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Big Messenger Changes Announced
Here's how it affects your studio and what to do about it On July 1, Facebook will switch off our ability to send "Broadcasts" via Messenger. Yours. Mine. All of us. Individual messages will not be impacted, even if they're automated, but bulk Broadcasts will change...

Five ways your photography studio could use a chat bot
Welcome to the world of chat bots for photography studios. The potential of this technology is huge, and it's amazing how few photography studios have embraced it ... yet. In this post I'm going to show you just a few of the ways that you could...

4 ways to save time using Messenger in your studio (without spending a cent)
Ok, let's try something. Please picture your email inbox (or even better, bring it up on another screen). Unless you're highly organised or have a brand-spanking-new email account, there'll be a lot of different things in there Here's what mine...

Messenger bots are back, baby!!
Finally, the “pause” is over! Facebook has announced this morning that their review of Messenger is over, and their ban on new bot accounts is over with it. Which means …

Facebook puts a spanner in the gears
As you may have heard, there was an announcement this morning from Facebook that effectively puts a temporary pause on all new messenger-bot development while they review their policies. I’ve done some testing/digging since the announcement and …