18 Productivity-Boosting Bots for Marketers

18 Productivity-Boosting Bots for Marketers

18 Productivity-Boosting Bots for Marketers. Bots are one form of AI, and many of them answer questions like a human being would. Plus, if you need to, you can speak with a doctor after your questions been answered, as prompted by the bot: In other words, bots like these were developed to carry out otherwise human tasks, to save you time from doing them yourself. That's why apps like Meekan are so helpful. Plus, since it's a bot, you know what that means -- Meekan integrates with your existing programs to help you get this task done, without opening a separate app. Similar to Nikabot, this bot is programmed to collect this information from employees and compile it into one report, making it especially helpful for teams that work remotely. Find entries with the "/tettra find [search]" command. Scheduling time for yourself? Its bot can integrate with platforms you're already using -- like Slack -- and helps you manage your own schedule, by finding the most optimal times for you to get things done. Once you start work with the command "/startwork", you'll receive a message from the bot (via Slack) to let you know when it's time to take a break.

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If it’s not clear by now, allow us to be the first ones to tell you: Artificial Intelligence [AI] is here to stay. There have been some mixed responses to this phenomenon. Forrester reports that AI will eliminate 16% of U.S. jobs by 2025, which understandably freaks some people out. But that same report also says it will provide some job creation, so the news isn’t all bad. In fact, we’ve found AI to be pretty helpful in certain situations, especially when it comes to boosting productivity.

Bots are becoming increasingly popular in this realm. Built to integrate with existing platforms — usually those used for messaging — many of them now automate tasks for which marketers have long lamented the time-consuming nature. Think: Scheduling and keeping projects on track.

We rounded up some of our favorite productivity-boosting bots and compiled them into a directory. Here’s what we have, organized alphabetically, following some helpful information about how this all works.

A Bit About Bots

What Bots Do

A bot is a type of automated technology that’s programmed to execute certain tasks without human intervention. That is, it might be prompted by a human to perform an action, but it can carry it out on its own.

Bots are one form of AI, and many of them answer questions like a human being would. For the purposes of this post, we’re covering the bots that work within platforms like Slack — a real-time messaging platform that many companies use for internal communication — and Facebook Messenger.

These bots are actually referred to as a type of app, in that they integrate with Slack to respond to commands and execute subsequent tasks. For example, the Giphy bot responds to keyword commands to pull up a carousel of animated GIF images that you can send to other Slack users, instead of making you search for them yourself:

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Here, Bots typically serve the purpose of answering questions or responding to customer service requests. With the HealthTap bot, for example, users can send a medical inquiry and receive an automated response that’s likely to answer your question. Plus, if you need to, you can speak with a doctor after your questions been answered, as prompted by the bot:

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In other words, bots like these were developed to carry out otherwise human tasks, to save you time from doing them yourself. We developed a directory of those that have been proven to be some of the most helpful to marketers.

Directory of 18 Productivity-Boosting Bots for Marketers

1) Crashlytics

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A self-described “powerful and lightweight crash reporting system,” Crashlytics is designed to help users save the time they would normally spend figuring out where crashes come from, and what causes them — down to the exact line of code where a crash originates. It can serve as a stand-alone app on iOS or Android, but we love that its bot can integrate with Slack, to send these reports and crash updates in real-time.

2) Dbot

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Dbot was made for seamless security, and automatically monitors Slack conversations — quietly, in the background — for instances when users need to be warned about malicious content. That usually comes down to two functions:

  1. Scanning files shared within these conversations.
  2. Scaning URLs and IP addresses within these conversations.

Typically, many users would have to visit multiple sources to verify the safety of both things. Dbot makes it easier, by performing security checks from a platform you might already be using — when you ask it to, and when it discovers something potentially malicious in existing conversations.

3) Driftbot

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Drift, a real-time messaging app for connecting marketers with customers and website visitors, is a master of integrating with other platforms — because “we don’t want to change the way you work — we just want to be a part of it.” That’s why its bot was designed to work with many of the other tools you might use to manage or reach contacts, like Shopify for retail, or in your HubSpot software. In the video below, Drift Product Manager Matt Bilotti explains how it works with the latter.

4) Growthbot

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Meet GrowthBot, your personal sales and marketing research assistant. Integrating with both Slack and Messenger, this chatbot also connects with both Google Analytics and your HubSpot software to help you find the information you need in realtime — traffic data, company information, or even prospecting. Plus, if you need it to do so, it’ll tell you a joke. Have a look:

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5) Jarvis

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As much as I love to write about time management and productivity, I’ll admit it — I still occasionally fall victim to checking Facebook throughout the work day. But it’s not just that. As marketers, many of us do our work within Facebook, anyway, to update social media pages or work on campaigns. That’s why Jarvis is so helpful. It’s a personal assistant bot that can set…

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