Creating a chatbot voice & tone

My product team at a financial services company piloted an internal chatbot to help branch teams (financial advisors and branch office administrators) get support more quickly through self-service options. 

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TIMELINE

December 2022 - February 2023

TEAM

UX content strategist (me), UX researcher, product owner, business analysts, web content strategists

TOOLS USED

Bot platform, Mural

The problem

Branch teams were frustrated when the chatbot gave them inaccurate, lengthy or confusing responses. They felt like they were wasting their time and would rather talk to a live agent.

How might we make the experience more efficient, relevant and easy for them?

Branch team quotes from SAT survey

Hypothesis

Creating a chatbot persona and style guide will help us deliver consistent, user-friendly bot responses. This allows us to build a more reliable chatbot for branch teams and implement them more quickly across the firm.

We’ll know this is true when we see an increase in our chat satisfaction survey score. 

What I did

Results

Having a documented chatbot persona and standards helped create a more consistent feel and experience across the firm’s chatbot experiences. It also ensured accurate and up-to-date chatbot responses. 

I was moved to another product team after completing this project, so the next UX content strategist they hire will continue testing the style guide and iterate based on feedback.