#interactive messages

[luwha]

LMAO so, recently someone tried to SCAM me, so i'll show you what happened and the telltales of it being a scam.

This one is quite obvious but i know people who are just starting their artist careers and might not have experiece.

Follow the thread:

🚩#1: They pick your most famous/Popular art as reference. They don't know what you actually sell.

🚩#2: They will pick a random popular character. They're not roleplayers or anything. They're not here for the art in any level

You ask me, what are the odds they really like Goku? Oh, well, you'll see. At this point i check their profile for anythign that might indicate it, but as you'll see you won't have to.

🚩#3: They say they saw my ToS. On it i state i only work with paypal and google forms.

🚩#4: Random issue with payment method. They might have a real problem with it, but see; they'll never ever accept any other payment method, such as Zelle, CashApp, Payoneer, Ko-fi, etc.

I already knew this drill so, let's continue.

🚩#5: I love playing dumb lmao. Anyway, this scam revolves on them either sending you "too much money" and asking it back or something like it. I won't be following through because i know it'll be annoying.

BE ADAMANT WITH YOUR METHODS. Do NOT EVER bend them for randos.

🚩#6: They're so ready with the info on how the payment works it's fucking funny.

The reason I PERSONALLY use PayPal INVOICES (no any other payment within paypal) is that they're safe for both me and my client. My rules are stated clearly.

MAKE A ToS I BEG YOU YOUNG ARTIST

🚩#7: They're not even a good scammer lmao they REFUSE to go on my PROFILE to get a link or read anything.

I use Forms because it collects the client requests and it's easier for me to read it all in one place. It ALSO makes scammers bored.

🚩#8: They're so disinterested on the art they don't care for posing, vibes, colors, nothing. Again, they're NOT here for art. That's hilarious.

🚩#8: Same as above. They don't care for posing or anything.

On my art they link me, i have a vampire almost staking himself in a state of euphoria.

IMAGINE VAMPIRE GOKU STAKING HIMSELF THAT'S SO FUCKIGN FUNNY MY BRO, THINK YOUR SCAM THROUGH MAYBE

🚩#9: They will price your own work for you. And they'll overshot what we, smaller artists, charge for it.

They'll overshot by a lot.

They want you to be impressed and showing "generosity" usually gets people who need monay into risky situations. That's just plain cruel.

🚩#9: Same as above. Over generosity and eagerness to pay.

They're not even with the sketch, this haven't been an hour, they don't have any work form me but OH GOD they're SO READY to pay you NEED TO KNOW they WANTS TO PAY YOU SO BAD

Lmao yeah it's working out ❤️

THIS ONE IS JUST HILARIOUS BRO I CAN'T EVEN.

ANYWAY let's continue

🚩#10: They don't know me. They don't follow me. They broke every rule on my ToS. They're making me go through a payment method i am unfamiliar and don't use.

They don't care for my process. They're not interested on my sketch.

BE. ADAMANT. ABOUT. YOUR. RULES. AND. PROCESS.

Now, for the beautiful closure of this:

Have a ToS. Don't bend the rules for randos.

Use Invoices. Be sure you're safe.

Use forms if you'd like. Requests through DM and Discord ARE COMMON FOR OTHER ARTISTS. I personally don't like it, i have ADHD.

Being an artist on an online space is dangerous. If you need help, poke an artist you know, see how they operate and if it fits you. Most of them would help you.

🚩#11: goku isn't even on their icon 😭

This is the account that tried to scam me.

#art is life ❤️

[azherwind-art]

"Tell your favorite creators that you like their work, people usually enjoy things silently, but hate tends to be loud"

This is a phrase I just heard from Dnd shorts that captures perfectly why I often try to make the effort of commenting on posts and telling people that I enjoy their work and why Even to small creators, I advice everyone to make the extra effort to tell them, I can guarantee it makes all the difference in the world, it's not cringy or obnoxious, it'll just brighten someone's day

[puppyeared]

basement guys

[mxcrayon]

losing my actual mind rn

i had this interaction in the dropout discord (i am the first and third person). short. simple. i only got the first year bc of a discount + a gift card i had, so i was planning on using this person's suggestion.

then, i got this.

oh my god!! how nice!! how sweet!!! how thoughtful!! i gave them my email and they sent over a subscription, i thanked them profusely. i was very grateful, very touched.

hours and hours later i was still thinking about it and i recalled how, in the email id gotten about it, it said "tao yang sent you a subscription" and id seen that and thought "oh haha like the tao yang" and then moved on

but now, thinking back, i was like.... theres no way, so i googled tao yang.

......

TAO YANG BOUGHT ME A FUCKING ANNUAL DROPOUT SUBSCRIPTION

[tanlakarix]

How to Use WhatsApp Business API For E-Commerce

It’s hard to imagine a more perfect product-market fit than chatbots in the age of e-commerce. Live chat conversations — both real and automated, have become the preferred mode of communication with a brand for a whopping 73% of consumers according to research from the Digital Customer Service survey. Additionally, data from Invest shows that customers who use the live chat feature on average spend 60% more than those who don’t.

If you’re considering a viable live chat solution for your e-commerce business in 2021, WhatsApp Business is almost a no-brainer. With over 1.5 billion monthly active users, WhatsApp offers a reach that other solutions struggle to match.

With that said, let’s look at the best ways to use the powerful WhatsApp Business API to build an audience, turn them into paying customers and then keep them coming back for more.

How to use WhatsApp Business for different stages in your user journey

1. Lead generation/ Customer Acquisition

Converting online prospects into subscribers and more is something WhatsApp is uniquely suited to. When a conversation moves from a browser on the prospect’s laptop to their phone, it automatically becomes more “real” and natural.

Since users actively opt-in to receive marketing communication from you, it automatically moves them further along in the customer journey.

Use chat bubbles on your website to invite visitors to move the conversation to WhatsApp for any queries or solutions they might need.

Make WhatsApp the CTA for your ad campaigns. Guide prospects that click on your Facebook or Google ad to a WhatsApp conversation instead of a landing page. This puts them in a familiar, safe space right from the get-go making it more likely that they will take the actions you want them to.

2. Engaging customers to drive sales

You can reignite your sales funnel within WhatsApp to target new or returning users.

Offer discounts within a WhatsApp chatbot conversation with an automated series of questions that will activate the voucher/discount.

This way, your leads will be able to bypass cumbersome processes like email verification and get straight to the good part — the discounts.

On the backend, you can use the bot to track the status of your vouchers and send reminders to customers who may not have redeemed their offers.

3. Provide a personalized experience for users

The WhatsApp API allows you to obtain the phone number, country code, and occasionally the WhatsApp name of anyone who agrees to receive communication from you.

You can use this data in your chatbots to provide region-specific options (such as in their local language) to users. If you want to provide them with more bespoke recommendations, you can ask them additional questions within the chatbot to suggest a specific product or service.

4. Cross-selling with product suggestions

Since you are already conversing with your prospect inside WhatsApp, you can simply use videos and images of the product you are discussing or suggesting. Send your users a mobile-optimized URL that they can go to if they are interested. You don’t need any fancy animation packages or complicated tech.

For example, if you have determined through your questioning that the prospect is interested in running, you can send them a quick video/image with a URL for some shoes you think they would like.

You can also create conversation automation that works as a product finder, guiding the user through a quiz-like series of questions and suggestions until they find something they like.

5. Help Guides/FAQs

According to research by Kinsta, 75% of online customers want to have their query addressed within 5 minutes. WhatsApp chatbots bring down this number significantly, with the ability to continue a conversation that was started on a desktop device on a mobile phone immediately.

Use WhatsApp to send product usage guides to your audience. Note that a usage guide isn’t just about answering FAQs — it can also showcase the benefits of your product.

FAQs are important, except no one likes going to the FAQ page on a website each time they have a query. Just create a WhatsApp bot that acts as an FAQ guide.

Occasionally, you can also send general advice about your niche to your audience. Maybe create a great guide that talks about maintenance or upkeep that your community will appreciate.

6. Abandoned cart recovery funnels

The most conservative estimates of the average all-sector shopping cart abandonment rate still put it at a staggering 70%. That means 7 out of every 10 transactions are not completed.

When you consider that only 41% of cart abandonment emails get opened, much less clicked through, the gravity of the situation becomes clear.

Interestingly, the open rate for SMS (82%, according to Shift) and Facebook Messenger (80%) remains high. When you consider the 1.5 billion user base, this trend makes WhatsApp a great solution for addressing the cart abandonment issue.

7. Purchase confirmations and invoices

WhatsApp has end-to-end encryption, which means it is secure to end sensitive information such as payment confirmations, billing problems, or invoices to your customers. Most people will prefer receiving these details on their phone where they are conveniently accessible whenever needed.

8. After-sale support

Once the order reaches your customer, you can check in with them to see if everything is going smoothly. Product-specific automated WhatsApp messages can go a long way toward fostering loyalty and improving the overall customer experience.

If a customer replies to one of these messages, you can either lead them through an automated funnel or transfer them to a live agent to continue the conversation.

9. Shipping updates

Everyone who has bought a product online has at some point or another found themselves on some strange website, frantically putting in tracking codes and hoping their purchase hasn’t disappeared off the face of the earth.

WhatsApp Business allows you to bypass this by sending shipping updates every time the status of the package changes.

Have you shipped the product your customer ordered? Let them know.

Is their product out for delivery? Let them know.

10. Loyalty programs

Research by Capgemini shows that 54% of loyalty programs are dormant, and more than a third of users never know about or redeem their rewards for being part of the program.

WhatsApp is a great platform to create and nurture customer loyalty.

For example, you can have your users solve quizzes or puzzles to earn loyalty points that they can exchange for discounts or rewards.

If your users have collected loyalty points but haven’t taken advantage of them, send them a gentle reminder that encourages them to redeem those points.

11. Collect user reviews and feedback

Collecting genuine user reviews is a challenge. If you send emails asking people to send in their feedback, very few of them ever get opened.

Even people who would want to send in a review usually don’t because of the effort it usually takes. You can shortcut this process by just sending out an automated review request message that encourages the user to simply reply to it with their review.

Think about the sheer number of reviews you could generate if all your customers needed to do was reply to a simple message on their phone instead of the usual process of signups and inboxes.

12. User-generated content

User-generated content is proven to improve the trustworthiness of a brand online, but it is also a challenge to gather.

With WhatsApp, you can just have your users send in a picture or record a video of themselves using your product and send it in. Since they are already sharing media regularly on WhatsApp with their friends/family, it makes the process of collecting this kind of content is relatively pain-free.

You can showcase the best or most creative user submissions you find on your other social platforms and your website.

In conclusion, the WhatsApp Business API is a must-have for brands who engage in online commerce. The rise of live chat as a customer service combined with the massive user base and pre-existing user familiarity with the platform points to the vast possibilities of WhatsApp as a communication channel in 2021 and beyond.

[redysetdare]

All this aroace character shipcourse has proven to me that a majority of people that interact in fandom cannot actually interact with characters and media outside of shipping and genuinely I believe you need to learn how to interact with media outside of shipping.

[tomis-problem]

IF UR AN ANTI SHE IS NOT “LITERALLY YOU”

SHE LITERALLY HAS A HIT ON HER FOR BEING A PROSHIPPER. SHE HAS A HIT ON HER FOR SHIPPING INCEST. YALL ANTI MFS WOULD BE THE ONE PUTTING THE HIT ON HER ‼️‼️

[leafiz]

i dunno how to caption !! This is absolutely one of my favourite Bill 'human' designs and its created by the AMAZING ARTIST THAT'S COOL @donniipao :3

I'll definitely be drawing more of this version of Bill cause i am very normal about it (not in the freaky way though, god forbid 🙏)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Never gonna live that down.

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[prolibytherium]

Just in general I think trying to look to pre-late modern period history for validation of LGBT+ identities is an absolutely useless venture. Every single underlying human experience defined through the lens and framework of LGBT identity has always existed, but it's impossible to pin down Exactly who and what a figure might have been if they existed in this contemporary context and decided to self identify via these labels.

It's also a wildly reductive lens that flattens the complexity and variety of how sex and gender has been constructed across time in different cultures, how sexual norms have varied, etc. This is not a constructive approach to learn about history and you're never going to be able to fit historical figures neatly into little identity categories.

[leminaus]

Hey there love your art sm :3 i have a teeny request if you could draw pokespe yellow&sapphire... i seriouosly love the idea of their dynamic since theyre both HUGE on nature but theres never really anybody who draws them :( or even sapphire with any of the other dexholders.. (especially gold&yellow) since shes always kind of paired with ruby (dont get me wrong theyve been my otp for almost a decade..) it would be kind of cool to see more art w her and othee characters !! Its seriously okay if you dont really want to draw this as idk its up to you everybody has their own stuff in life. But i hope you continue to enjoy drawing and posting !!! Regards :3

the sillies

[starryyskies]

WARNING

@/cartoons-everywhere is an open pedophile who is 30+ years old, he said he’s into 13-14 year old girls. Block and report this guy, don’t harass

[c-kiddo]

i love when jester does a sending spell so bad she surprises herself and i also love when caduceus says a sentence so jumbled and weird he surprises himself . genuinely very charming

[sergle]

talking about the topic of animated movies not Hitting, I accidentally reminded myself of one time on twitter, I think around the time that Raya came out?? I was poopooing on how much the dragon looks like elsa, and then talked about how I wish 2d animated and hand animated films were still The Medium instead of nothing but the highest resolution skin texture fur textured 3d animated films bc I'm tired of seeing it, etc etc and then someone who I was not mutuals with, they must've been someone working under the disney IP in some form, and must've either done some work on raya or just worked on 3d animated projects in general, replied to me SEVERAL TIMES as if I was subtweeting them, with something to the tone of "just say you hate me and you think my art is trash" and I think about that ALL the time

[proselfshipsafespace]

enjoy this blinkie i made yesterday while making a shit ton of other blinkies bc this one made me giggle

[antagonizedjordan]

Charlie and Abby from Nancy Drew's Message in a Haunted Mansion

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These games were the soundtrack to my childhood, and as I’ve sought comfort these past months, I’ve been replaying them to find peace ☕️ I drew these a hot minute ago with the intention of redesigning all the characters from every game - ambitious. Maybe it’ll be completed in a decade or two…