{"id":381,"date":"2018-11-09T19:44:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T19:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/?p=381"},"modified":"2019-08-06T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T18:16:18","slug":"ai-expert-beerud-sheth-explains-why-you-need-chatbots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/ai-expert-beerud-sheth-explains-why-you-need-chatbots\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Expert Beerud Sheth Explains Why You Need Chatbots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2018\/11\/chatbot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-385\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2018\/11\/chatbot.jpg\" alt=\"AI Expert Beerud Sheth Explains Why You Need Chatbots\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2018\/11\/chatbot.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2018\/11\/chatbot-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2018\/11\/chatbot-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2018\/11\/chatbot-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2018\/11\/chatbot-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2018\/11\/chatbot-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 1em\">We&#8217;ve been very clear in the past that enterprises should be investing\u00a0in Artificial Intelligence\/chatbots for immediate and future ROI. Marketing professionals can benefit greatly from the automated functions afforded by a bot. But we&#8217;ve yet to have a genuine expert opinion weigh in on the importance of AI when interacting with leads and customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-1\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/marketing-automation-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Marketing Automation Buyer's Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2019\/02\/marketing-automation-bg-speedbump.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Co-founder and CEO of messaging and AI-building company Gupshup, Beerud Sheth is one such expert in the\u00a0field. Gupshup, based in Silicon\u00a0Valley, was co-founded by Sheth and is primarily focused on automating enterprises&#8217; messaging processes across multiple channels using a single API.\u00a0Sheth recently developed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5mkOBat9EvKbQL5phI_NAA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\">series of videos<\/a> where he discusses some of the applications and usefulness of short messaging systems (SMS) and bots when dealing with customers. In the videos, Sheth explains that the conversational experiences\u00a0provided by these technologies will ultimately prove a great boon to the companies using them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Industry Transitions | Beerud Sheth\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DbeEpVd-RQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In one video, Sheth notes that bots, for maximum effectiveness, can be used in conjunction with each other to create a more natural experience\u00a0for the customer. He gives the example of a simple bot designed to take pizza orders, when chained with a language processing bot, is able to comprehend more advanced queries and serve the customer\u00a0more efficiently. String\u00a0that together with a translating bot. Now you have a multilingual advanced language pizza ordering program. &#8220;Think of bots as LEGO blocks,&#8221; he explains. &#8220;You can plug and play different blocks to create\u00a0more advanced <span style=\"background-color: #f6d5d9\">combinations\u00a0<\/span>without having to code it all (as one).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bot Possibilities | Beerud Sheth\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CW_CWze56Jk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In another clip, Sheth cites the growing popularity of products like Alexa and Google Home as a signal that the world is moving toward a preference for conversational\u00a0experiences when they to deal with a brand, rather than some of the more static interactions of more familiar applications. But Sheth remains realistic, saying that legacy apps will continue to exist, just in more niche roles. &#8220;Conversational experiences\u00a0don&#8217;t have to completely substitute mobile apps, I&#8217;m not predicting the death of apps by any stretch,&#8221; Sheth said.\u00a0&#8220;Just like television didn&#8217;t kill the radio&#8230;when new technology\u00a0comes in it just displaces the old technology in areas that it&#8217;s better at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From Mobile to Conversational Experiences | Beerud Sheth\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aQ8DN_FajfI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another video features Sheth discussing the relative ease through which bots can be updated to suit your needs as they evolve over time, and the minimal impact these changes have on the end-user. &#8220;Because chatbots reside in the cloud (on server-side) the developer\u00a0can update them any time they want. And for the consumer,\u00a0there&#8217;s no upgrade cycle because there&#8217;s no download, to begin with,\u00a0so you just see the features as they roll out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ease of Interacting with Updating Bots | Beerud Sheth\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lB6MOEpr2wM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The above videos and several others can all be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5mkOBat9EvKbQL5phI_NAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\">here<\/a>, and you can follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beerud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\">Sheth<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gupshup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\">Gupshup<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-3\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/marketing-automation-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Marketing Automation Buyer's Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/marketing-automation\/files\/2019\/02\/marketing-automation-bg-speedbump.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been very clear in the past that enterprises should be investing\u00a0in Artificial Intelligence\/chatbots for immediate and future ROI. 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