Summary: <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/ducttape/John_Interviews_Andrew_Warner.mp3">Marketing Podcast with Andrew Warner</a><br><br> <a href="https://www.ducttapemarketing.com/transcript-of-chat-bots-business/">Podcast Transcript</a><br> <br> My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Andrew Warner, founder of <a href="https://mixergy.com/">Mixergy</a>, a program that interviews experts to help you grow your business. He and I discuss his new initiative, <a href="https://botacademy.com/">Bot Academy</a>, and what your business needs to know about bots today.<br> Warner was one of the pioneers of the internet startup scene — starting online in 1997 and growing his business into a multi-million dollar venture.<br> After he and his brother achieved their first success, a $30 million per year Internet business, he wanted to share the gift of inspiration and knowledge with budding entrepreneurs, and with that, Mixergy was born. To achieve this end, he started Mixergy, where he invites proven Entrepreneurs to teach how they built their startups. Recently, Warner has been an angel investor in two of the early chat messaging platform companies (ManyChat & Assist) which eventually led him to build Bot Academy.<br> Questions I ask Andrew Warner:<br> <br> * Why should people be paying attention to chat bots?<br> * What are some business use cases for chat bots?<br> * How will chat bots evolve?<br> <br> What you’ll learn if you give a listen:<br> <br> * Why people should pay attention to chat bots<br> * How chat bots can help your customer service<br> * How email and chat bots can work hand-in-hand<br> <br> Key takeaways from the episode and more about Kyle Gray:<br> <br> * To see the chat bot intro, visit <a href="http://botacademy.com/ducttapemarketing">botacademy.com/ducttapemarketing</a>.<br> * Learn more about <a href="https://botacademy.com/">Bot Academy</a>.<br> * Learn more about <a href="https://mixergy.com/">Mixergy</a>.<br> * Follow on <a href="https://twitter.com/mixergy">Twitter</a>.<br> * Connect on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewwarner/">LinkedIn</a>.<br> <br> Like this show? Click on over and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/duct-tape-marketing/id78797836?mt=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">give us a review on </a>iTunes, please!<br> <br> This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by <a href="http://Gusto.com/TAPE">Gusto</a>! Payroll and benefits are hard. Especially when you’re a small business. Gusto is making payroll, benefits, and HR easy for modern small businesses. You no longer have to be a big company to get great technology, great benefits, and great service to take care of your team.<br> To help support the show, Gusto is offering our listeners an exclusive, limited-time deal. Sign up today, and you’ll get 3 months free once you run your first payroll. Just go to <a href="http://Gusto.com/TAPE">Gusto.com/TAPE</a>.<br>
