Chat's What (S)he Said Episode 4: How to Use A Chatbot To Improve Student Communication: A Soup-to-Nuts Guide for Higher Ed Marketers

On this episode of Chat’s What She Said, Nicole and Zach unpack how best to build a chatbot for higher ed.  

The duo shares stories about the best and worst experiences they’ve had with chatbots, frameworks for how to think through whether or not you need a chatbot, and ideas for how to build a memorable brand around your chatbot.

Chat’s What She Said is a special podcast series and collaboration between Enrollify and Mongoose. Each month, tune in for fresh ideas for communication strategies and tactics that attract, engage, and delight Gen Z.  

You can subscribe to this series and access other podcasts, ecourses, videos and more at Enrollify.org. And if you want to learn more about Mongoose, head on over to mongooseresearch.com/enrollify and start a chat with their chatbot Otto about their texting and conversational software services...it’s a truly meta experience.

Learn more about this episode in our show notes. 

 

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Mallory Willsea
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Seth Odell
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