Logging in to LiveVox Bot

The following video shows how to log in to LiveVox Bot.

Getting Started with LiveVox Bot

The following video shows how to get started with LiveVox Bot.

Creating a Chat Bot

LiveVox Bot includes ready-made templates for common customer interactions that can be customized for your needs. Alternatively, you can create your own bots using a simple point-and-click editor. Either type of bot can obtain the customer profile data that is already stored in the LiveVox Portal.

The following videos show how to:

Completing, Previewing, and Testing the Chat Bot

You must publish the chat bot to verify its full functionality. Then, you must update the Web Widget to use the service assigned to the chat bot, and test the chat bot as an agent and as a customer.

To update the Web Widget to use the chat bot:

  1. Log in to the LiveVox Portal.
  2. On the Configure tab, click Web Widget > Widget.
  3. Open the required Web Widget or create one.
  4. In the Web Widget Detail window, on the General and Chat tabs, specify the required settings.
  5. On the Chat tab, in the Departments section, verify that at least one department is assigned to a Service that uses Chat with LiveVox Bot as the inbound chat message.  

  6. Click Save.
  7. After the Web Widget configuration is complete, copy the snippet code onto your web page to deploy the bot.

The following video shows how to:

Adding Chat Bot Users and Services

To support administering and deploying chat bots, administrators and managers with configuration permissions must set up the required users and services.

Adding Users

The following video shows how to add the administrators and supervisors who will configure chatbots, monitor activity, and reset user passwords if needed.

Configuring LiveVox Services

The following video shows how to:

Viewing Chat Bot Activity and Reports

After the chat bot is deployed, you can monitor its activity as follows: 

Viewing Chat Bot Interactions 

The following video shows how to:

Viewing Chat Bot Reports 

The following video shows how to:

SMS Interactions in Chat Bot

In addition to supporting chat interactions through a website, chat bot supports customer conversations through SMS interactions. 

Customers can be contacted through an outbound message (such as through a campaign) and connect to a chat bot when they respond. They can also proactively contact a business through an SMS message and engage with a chat bot.

The following video shows how to configure chat bot settings on both LiveVox Bot and the LiveVox Portal to support SMS interactions. In addition, the video covers:

  • Always disable the Live Chat Agent permission for chat bot portal users. 
  • Type go_to_agent in a No Reply message to connect a customer with a LiveVox agent. 

Chat bots used for SMS interactions behave differently from bots used for chat interactions in the following ways:

  • A conversation escalated to an agent remains with the agent until the end of the day.
  • The chat bot is initiated by an inbound SMS message to the SMS bot service.
  • SMS users cannot select multiple-choice options but can reply using simple keywords such as pressing 1 or 2.
  • If the bot is completed, another inbound SMS message restarts the bot at the first node.
  • An SMS conversation remains open until the bot is closed (completed) or republished, so customers can respond at their convenience.