hideAWAY Handmade, an Australian online retailer of handcrafted artisan soaps and body products, was facing challenges in providing customer support and increasing revenue from social media as they expanded internationally. They were looking for a solution to streamline customer support and build a more interactive marketing experience for their customers. They had not yet explored Chat Marketing and were interested in seeing what ManyChat could do for them. Their goal was to provide their active customers with opportunities to engage, receive value, and earn rewards to drive sales while nurturing their community. They were particularly interested in identifying and rewarding interested shoppers with coupons.

The case study revolves around a fitness apparel company that had a strong presence on Instagram, primarily grown through influencers. However, the brand faced a significant challenge in marketing their products outside Instagram. Their marketing strategy was a one-way approach, heavily reliant on influencers to boost sales, which was not spreading the word about their products fast enough. The company was in dire need of a strategy to create a dialogue with new customers, grow their customer list, and drive interested buyers to their online store. The brand's existence was solely on Instagram, which posed several risks. They had no direct contact with their customers, and their entire business was at risk if they lost their Instagram account or if Instagram's algorithm changes affected their organic reach.

Eddy’s Cantina, a restaurant chain based in Taipei City, Taiwan, was seeking an effective marketing system to convert new diners into long-term customers. The owner, Ed Gonzalez, had tried using ManyChat, Active Campaign, and Facebook Ads to attract more first-time diners. However, despite building a substantial subscriber list for both email and Messenger, he found that a crucial component was missing to encourage diners to return: a mobile customer loyalty program. Prior to using Walletly, Ed had been managing an email-only loyalty program through Active Campaign. While this campaign was successful in attracting new customers, the click-through rates and open rates were declining. Ed saw the potential to improve the program and drive more sales using Facebook Messenger, which boasts over 2.5 billion monthly active users.

Candace Junée, the founder of Epic Fab Girl and 6-Figure Maven, was facing a challenge with her rapidly growing Instagram account. In less than a year, her follower count had surged from 10,000 to over 50,000. This growth led to an increase in direct messages (DMs) from followers asking about products or seeking customer support. Candace, who values attentiveness to her followers as a crucial part of her brand, found it increasingly difficult to respond thoughtfully to the large volume of DMs. She was looking for a more efficient way to manage her inbox, engage with her followers in a meaningful way, and continue to provide the high-quality customer experience that her followers had come to expect.

Frazer Brookes, a second-generation network marketer and a significant influencer in the industry, was facing a challenge with his rapidly growing Instagram profile. His follower count had almost doubled in less than a year, growing from 60,000 to 117,000. As an influencer, Brookes valued meaningful conversations with his followers, but the increasing follower count made it difficult for him to personally respond to every Story Mention, comment, or direct message. The challenge was to maintain the quality of engagement with his followers while managing the growing volume of interactions. Brookes was also looking for ways to better connect with his followers, especially using Facebook Messenger, which can be connected to Instagram accounts. The goal was to quickly engage with followers from Story mentions and live streams to test if Instagram Automation by ManyChat could improve engagement in an authentic way.

Get Clients, a Denmark-based digital marketing agency specializing in Chat Marketing and customer loyalty programs, was grappling with the challenge of reducing customer churn. Over the past two years, the agency had experimented with various customer loyalty programs, but none proved sustainable. The systems were complex, involving numerous moving parts and integrations, making them difficult and time-consuming to set up. This complexity negatively impacted the customer experience. Jesper Vig Troelsen, the founder of Get Clients, was in search of a customer loyalty system that could seamlessly integrate with the agency's CRM, sales, and social media platforms. He also wanted a system that would allow him to create, adjust, and report on campaigns with ease.

Gold’s Gym Costa Rica, a premier fitness center in San José, faced a significant challenge during the pandemic. Government guidelines required all gyms to have a booking system in place to reopen in early 2020. The gym had to adapt quickly and turned to ManyChat for Facebook Messenger and Calendly for help. However, a problem arose when younger clients started requesting booking links on Instagram, which required Gold Gym’s community manager to manually reply to each person on Instagram Messenger. This manual process was time-consuming and inefficient, taking roughly an hour to confirm a class sign-up. The gym had a strong community on Instagram and wanted to leverage this platform to get more sign-ups. The challenge was to cut down on message response times and avoid tedious phone calls and manual messaging through WhatsApp, like some of its competitors.

Gold’s Gym, a renowned American fitness chain with centers worldwide, was seeking to attract new local customers to three of its locations in Costa Rica. The gym aimed to promote a free week’s membership through Messenger. However, the existing system of using ManyChat and click-to-Messenger ads via Facebook posts to promote a free three-day trial was proving to be inefficient. The process involved potential members providing their preferred gym location, Costa Rican ID card, and fitness goals and interests. This information was then stored in a separate Google sheet for each gym location. To redeem the coupon, recipients had to present their ID at the gym, where staff manually cross-referenced the IDs with the corresponding Google Sheet. This process was time-consuming and tedious for potential members. Despite driving sign-ups, the gym faced challenges such as inability to track coupon users who signed up for a paid membership, a complicated redemption process causing potential members to drop off, and the lack of a physical or digital coupon failing to drive an emotional reward for potential members.

Bella Vasta, the founder of Jump Consulting, a pet business coaching company, was seeking to run a more efficient live streaming campaign that would generate a higher number of quality leads. Prior to this, she relied on a registration bot, social media posts, and co-marketing with guests to promote her webinars. However, she struggled to reach a larger audience with her live trainings. The goal was to design a system that would drive more views to Facebook Live while creating an engaging experience for the user. The challenge was to extend the organic reach of their live trainings without spending money on ads, which was proving to be a difficult task.

La Catrina, a popular local restaurant in St. Augustine, Florida, faced a significant challenge when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced the closure of dine-in services. Prior to the pandemic, the restaurant had been successfully promoting its dine-in services and loyalty program using ManyChat, a chat marketing platform. However, with the sudden shift in circumstances, La Catrina found itself unprepared for online sales. The restaurant needed a strategic approach to stimulate interest, implement online ordering, and drive sales. The primary goal was to increase the number of online sales and attract new customers to its loyalty program, which offered rewards to high-value diners.

Lauren Tickner, a renowned online coach and founder of the NASDAQ Top 10 Podcast 'Impact School', was facing challenges in managing her client communications and onboarding process. With a massive Instagram following of over 133K, she was inundated with direct messages, which she responded to manually. This process was time-consuming and detracted from her ability to focus on growing her business. Additionally, she was experiencing declining email rates, which further complicated her communication efforts. Despite her initial skepticism about chatbots, due to her negative experiences with Like and Follow bots on Instagram, she recognized the need for a more efficient and effective solution.

Mindvalley, an ed-tech company, was facing a challenge in driving up lead acquisition for its masterclasses. The company was primarily dependent on swipe up stories and link in bio to drive people from awareness to the masterclasses. With over 1.3 million Instagram followers, the company was receiving a large number of direct messages about its masterclasses. The team was looking for a solution to respond to these messages more quickly than manually answering them. The goal was to use Instagram Automation not only to increase masterclass sign-ups but also to provide a more personalized experience for followers and drive more engagement.

Brick Oven Pizza Company, a local pizza chain, was facing a significant challenge when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The company had been focusing solely on in-restaurant dining, but with the pandemic forcing restaurants across the United States to close down, they needed a new strategy. They needed a way to promote, accept, and manage online orders. The goal was to create a pandemic-proof system that could increase sales despite the external circumstances. If the state was in lockdown, the strategy would need to promote takeout and delivery orders. If the government lifted restrictions, it would need to highlight dine-in offers. More importantly, the system needed to be adaptable to change with market demands.

Nikmit, an eCommerce marketplace based in Macedonia, was struggling to generate the desired return from their Facebook ad strategy. The company was primarily using Facebook ads with a traffic objective and boosted organic posts to generate interest and surface new products. However, this approach was not yielding the expected results. Nikmit needed to reach the right audiences and initiate conversations with them to boost awareness and sales. The company's goal was to better surface product lines and build relationships with new audiences through Chat Marketing.

PPC Entourage, an agency that optimizes and expands Amazon sponsored product campaigns, created a charity organization called Days of Nuggets in 2019. The organization's mission was to raise awareness for Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.), a non-profit fighting against child human trafficking. In their first year, they hosted a fundraiser called '12 Days of Nuggets', where marketing experts from the Amazon selling and e-commerce space shared knowledge and insights. The challenge was to raise awareness and reach more potential donors for O.U.R. To achieve this, Days of Nuggets partnered with Angela Allan and Trilce Jiron on a Chat Marketing campaign. Their goal was to keep people involved in the event and encourage donations for O.U.R. They faced the challenge of engaging attendees, collecting their contact information, and encouraging them to donate.

OlimpiaHome, one of the largest homeware eCommerce stores in Italy, faced a challenge in capturing more leads and improving audience engagement on Instagram. The brand has a significant following on Instagram and regularly runs product launch email campaigns for its eCommerce store. The goal was to create hype over its ongoing product launches and promotions, and in the process, increase email leads from Instagram while creating more engagement with their followers. The challenge was to effectively utilize their active Instagram following to generate leads and increase engagement.

PXS School of Excellence, established in 2004, was promoting its Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Manufacturing, Shingo, Advanced Excel, and other certification programs using boosted and organic posts on Facebook. While this approach yielded good results, the company recognized the potential for improvement. They needed a more strategic and cost-efficient method to generate interest and leads for their programs in Latin America. The goal was to reach more potential students, increase interest in its online certification programs for high-end engineers and management experts, and generate more qualified leads. The challenge was to reimagine their social media identity, target Facebook ads more effectively, automate the lead qualification process, and capture organic interest more efficiently.

Roma by Rochi, a popular women's fashion brand based in Argentina, was facing a challenge with its Instagram engagement. Despite having a significant following and receiving numerous likes, comments, and story mentions, the brand was unable to quantify how this engagement was impacting its bottom line. They regularly ran 'tag and like' giveaways on Instagram, but these did not provide a clear link to sales or meaningful relationships with followers. The brand had successfully built brand awareness through Instagram, but they wanted to get more from their efforts. They sought to run a more efficient giveaway campaign that could not only increase social engagement but also build meaningful relationships with followers and link results to sales.

Selina, a global boutique hotel group, had invested significant time and effort into building its social media presence. However, the brand faced challenges in tracking leads and sales generated through platforms like Instagram and Facebook. Facebook’s Messenger, a key communication tool for the brand, did not provide a way to distinguish between leads, customer support, and Q&A questions. It also did not allow brands to automatically assign and route the user to the correct departments. As a result, customer support response times were not instant, which was a key goal for Selina. The brand wanted to build a scalable lead generation system that allowed teams to provide faster support and offer the best vacation booking experience for guests.

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the shutdown of non-essential businesses across the United States. The Crawfish Hole, a restaurant in Bridge City, Texas, was among the businesses that had to close their doors. The restaurant was faced with the challenge of keeping the business afloat despite the mandatory closure. The main problem was the loss of foot traffic, which was a significant source of their revenue. The restaurant was forced to offer curbside and delivery services only. The challenge was to adjust their messaging and Facebook ads strategy to drive curbside sales. The goal was to generate curbside sales through Messenger by encouraging customers to redeem a 'buy one, get one' offer.

The Dream Workshop, a Costa Rican company specializing in mattress repairs and personalized bed fabrication, faced a significant challenge when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of their physical retail location. The company's business model relied heavily on in-store experiences, allowing customers to test each mattress component on site. This posed a significant challenge when transitioning to a digital platform, especially in a country where only 5% of sales occur online. The Dream Workshop needed to create a comforting and engaging online experience to encourage sales and maintain customer relationships during the lockdown.

The Pearl Source, an eCommerce pearl retailer, was seeking to increase its sales during the holiday season and build a customer list for future marketing efforts. Despite having a wide range of high-quality pearl jewelry, the retailer was struggling to reach potential customers who would be interested in their products. The challenge was to effectively target and engage these potential customers, and convert them into actual buyers. The retailer also wanted to ensure that these customers would be retained for future marketing campaigns.

USA Wholesale, a distributor of beauty products, was facing a challenge with its customer support operations. The company had been using WhatsApp to manage its support operations, with agents manually responding to every customer inquiry. This approach had worked in the company’s earlier years when it was smaller. However, as USA Wholesale began to grow its customer base, it became clear that manual support was too time-consuming and didn’t scale well with its operations. Agents had to answer common questions repeatedly, regardless of whether the lead was qualified or unqualified, which was an inefficient use of their time. The increase in demand for its products led to a rise in customer support inquiries that the team manually managed through a WhatsApp Business account. This was time-consuming and tedious for agents. USA Wholesale knew it needed a centralized system to scale more efficiently and improve its customer support.

Ethan Allen Workforce Solutions, the largest full-service agency in the Hudson Valley area, was facing challenges in managing the talent lifecycle efficiently. The company specializes in healthcare, administrative, and industrial sectors, providing both direct recruitment and temporary staffing solutions. Despite transitioning to the Bullhorn Platform, the team was still grappling with manual processes that were time-consuming and inefficient. The challenge was to implement a system that could automate various stages of the talent lifecycle, from attracting and engaging to onboarding and nurturing talent. The goal was to enhance the candidate experience, create a consistently engaged talent pool, and lower the cost of talent acquisition.

CEMEX, a global construction materials company, was faced with the challenge of providing superior customer service across different countries and languages. The company has always prioritized customer experience and, in the wake of the pandemic, sought to strengthen its digital communication strategy. The goal was to provide alternatives to traditional channels and transform the way they interact with their customers. The challenge was to implement a solution that could serve all customer segments, especially those located in different countries or speaking other languages. The company also aimed to automate frequently asked questions (FAQs) and provide 24/7 customer service.

Specsavers, a global optician with a 51% market share, was facing a significant challenge in its growth strategy due to the scarcity of both new and experienced talent in the healthcare sector. The competition for healthcare talent was becoming increasingly difficult, posing a major risk to the company's expansion plans. Specsavers had an existing database of candidates but lacked an effective way to engage these candidates and identify those interested in applying for a role. The company needed a solution that could tap into this database and refresh it, a key strategy in recruiting top talent in a competitive job market.

Employment Hero, a rapidly growing startup based in Sydney, Australia, was faced with the challenge of providing an exceptional customer experience. The company, which offers a suite of powerful employment tools to over 80,000 businesses worldwide, wanted to engage buyers on their terms. They used digital marketing strategies to attract prospects to their website, but they needed a way to interact with these prospects once they were on the site. They wanted to be fully aware of the customer's location, activities, buying stage, and preferred engagement channel. The challenge was to find a solution that would allow them to engage with customers in real time, track and monitor their behavior on the site, and make the sales cycle more efficient.

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the investment management division of State Street Corporation, faced a significant challenge in adapting to the digital transformation demanded by their clients. Traditionally, SSGA relied heavily on in-person interactions to sell their services. However, they realized that their clients were increasingly seeking a digital experience where they could conduct their own research, ask questions on their terms, and make most of their purchases digitally. This shift was further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which made video and live chat the primary channels for interaction and sales, while in-person meetings and related sales activities declined sharply. SSGA needed a software solution to support this digital transformation and meet their clients' changing needs.

6thStreet.com, a leading e-commerce fashion destination from Apparel Group, faced the challenge of driving customer engagement and retention. With over 1000+ international brands, the platform had a vast selection of products but needed to ensure that customers were not only attracted to the platform but also converted their interest into purchases. The brand was initially using traditional channels such as emails and SMS for customer communication. However, these methods were not yielding the desired results in terms of customer retention and conversion rates. The brand needed a more effective way to understand customer behavior, monitor campaign health, and send communications at the right time.

S’More, a next-generation dating app, was facing challenges in creating personalized experiences for its users. The app, which focuses on creating meaningful relationships based on common interests, opinions, and values, was looking for ways to keep its existing customers engaged while also creating a great onboarding experience for newcomers. The challenge was to reach the right customers with the most relevant message at the time and channel that is most convenient for them. The app was also looking to capture the uniqueness of each individual with the right data and insights to connect in a more meaningful way. The goal was to enhance the customer onboarding experience with personalized flows, which would encourage customers to complete their profiles and prevent churn.