From Zero to Chatbot: The 5-Day Roadmap for Non-Tech Founders

This podcast guides non-technical entrepreneurs through building their first business chatbot in under a week, with no large budget or coding skills required.

The core idea: a well-designed chatbot acts as a "digital employee" available 24/7, capable of answering repetitive questions, capturing leads, and freeing up the team to focus on higher-value tasks.

The 5 Days at a Glance

Day 1 — Strategy: Define one clear, specific mission for the chatbot, identify the 5 to 10 most frequent and least complex customer questions, then map out the conversation flows.

Day 2 — Platform Selection: Compare beginner-friendly tools (Tidio, ChatFuel, ManyChat…), create an account, customize the chatbot's appearance, and embed the widget on the website via a simple copy-paste code snippet.

Day 3 — Building: Implement the core conversation flows (hours, return policy, lead capture forms) and set up fallback responses along with human escalation paths for complex cases.

Day 4 — Testing: Systematically test every scenario, recruit 3 to 5 external testers for fresh feedback, fix critical bugs first, and document future improvements for later.

Day 5 — Launch: Soft-launch the bot, configure the analytics dashboard, monitor conversations hourly on day one, and put a first-week improvement plan in place.

Beyond Launch

Ongoing optimization is essential — just 30 minutes per week is enough to review chat logs, enrich the knowledge base, and steadily improve key metrics such as completion rate, leads captured, and human escalation rate.

"Your chatbot doesn't need to be perfect on day one — every conversation is data that tells you how to serve your customers better."

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