Chatbot Personality Design: Hidden Branding Opportunities

There's no denying that chatbots fulfill a prominent role within the customer engagement ecosystem of many businesses, particularly in an electronically overwhelmed world. Therefore, chatbots are more than the gimmicky, stereotypical service-based customer service robots that answer questions and respond to needs. Developing a personality for the chatbot enhances user engagement initiatives, aligns with brand development efforts, and fosters predictable, stable customer engagements over time. The subsequent text reveals why establishing a personality for your chatbot is critical and how it opens doors to branding opportunities otherwise not accessible.

Why is Chatbot Personality Important?

There are a few reasons why a well-thought-out chatbot personality is important:

- Enhanced Engagement: A playful, chatty bot feels like more of a conversation and ultimately, more of a human experience, meaning users connect with the brand on a different level. This fosters satisfaction and loyalty.
- Consistent Communication: A chatbot persona aligns with the true voice and ethos of the brand, meaning everything it says is on-brand and true. It builds credibility and a uniform perception of the brand is easier to remember.
- Emotional Attachment: A personality-driven chatbot creates the potential for emotional attachment, which means the interaction feels more like being human and more appreciated, a better experience all around.

Starbucks Chatbot:

- Functionality: Order customizations, links to rewards program.
- Successful achievement: A chatbot persona aligns with the true voice and ethos of the brand, meaning everything it says is on-brand and true. It builds credibility and a uniform perception of the brand is easier to remember.
- Emotional Attachment: Starbucks chatbot reduces waiting in line and ordering time by 30% because it makes for speedier, more efficient ordering. It increases customer loyalty via personalized suggestions with 10% more people who return to purchase from Starbucks.

Sephora Virtual Artist:

- Features: Uses augmented reality for virtual makeup try-ons.
- Successful achievement: A chatbot persona aligns with the true voice and ethos of the brand, meaning everything it says is on-brand and true. It builds credibility and a uniform perception of the brand is easier to remember.
- What You'll Accomplish: Increased consumer interaction by 50% and a 25% increase in eCommerce site sales. Greater brand loyalty from an innovative and engaging experience.

Assets to Establish a Chatbot Persona

The following assets will be established to create a chatbot persona:

- Tone and Voice: Tone must be fitting relative to brand messaging for consumer response; warm, professional, quirky/edgy, etc.
- Omnichannel Communication: Characteristics and attributes need to be decided upon that supplement the brand's values. For example, a very technical company's chatbot might be innovative and ahead of the game.
- Emotional Attachment: A universal voice and personality can strengthen brand messaging through all channels and touchpoints to foster trust.
- Differentiation from Competitors: In a transient space with many competitors, a personality-based chatbot is unique and memorable.
- Increased Customer Loyalty: When customers feel an emotional connection with the chatbot, they want to protect that experience with the personality and the company.
- Brand Messaging: The personality of a chatbot can be a reflection of brand messaging tone, personality, and purpose.

Real-Life Examples and Tools

- Intercom: Features bots that can be customized per customer actions, meaning companies can change their chatbot personality based purely on what the customer actually does.
- Drift: A more conversational marketing-based platform, Drift's bots can qualify leads and talk to users based on a personalized experience.

Chatbot for H&M:

- How it works: Suggests clothing based on needs and monitors shipments.
- Outcomes: Reduces returns by 15% from fit/size suggestions. Increases customer satisfaction by 20% from access to customer service around the clock.

Conclusion

Creating an intentional persona for your chatbot enhances UX and is a branding opportunity. When a chatbot's persona aligns with the brand, purpose-driven brands can create personas to change experiences, memories, emotional attachments, and brand equity. In addition, as AIs become more integrated into society, these equity brands need to sustain their equity in brand new forms and their purpose-driven persuasive elements, when rendered technologically, to maintain proper branding and relationship fostering going forward.
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