The 24-hour Messaging Rule: What It Means & How To Prepare
Facebook Messenger’s policy changes are still right around the corner (Facebook has postponed the 1/15 changes until 3/20)! It’s important that you start preparing now.… [Read more]
Top Announcements from ManyChat’s Conversations Conference 2019
When ManyChat’s founder saw me at the Conversations Conference, he beamed and told me, you have the top posts about the conference in our Facebook… [Read more]
Land Real Estate Clients by Pitching these 5 Things
The real estate industry is a prime target for chatbot builders. Chatbots help them bring in more leads, qualify them for serious interest, and cut… [Read more]
How to email your chatbot’s subscribers
Ever wanted to send email to your ManyChat subscribers? It’s super valuable to import your chatbot subscribers to your email platform so you can reach… [Read more]
3 Keys to Servicing Your First Chatbot Client
It’s finally happening, you’ve landed your first chatbot client! And suddenly you realize, “Oh no…now I have to deliver.” Here’s what you need to know.… [Read more]
Case Study: Combining Chatbots, Email & Urgency for $100K in Sales
In the last 4 months, Gabe Schillinger has generated over 1,100 sales with a pretty awesome campaign that combines chatbots, email, and a time-sensitive evergreen… [Read more]
How to Book Lead-Gen Appointments with ManyChat & ScheduleOnce
As a chatbot marketer, generally more demo calls = more sales. And the same is true for your clients if they use discovery calls to… [Read more]
What Facebook Messenger's "Promotion Ban" Means for Marketers Like You
Facebook recently announced that, starting July 31st, Facebook Business Pages can no longer send broadcast messages to their subscribers…sort of. (Keep reading to find out… [Read more]
5 Ways to Find More Time to Grow a Chatbot Business
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… [Read more]
How to Land Your First Chatbot Client: 6 Success Stories to Use as a Guide
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… [Read more]
How to Prepare for the Big Changes Coming to Facebook Messenger
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… [Read more]
How to win up to $10,000 by building a chatbot
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… [Read more]
The #1 chatbot client to target
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… [Read more]
How To Sell With Live (Human) Chat In A Chatbot
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… [Read more]
How To Write Messages That People LOVE In Your Chatbot
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… [Read more]
How to Track Sales From Your Facebook Chatbot
Learn how to be a data-driven marketer and track exactly how much revenue or leads you create from your chatbots. [Read more]
How to Charge More Building 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… [Read more]
The Future of Chatbots (and why they are here to stay)
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… [Read more]
We Reviewed The Most Popular Chatbot Platforms: Which One is Right For Your Business?
We reviewed the most popular chatbot platforms and give you our most objective analysis. Don't pick the "best" platform. Pick the one that is best… [Read more]
How Michael Hyatt’s Chatbot Made $4,000+ From His First Campaign
One of our students at Bot Academy helped generate an extra $4,000+ in revenue for Michael Hyatt on their very first chatbot campaign. We break down… [Read more]
Facebook ChatBot Use Cases For Messenger Marketing Automation
We show many practical chatbot use case that can double or triple your marketing efforts through Facebook Messenger Automation. We show real examples from Seth… [Read more]
Case Study: Growing Your List to 12,000+ Messenger Subscribers in 75 days
We have a brand-new case study from Josh Fechter, founder of BAMF Media, who grew his list to 12k subscribers in 75 days, and is… [Read more]
How to Build Sequences on Chatfuel
Chatfuel released their newest feature: Sequences! Andrew (Community @ Chatfuel) explains step-by-step how to best use it to nurture your audience. [Read more]
How to Send Appointment Reminders Through Facebook Messenger
This is how to make sure your clients never miss a meeting with you again thanks to Facebook Messenger! [Read more]
How to Use Zapier with Manychat (Part 3/3)
This 30 minute Q&A features 50+ attendees asking Dan on more advanced things you can do with Zapier. We get super specific on the nuances… [Read more]
How to Use Zapier with Manychat (Part 2/3)
Part 2 describes practical use cases with step-by-step instructions on how to integrate Zapier with Messenger. [Read more]
How to Use Zapier with Manychat (Part 1/3)
Part 1 describes at a high level why businesses need to use Zapier with Manychat. Think of a 60,000 feet view on the future of… [Read more]
Recover Abandoned Carts with Facebook Messenger (ShopMessage)
You are leaving thousands of dollars on the table in your e-commerce business. This could be solved by applying a chatbot and sending them the… [Read more]
How To Qualify Leads On Autopilot with Facebook Messenger
We will show you how to use a chatbot to qualify your customers so that you can send them in a different sequence based on… [Read more]
Copywriting for Facebook Messenger
Writing and selling through email is radically different than writing + selling through Facebook Messenger. I’ll show you exactly how I turned John Lee Dumas’… [Read more]
How To Send Automated Reminders Through Facebook Messenger
Put your reminders on autopilot and increase the number of people who: come to your webinar, join you on Facebook LIVE, buy your product before… [Read more]
How To Collect Email Addresses Within Facebook Messenger
Imagine your chatbot subscriber typing their email within Messenger and once they hit send, that email goes into Google Sheets or your CRM for you… [Read more]
How to Duplicate A Bot Sequence In 57 Seconds
You want to A/B test your Messenger sequences... but you don’t recreate all the images, messages, CTR buttons because that would be a total waste… [Read more]
How to Reach Out To Your First Client To Build a Chatbot (with exact email scripts)
This piece covers how to sell your chatbot super power to as a service to businesses who need this with the exact email script you… [Read more]
How To Map Out Your Chatbot's Flow with BotMock
We found a tool that will mock up the bot's flow and messenger interaction - making it easy to map out chatbots and present them… [Read more]
How To Share Your ChatBot With One Click
A chatbot is basically marketing through Facebook Messenger. Our approach to marketing in general is to give value and teach our audience something useful before… [Read more]
Seth Louey Tested 1,000+ Chatbots. This Is What He Has Learned.
Seth Louey is the founder of Botlist.co which is described as the App Store for bots. Seth shares what he has learned combing through thousands… [Read more]
Anastasia Green created the Golden State Warriors Chatbot!
The Golden State Warriors Chatbot is one of the best ones I have seen. The purpose is not to generate leads or close sales... but… [Read more]
Beginner's Guide to Chatbots for Lead Generation, Sales, and Customer Service
I want to teach you (1) what a chatbot is (2) why it’s important (3) how you can use it for your business (4) how… [Read more]
How Chatbot Marketing and Email Marketing Can Work Together
You don't have to abandon your email list if you want to start growing your subscribers on Facebook Messenger. The best companies have multiple touch… [Read more]
How Ezra Firestone Grew His Facebook Messenger Bot Subscribers (Part 4 of 5)
Ezra Firestone's motivation for growing his bot subscribers list gave his company has multiple touch points to the same user which leads to... you know… [Read more]
How Ezra Firestone Automated His Marketing on Facebook Messenger With Chatbots (Part 3 of 5)
Want to learn how to put your marketing on autopilot? Let Ezra show you how you can do just that on Facebook Messenger with sequences,… [Read more]
How To Successfully Use Messenger Chatbots To Retarget Leads and Make More Sales (Part 2 or 5)
Ezra Firestone spills the beans and reveals his entire sales funnel. Shares his revenue. Exposes how much of the revenue came from Messenger Chatbots. It's… [Read more]
How Ezra Firestone Generated $20,669 In 30 Days With Messenger Chatbots (Part 1 of 5)
Ezra Firestone has a new obsession. Ezra believes that chatbots (or Messenger Marketing) will be one of his top 5 revenue channels for his multi… [Read more]
How To Get People To Share Your Chatbot on Facebook Messenger
There's a hidden feature that ManyChat does not do a good job promoting. This share option will make it 10x easier for your subscribers to… [Read more]
How To Get Your Messenger Code For Your Chatbot
A simple 2 minute video teaching you how to get your Messenger Code on Facebook Messenger. [Read more]
10 Ways To Collect Messenger Subscribers To Your Chatbot Even If You Have No Audience
Looking to grow your Messenger subscribers? Here are the 10 main ways to get more people to your chatbot. [Read more]
How To Collect Subscribers on Facebook Messenger AND Your Email List (FREE Custom Code)
It's possible (and we encourage you) to collect subscribers for both your messenger bot and email list so you can have multiple touch points with… [Read more]
How Ads Work Via Facebook Messenger Chatbots
The ads we have seen to have huge success is marketing to people who are at the bottom of your funnel. You can also use… [Read more]
Why CNN's Facebook Messenger Chatbot Sucks
We tried to deconstruct why CNN displayed their chatbot the way they did... and we are having a horrible user experience. As marketers... we can… [Read more]
How To Create A Chatbot on Facebook Messenger with NO CODING
By the end of this... you will be able to gain your first Messenger subscriber via your website and have them engaged in a sequence. [Read more]
Intro to Messenger Chatbots: Andrew Warner's talk at Converted 2016 by LeadPages
"Everyone's jaws are dropping at #converted16 because of what Andrew Warner is telling us about messaging." was one of dozens of tweets attendees had after… [Read more]
Bot Academy Manifesto
This is what Bot Academy stands for and everything we believe in. This is our WHY. We hope you resonate with our story and join… [Read more]
6 Reasons Why Founders Can’t Ignore Chatbots in 2017
The most in-depth post you will see explaining why founders and marketers need to pay attention to messenger chatbots. [Read more]