When people don’t join Bot Academy, we ask them “why didn’t you join.” A common response: “I’m too busy right now.” If that’s you, you should hear how our students and team get past being busy and start taking action (even if you never join Bot Academy).

The number one question Bot Academy community members ask is “How do I land my first bot client?”

The truth is, it isn’t doesn’t take a crazy complicated master plan and there’s no one right way to do it.

If you have the skills to build a chatbot and understand the value you bring to a client relationship, it’s actually pretty straightforward.

Even though they don't have a firm deadline for this change any more, Facebook is still gearing up for some big changes to subscription messaging permissions. If you’re a Facebook Page admin who uses chatbots to send out regular content updates to your subscribers, you need to read this.

In a nutshell, if you want to reach your subscribers on Facebook Messenger for free, you need to get permission by proving that your bot doesn't spam.

ManyChat is running a chatbot template contest. And they asked me to be a judge because I've seen a LOT of chatbot templates.

I think you should enter the contest. But even if you don't, I strongly recommend you start thinking of every single bot you create as a template that you'll use to create future bots.

If you work with clients right now, or you’re thinking about starting an agency… Check out what Bot Academy student Tanay did. Can you spot the most important thing he did when he closed his first client?

We usually talk about using chatbots to remove humans, so we can automate sales. A few days ago I spent over 12 hours live chatting with over 300 people and made 11 sales.

Here’s what happened and how I would do it better next time.

One of the biggest problems marketers face is transitioning from email to messenger. They struggle with one main change: writing as if you were texting a friend vs writing long essays. We go over exactly what you can do to write messages that your audience loves.

Learn how to be a data-driven marketer and track exactly how much revenue or leads you create from your chatbots.

How do you go from charging $40/hr to $4,000+ to set up chatbots? We have three main lessons for you on how to position yourself as a trusted advisor and get compensated for what you're really worth.

No one believe chatbots would be a "thing" a few years ago yet the biggest brands like Nike and ASUS are Messenger's direct partners, Messenger grew to over 1.3 billion monthly active users, and marketers are generating significant revenue for their businesses. Here's why we are optimistic about the future.