Most greetings waste the one moment they have. A generic opener asking how the assistant can help puts all the work back on the visitor, who then has to invent a question from scratch. A greeting that names two or three specific things the widget is good at gives them something to react to, which is a much lower barrier than composing an enquiry.
Context earns more replies than warmth. A visitor on a pricing page has a different question in mind from one on a careers page, and an opener that reflects where they are reads as helpful rather than automated. The same applies to timing: an out-of-hours greeting that acknowledges the office is closed and offers to take a message sets an honest expectation instead of implying someone is waiting.
Length is the other common mistake. Two short sentences is the working ceiling, because a paragraph reads as a wall and gets dismissed. Clerkzo lets you set the opener and test it in a playground that mirrors the live widget, so you can see exactly how it lands before it goes in front of visitors, and adjust it as you learn from saved conversations which openers actually get answered.
Related terms
Browse all 142 terms- Typing IndicatorA typing indicator is the animated cue shown in a chat interface while a reply is being composed, signalling that the system has received the message and a response is on the way.
- Chat SessionA chat session is a single continuous conversation between one visitor and a chat widget, from the first message until the conversation ends or times out through inactivity.
- Conversation ContextConversation context is the complete set of information a chatbot has available when composing a reply, including the earlier messages in the conversation and any content retrieved from its knowledge base for the current question.
- Generative Engine OptimizationGenerative engine optimization, usually shortened to GEO, is the practice of structuring and writing your content so AI systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can find it, understand it and cite it in their answers.