The Future is Talking (And You Better Listen Up)

An Open Letter to Small/Medium Businesses

Martin Reeves
ILLUMINATION
2 min readApr 8, 2024

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Photo by Denys Argyriou on Unsplash

You’re going to be left behind.

Let this be your wake-up call. Adapt to the new AI reality or prepare to lose out.

Only 20% of companies are using AI chatbots so far. On the other hand, 89% of consumers these days want their questions answered instantly. 74% would actually prefer chatting with a bot over a human for basic stuff.

Numbers don’t lie.

Customers are fed up with waiting around and not getting fast responses. They’ll just take their business elsewhere if you can’t give them what they want: convenience and speed.

Here’s the real problem though: businesses are wasting a crazy amount of time and money dealing with irrelevant customer questions manually. Employees are swamped juggling those random queries, while the important stuff gets put on the back burner.

Some messages even go unanswered entirely.

In 2024, that’s just not gonna cut it anymore. An ignored customer is one you’re about to lose to a smarter competitor.

And those innovators who hopped on the chatbot train early? They’re laughing while their AI handles all the mind-numbing chit-chat 24/7.

It’s make-or-break time.

While the chatbot pioneers are already light years ahead, you are still stuck doing things the old-fashioned way. But that just means more frustration, more inefficiency, and more costly mistakes.

Keep like this if you want to be engulfed. Cease to exist.

You can choose to be an innovator that survives this AI revolution. Or stubbornly go down with the ship, watching your brand sink further into irrelevance every day you wait.

Choose wisely. Your future depends on it.

The time for messing around is over. You have to decide — are you modernizing and future-proofing your business? Or getting lapped by the competition? Your move.

Is customer support drowning your team? Simplify with an AI chatbot assistant!

Hey there, it’s Martin Reeves. At Ledwise Media, we help businesses elevate their customer experience through the power of artificial intelligence.

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