Contacts to other responses automatically

Set up response for invalid answers from Contacts

The Jump step has a maximum of 3 jumps. If the Contact insists on providing an invalid response, here are 3 suggestions to manage this situation:

  1. Add Assign To step: To attend to the Contact with specific problems by assigning the Contact to a support team or a manager based on your business needs.

  2. Add a Jump to Assign Sales step: To avoid losing out on a business deal by assigning the Contact to the Sales team.

  3. Add Send Message step and Close Conversation step: To inform Contact that you’ll be closing the conversation and Contact can send a message again to chat. This will then end with the Close Conversation step to close the Contact’s conversation.

Once you have completed the setup, click Save and Publish to activate the Workflow.

1. : The Workflow starts when a conversation is opened by a Contact.

2. Greeting Message: Provides a standard greeting that acts as an immediate response to your Contact. This can be edited.

4. Route Selected Chat Menu Option: This step routes Contacts based on their responses. In this template, branches are created for four answers. If you have more answers, accordingly.

7. Add Tag: to keep a record of Contacts responses. It can be used to for broadcasts.

8. Assign to Sales: Configure this step with a team or a specific agent based on your business needs.

For Branch 1, Branch 2 and Branch 3, the automation will continue by showing Contact the Chat Menu again and route Contact to other responses using steps.

The Contact will be routed to the Failure Branch if they do not select a response and attempt to type a different answer. This Branch will inform the Contacts of their invalid response by sending a message and has a step for the Contact to go back to the menu options. You can configure and customize these steps as needed.

Trigger
add more branches
Adds a tag
segment Contacts
Assign To
Jump
Jump
greeting message
Set up responses for answer options
Set up menu options
Branch step
Route Contacts to other responses
Talk to Sales answer option
Set up response for invalid answers