Using Facebook Messenger Chatbots to get orders online - no website or online store needed

Digital Hopper is providing free weekly training  for local businesses, in collaboration with Mainstreet Oceanside. The training covers Selling Online for Local Business and is relevant for retail/products, services, and restaurants. The weekly live video 1-hour training is free and covers an important marketing tip, shows How To do it, and then has Q&A and troubleshooting. We also have a Facebook group where people can access past training, and get support throughout the week. This is all in aid of the coronavirus situation, and to help businesses stay in business.

​Guest speaker Rita Viega will share her story. She created chatbots to help family friends who faced shutdowns, and got them back to working again, using online tools they’d never used before. ​​

• See how a restaurant made over $2000 in 3 days in direct orders (with no 35% fees to Doordash and similar). With no ad spend needed.
• See how a service provider got 83 subscribers, 13 booked appointments since March 30, and $2131 in revenue - all through Facebook Messenger Ads! He’s now bumping up his ad budget from $50/day to $100/day because he is that busy. 
• See how store owners are selling gift cards through Facebook Messenger to increase cash flow today, and sell online or when stores are back open. 

How To: We will show you how to set up chatbot program ManyChat and connect it to your Facebook page. This is the first step in getting a whole chatbot set up. 

Q&A / Troubleshooting

The Facebook group Selling Online for Local Business shares more information. Find Zoom links are and past trainings which are added every week, so you can catch up and rewatch. The link is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecommlocal 

If you are not on Facebook, the Zoom link can be found on digitalhopper.com/ecommlocal