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Strategic thought for the day... chat/text is way more than a lead gen tool.


If your store is trying hard to refresh its brand, chat is a shopper's 1st test of your branding PROMISE.  IOW, the shopper believes they're talking to someone inside your store.  The chat experience's 1st responsibility is to align & reinforce the shoppers expectations set by your branding messages (lead-gen plays a smaller role).  IOW, if your branding message is all warm and fuzzy, but, your chat tracks are all about lead gen, then your chat and your branding investment *may not be* aligned.


Additionally,  from a shoppers P.O.V., a great chat experience can make a shopper smarter and faster.  My research leads me to believe that a return visit is a top 3 KPI.


HTH

-Joe


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