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9 Ways to Use AI to Personalize the Customer Journey

Use AI to segment behavior, predict intent, and personalize CX across chat, email, and support touchpoints.
By Tina Donati
8 min read . By Tina Donati

TL;DR:

  • Use AI across both support and sales. Ecommerce brands are using AI to drive revenue and efficiency by combining automation in chat, email, and customer data with personalized product guidance and upsells.
  • Analyze post-purchase surveys with AI to uncover customer insights. AI quickly identifies themes, sentiment, and trends from open-ended feedback to inform product, shipping, and support decisions.
  • Predict customer intent with AI before they take action. By analyzing behavior like cart activity or page views, AI can engage high-intent shoppers with personalized nudges in real time.
  • Automate QA and proactive support with AI. AI reviews 100% of conversations, flags quality issues, and triggers outreach for known problems — all before customers even ask.

Shoppers aren’t just open to AI — they’re starting to expect it.

According to IBM, 3 in 5 consumers want to use AI as they shop. And a McKinsey study found that 71% expect personalized experiences from the brands they buy from. When they don’t get that? Two-thirds say they’re frustrated.

But while most brands associate AI with support automation, its real power lies in something bigger: scaling personalization across the entire customer journey. 

We’ll show you how to do that in this article.

AI for customer data 

Before AI can personalize emails, recommend products, or answer support tickets, it needs one thing: good data.

That’s why one of the best places to start using AI isn’t in sales or support — but in enriching your customer data. With a deeper understanding of who your customers are, what they want, and how they behave, AI becomes a personalization engine across your entire business.

Enriching surveys with AI

Post-purchase surveys are gold mines for understanding customers — but digging through the data manually? Not so fun.

AI can help by analyzing survey responses at scale, identifying trends, and categorizing open-ended customer feedback into clear, actionable insights. Instead of skimming thousands of answers to spot what customers are saying about your shipping times, AI can surface those insights instantly — along with sentiment and behavior signals you might’ve missed.

Try this prompt when doing this: "Analyze 500 open-ended post-purchase survey responses. Identify the top 5 recurring themes, categorize customer sentiment (positive, neutral, negative), and surface any trends related to product quality, delivery experience, or customer support."

Predicting customer intent before they even say a word

One of AI’s biggest strengths? Spotting intent.

By analyzing things like page views, cart activity, scroll behavior, and previous purchases, AI can identify which shoppers are ready to buy, which ones are likely to churn, and which just need a little nudge to move forward.

This doesn’t just apply to email and retargeting. It also works on live chat, in real time.

Take TUSHY, for example.

To eliminate friction in the buying journey, TUSHY introduced AI Agent for Sales — a virtual assistant designed to guide shoppers toward the right product before they drop off. 

Instead of letting potential customers bounce with unanswered questions, the AI Agent steps in to offer:

  • Personalized product recommendations based on shopper questions
  • Compatibility guidance (especially for customers unsure which bidet works with their toilet)
  • Real-time installation tips and links to helpful how-to articles
TUSHY uses AI Agent to answer customers on live chat.
TUSHY removes pre-sales friction with Gorgias's AI Agent to answer product questions, resolve compatibility concerns, and deliver personalized recommendations.

With a growing product catalog, TUSHY realized first-time buyers were overwhelmed with options — and needed help choosing what would work best for their home and hygiene preferences.

“What amazed us most is that the AI Agent doesn’t just help customers choose the perfect bidet for their booty — it also provides measurement and fit guidance, high-level installation support, and even recommends all the necessary spare parts for skirted toilet installations. It’s ushering in a new era of customer service — one that’s immediate, informative, and confidence-boosting as people rethink their bathroom habits.”

—Ren Fuller-Wasserman, Sr. Director of Customer Experience at TUSHY

Forecasting revenue by segment

AI also helps you see the road ahead.

Instead of looking at retention and loyalty metrics in isolation, AI can help you forecast what’s likely to happen next and where to focus your attention.

By segmenting customers based on behaviors like average order value, order frequency, and churn risk, AI can identify revenue opportunities and weak spots before they impact your bottom line.

All you need is the right prompt. Here’s an example you can run using your own data in any AI tool:

Prompt: “Analyze my customer data to forecast revenue by segment. Break customers into at least three groups based on behavior patterns like average order value, purchase frequency, and churn risk. 

For each segment, provide:

  1. A projected revenue trend for the next quarter
  2. A key insight about their behavior
  3. One actionable recommendation to either grow or retain revenue from that segment.”

Here’s what a result might look like:

  • VIPs (Top 5% by LTV): Predicted 15% growth next quarter based on repeat behavior
  • One-time Buyers: 70% churn risk flagged—time to trigger a win-back campaign
  • Discount-Only Shoppers: Revenue likely to dip unless incentive strategy changes

Instead of flying blind, you’re making decisions with clarity — and backing them with data that scales.

AI for sales 

When used strategically, AI becomes a proactive sales agent that can identify opportunities in real-time: recommending the right product to the right shopper at the right moment.

Here’s how ecommerce brands are using AI to drive revenue across every part of the funnel.

Dynamic pricing that responds to the market (and the shopper)

Your prices shouldn’t be static — especially when your competitors, inventory, and customer behavior are anything but.

AI-powered pricing tools like AI Agent for Sales help brands automatically adjust pricing based on shopper behavior. The goal is to make the right offer to the right customer.

For example:

  • Show a discount to a price-sensitive shopper who’s hesitating at checkout
  • Recommend premium add-ons to high-LTV customers who are more likely to spend

With dynamic pricing, you can protect your margins and boost conversions — without relying on blanket sales.

Turning chat into a personal shopper (that never sleeps)

AI-powered chat is no longer just a glorified FAQ. Today, it can act as a real-time shopping assistant — guiding customers, boosting conversions, and helping your team reclaim time.

That’s exactly what Pepper did with “Penelope,” their AI Agent built on Gorgias.

With a rapidly growing product catalog (22 new SKUs in 2024 alone), Pepper knew shoppers needed help discovering the right products. Customers often had questions about styles, materials, or sizing, and if they didn’t get answers right away, they’d abandon carts and move on.

Instead of hiring more agents to keep up, Pepper deployed Penelope to live chat and email.

Her job?

  • Instantly answer questions about fit, fabric, or product differences
  • Guide shoppers toward the best option for their needs
  • Recommend complementary products (like matching panties or bottoms)
  • Free up agents to focus on higher-value 1:1 moments, like virtual fit sessions
“With AI Agent, we’re not just putting information in our customer’s hands; we’re putting bras in their hands... We’re turning customer support from a cost center to a revenue generator.”
—Gabrielle McWhirter, CX Operations Lead at Pepper
Pepper uses Gorgias's AI Agent on their website via chat.
Pepper uses AI Agent to provide proactive sales support on chat, handling objections and encouraging customers to make informed purchases.

Let’s look at how Penelope performs on the floor:

Real-time recommendations

A shopper asked about the difference between two wire-free bras. Penelope broke down the styles, support level, and fabric in plain language — then followed up with personalized suggestions based on the shopper’s preferences.

Proactive engagement

Using Gorgias Convert chat campaigns, Pepper triggers targeted messages to shoppers based on behavior. If someone is browsing white bras? Penelope jumps in and offers assistance, often leading to faster decisions and fewer abandoned carts.

Intelligent upsells

If a customer adds a swimsuit top to their cart, Penelope suggests matching bottoms. No full-screen popups, no awkward sales scripts — just thoughtful, helpful guidance.

Support and sales in one

Penelope also handles WISMO tickets and return inquiries. If a shopper is dealing with a sizing issue, Penelope walks them through the return process and links to Pepper’s Fit Guide to make sure the next purchase is spot on.

Pepper uses AI Agent to automatically answer product questions.
A customer asks about the fabric used in her Pepper bra. AI Agent successfully responds with the proper details in a natural tone of voice.

By implementing AI into chat, Pepper saw a 19% conversion rate from AI-assisted chats, an 18% uplift in AOV, and a 92.1% decrease in resolution time.

With Penelope handling repetitive and revenue-driving tasks, Pepper’s team now has more time to offer truly personalized touches — like virtual fit sessions that have turned refunds into exchanges and even upsells.

Curating bundles with AI-powered sales data

Bundling is a proven tactic for increasing AOV — but most brands still rely on subjective judgment calls or static reports to decide which products to group.

AI can take this a step further.

Instead of just looking at what’s bought together in the same cart, AI can analyze purchase sequences. For example, what people tend to buy as a follow-up 30 days after their first order. This gives you powerful clues into natural buying behavior and bundling opportunities you might’ve missed.

If you’re looking to explore this at scale, you can use anonymized sales data and feed it into AI tools to surface patterns in:

  • Frequently bundled items
  • Follow-up purchases within a set time frame
  • High-value product pairings with repeat potential

Try this prompt:

 "Analyze this spreadsheet of order data and identify product bundle opportunities. Look for: (1) products frequently purchased together in the same order, (2) items commonly bought as a second purchase within 30 days of the first, and (3) patterns in high-value or high-frequency product pairings. Provide insights on the most promising bundles and why they might work well together."

Just make sure you’re keeping customer data anonymous — and always double-check the insights with your team.

Related: Ecommerce product categorization: How to organize your products

AI for support

AI isn’t just here to deflect tickets. From quality assurance to proactive outreach, AI can elevate the entire support experience — on both sides of the conversation.

Quality checks powered by AI

Manual QA is slow, selective, and often feels like it’s chasing the wrong tickets.

That’s where Auto QA comes in. Instead of reviewing just a handful of conversations each week, Auto QA evaluates 100% of private messages, whether they’re handled by a human or an AI agent.

Every message is scored on key metrics like:

  • Resolution completeness
  • Brand voice
  • Empathy and tone
  • Accuracy

It gives support leaders a full picture of how their team is performing, so they can coach with clarity, not just gut feeling.

Here’s what brands can do with automated QA:

  • Save time by focusing only on the conversations that need attention
  • Ensure consistency across agents and AI with a single scoring standard
  • Improve agent performance with targeted coaching and feedback
  • Deliver higher-quality support that customers actually notice

Let’s walk through a real example.

Customer: “Hi, my device broke, and I bought it less than a month ago.”

Agent: “Hi Kelly, please send us a photo or a video so we can determine the issue with your device.”

Auto QA flags this interaction with:

  • Communication Score: 3/5 — The agent was clear, but could have shown more empathy in tone.
  • Resolution Score: Complete — The issue was addressed effectively.

Proactive support that reaches out first

Reactive support is table stakes. AI takes it a step further by anticipating issues before they happen — and proactively helping customers.

Let’s say login errors spike after a product update. AI detects the surge and automatically triggers an email to affected customers with a simple fix. No need for them to dig through help docs or wait on chat — support meets them right where they are.

Proactive AI can also be used for:

  • Order delay notifications with live tracking updates
  • Subscription renewal reminders
  • Back-in-stock alerts with support follow-up for next steps

This saves the time of your agents because the AI will spot problems before they turn into tickets.

Understanding sentiment at scale

Your customers are telling you what they think. AI just helps you hear it more clearly.

By analyzing reviews, support tickets, post-purchase surveys, and social comments, AI can spot sentiment trends that might otherwise fly under the radar.

For example:

  • Multiple reviews mention “runs small”? AI flags it, so your team can update the product description or add a sizing chart.
  • A sudden rise in “frustrated” language in support tickets? Time to check if something’s off with your shipping or product quality.

Related: 12 ways to upgrade your data and trend analysis with Ticket Fields 

Personalization at scale starts with the right AI stack

Whether you’re enriching customer data, making smarter product recommendations, triggering dynamic pricing, or proactively resolving support issues, AI gives your team the power to scale personalization without sacrificing quality.

With Gorgias, you can bring many of these use cases to life — from AI-powered chat that drives conversions to automated support that still feels human. 

And with our app store, you can tap into additional AI tools for data enrichment, direct mail, bundling insights, and more.

Personalized ecommerce doesn’t have to mean more work. With the right AI tools in your corner, it means smarter work — and better results.

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How to Bridge the Sales Gap with AI and Human Intelligence

Using AI only for support? Activate it for sales too — engage shoppers, boost revenue, and grow your business around the clock.
By Alexa Hertel
6 min read . By Alexa Hertel

TL;DR:

  • Combine AI and human agents for the best sales and support experience. Gorgias’s AI Agent handles repetitive tasks and pre-sales questions instantly 24/7, so human agents can focus on complex interactions.
  • Proactively engage shoppers with AI to drive conversions. AI Agent tracks browsing behavior and cart data to offer recommendations and real-time assistance, leading to higher sales.
  • Reduce drop-off rates with AI Agent’s floating query bar. Customers can ask questions in real time, while AI Agent understands the buying intent and adjusts its sales strategy to nudge them toward the checkout.
  • Lower support costs with AI Agent. Brands using AI Agent see major time and cost savings while reducing response times, increasing revenue, and keeping support teams efficient.

Ecommerce brands are under pressure to convert more shoppers, but relying only on AI or human agents can lead to missed sales opportunities. While 34% feel that the use of AI improved their customer experience, according to Statista, 27% feel it hasn’t made a difference — suggesting that AI alone isn’t always the answer.

It’s true that AI speeds up responses and personalizes interactions at scale, while human agents build trust and close complex deals. But the solution isn't to choose one over the other.

This article will evaluate the strengths of both AI agents and human agents, offering insights to help you optimize and scale your pre-sale strategies using a hybrid AI-human intelligence approach.

How combining AI & human assistance improves the shopping experience

Using AI and human support agents together in a hybrid approach will directly impact your success as a brand. It allows you to:  

  1. Minimize friction and navigation frustrations
  2. Instantly answer pre-sales questions to reduce drop-off
  3. Proactively engage with customers and offer help with a floating query bar
  4. Help with Quality Assurance
  5. Personalize product recommendations and upsells
  6. Reduce costs and increase return on investment

1) Minimize friction and navigation frustrations

Reducing customer effort is one of the key ways to spark delight and satisfaction from customer interactions. The more stress-free and simple you can make navigating the shopping experience, the better.

AI comes in handy here in many ways, like:

  • Providing instant responses
  • Giving shoppers an easy way to locate and interact with support 
  • Automating FAQs 
  • Automating order edits
  • Personalizing product recommendations 
  • Performing upsells and cross-sells

All of these traits combined make a much easier experience for customers and an efficient, streamlined process for the brand. When agents aren’t bogged down with questions like these, they can focus on high-touch situations. 

2) Instantly answer pre-sales questions to reduce drop-off

Pre-sales support moves the needle by answering crucial customer questions that might be blocking a purchase. Tools like Gorgias’s AI Agent for Sales make a world of difference on your store’s website. This tool has a 75% higher conversion rate than human agents, on average.

Here’s an example of what it looks like from bidet company TUSHY: 

A shopper asking for bidet compatibility help and Gorgias’s AI Agent for Sales collecting more details to fully resolve their pre-sales question. Gorgias 

3) Proactively engage with customers and offer help with a floating query bar

AI understands a shopper’s journey by tracking key behavioral signals: products and pages viewed, purchase history, and cart data. 

The floating query bar transforms product search into a seamless conversation, eliminating the need for clicks, filters, or endless navigation. It allows customers to find what they're looking for through natural conversation with the AI Agent — wherever they are on your site.

Because AI tracks this information, it can personalize interactions based on the signals above. It does this by asking clarifying questions and remembering previous interactions in the same session.

This type of proactive support actually leads to more sales: it garnered almost 10k in revenue for jewelry shop Caitlyn Minimalist. ‍

”Customers interact with the AI Agent like they would a customer service rep—it’s a two-way conversation where they answer questions and get personalized product recommendations,” says Gabi, Customer Service Lead at Caitlyn Minimalist.

That success was similar for beauty shop Glamnetic

“An instant response builds confidence,” says Mia Chapa, its Sr. Director of Customer Experience. 

“We live in a world with short attention spans, so customers appreciate how quickly we can respond to their inquiries.”

Glamnetic's homepage uses AI Agent's floating query bar for proactive customer and sales support
Need help? Glamnetic invites shoppers to use AI Agent’s floating query bar to ask questions.

4) Help with Quality Assurance

Quality assurance in CX is the process of ensuring that each customer interaction fits a specified list of criteria (communication, resolution completeness, attitude, etc.).

While this process has largely been a manual and time-consuming one, AI changes that for support teams.

AI-powered QA can actually review all tickets, is a scalable solution, is more consistent in its review process, saves time, and even provides instant agent feedback. 

Manual QA, on the other hand, is a time-consuming and slow process, and often means feedback is delayed until leaders have the chance to review tickets. Even once they get to QA, there's a limit to how many tickets they can review in a given time frame. 

Feature spotlight: Meet Auto QA: Quality checks are here to stay

5) Personalize product recommendations and upsells

AI can even make product recommendations for shoppers. These recommendations are based on browsing actions like if they repeatedly view the same pages and check return and shipping policies. It also tracks their entire behavior across your store: products and pages viewed, purchase history, cart data, and cart abandonment data.  

Caitlyn Minimalist achieved incredible outcomes by leveraging AI for personalized recommendations:

  • 59% reduction in customer response time
  • 25% conversion rate
  • $9,800 in direct revenue generated by AI Agent

“We've always based our customer service on a patient, empathetic point of view because a lot of people purchase for important moments in their lives—weddings, deaths, graduations. People are gifting in response to big life moments, so we need AI Agent to really listen to our customer’s situation and support them,” says Michael Holcombe, Co-owner and Director of Operations at Caitlyn Minimalist.

AI Agent can also handle objections and offer discounts, if price is what’s stopping customers from completing a purchase. 

AI Agent for Sales provides discounts to customers based on their shopping behavior
AI Agent turns hesitant shoppers into enthusiastic customers with dynamic discounts.

6) Reduce costs and increase return on investment

We’re not talking about reducing headcount. AI just supports agents in being able to handle their core responsibilities better. For example, mybacs was able to double the number of tickets they resolved without adding a single person to the team.

“This isn’t a matter of eliminating jobs, but giving our employees their primary jobs back," says Luke Wronski, CEO of RiG’d Supply. “Our hope is to have AI give us the time back to have a conversation with you about the stuff that keeps us stoked to do what we do.”

Aside from saving money on hiring additional human agents, AI helps your support team reduce costs in other ways. 

For Dr. Bronners, that meant 4 days per month in team time-savings by handling routine inquiries efficiently, and $100,000 saved per year by switching from Salesforce to Gorgias.

Top AI tools for CX 

Gorgias is hands down the best AI tool—not just for CX, but also for teams like web, ecommerce, and marketing. And our customers couldn’t agree more.

“We were hesitant at first, but AI Agent has really picked up on our brand’s voice. We’ve had feedback from customers who didn’t even realize they were talking to an AI,” says Lynsay Schrader, Lab and Customer Service Senior Manager at Jonas Paul Eyewear

Here’s a complete rundown of how Gorgias’s AI Agent bridges gaps in customer experience: 

Pain Point

AI Agent

Limited working hours

Operates 24/7 so customers don’t have to wait for a response.

Juggling multiple conversations at once

Can chat with as many customers as needed, and even remembers details within the same conversation.

Answering repetitive questions

Resolves frequently asked questions in seconds, freeing agents to focus on more complex requests.

Limited time/lack of opportunity to provide proactive support

Suggests solutions before customers encounter problems, uses advanced analytics to assess shopper intent, and adjusts strategies to nudge customers toward the checkout.

Engaging customers with personalized messages

Uses AI-powered intent scoring that evaluates user behavior, engagement, and responses in real-time to tailor responses, and sales strategy, and predict purchase likelihood.

Using on-brand language across the team

Consistently speaks in your brand’s tone of voice using Guidance and internal documents.

Not enough time to focus on sales

Engages customers with conversation starters, overcomes sales objections with recommendations, and guides users to purchase decisions with context-aware communication.

Combine humans with AI for powerful results 

A hybrid human and AI Agent approach is the best way to level up your customer support operations and sales strategy.

Book a demo with us to see the power of AI Agent.

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How to Refresh Your Help Center for 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to refresh your help center for 2025 with four actionable steps. Improve customer satisfaction, streamline support, and empower self-service.
By Holly Stanley
6 min read . By Holly Stanley

TL;DR:

  • Audit your help center. Review analytics, gather feedback, and test usability to identify gaps and outdated content.
  • Update and optimize content. Add trending FAQs, visuals, and clear formatting to improve readability and usability.
  • Boost accessibility and SEO. Place links across your site, optimize with keywords, and integrate with proactive support tools.
  • Leverage AI for better support. Use your help center to train AI tools and regularly update content for accuracy.

The start of a new year is the perfect time to give your help center the refresh it deserves. For many ecommerce brands, the help center is one of the most underused support tools—yet it's also one of the most powerful. 88% of customers already search your website for some kind of knowledge base or FAQ.

Customers expect fast answers, and a well-designed, updated help center can meet their needs while taking some weight off your support team. We’ll walk you through why refreshing matters and how to do it.

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Why refresh your help center?

90% of consumers worldwide consider issue resolution their top priority for customer service. A robust help center gives you the tools to meet this expectation, delivering fast and reliable solutions that simplify your customers’ lives.

A well-designed help center benefits both your customers and your team. For customers, it lets them solve problems quickly and independently. Instead of waiting for an email response or queuing for live chat, a help center empowers them to find answers on their own terms 24/7. 

For your team, a refreshed help center is transformative, too. Here’s what a help center update can achieve:

  • Deflect repetitive pre-sale questions: Save your agents from answering the same FAQs over and over by addressing common queries proactively in your help center.
  • Support your team: Equip agents with easy access to up-to-date product, service, and policy information. You’ll reduce response times, and your team will deliver consistent answers.
  • Train AI tools: Turn your help center into a powerful data source for AI tools. Comprehensive, structured content helps AI provide accurate and consistent responses, giving customers fast solutions and further reducing ticket volume.

In short, refreshing your help center will improve customer experience and boost efficiency across your entire customer service strategy. It’s a win-win for everyone.

How to refresh your help center: 4 steps to follow

Refreshing your help center doesn’t have to be overwhelming. By breaking the process into clear, actionable steps, you can transform your help center into a powerful self-service tool that delights customers and supports your team. 

Here are four key steps to guide your refresh.

Step 1: Audit your existing help center

Before making any major changes, you need to understand where your help center currently stands. A thorough audit will help you identify areas for improvement and ensure you make targeted updates.

Here's how to start:

Review analytics

Dive into your help center metrics to spot underperforming content. Look at article views, time-on-page, and bounce rates. Low engagement might mean the content is unclear, irrelevant, or hard to find.

With a customer experience platform like Gorgias, you can view the performance of each article:

Help Center Statistics displays performance by article
Performance by article can be found under Help Center Statistics in Gorgias.

Survey your customers

Customer feedback is invaluable. Use surveys or follow-up emails to ask customers what information they had trouble finding. Their responses can highlight blind spots in your help center.

Add CSAT questions

At the end of each help center article, include a simple question like, "Was this content helpful?" Use the feedback to pinpoint which articles are effective and which may need improvement.

Was this article helpful? is included in Gorgias's help center articles
Gorgias’s Help Center lets customers give feedback on articles.

Test usability

Put yourself in your customers’ shoes. Try searching for answers to common questions. Is the layout intuitive? Are the search results helpful? A smooth user experience is key to a successful help center.

Evaluate content freshness

Check if your articles are outdated or missing important updates, like new product features or policy changes.

Read more: How to create and optimize a customer knowledge base

Step 2: Update and optimize your help center content

Fresh, well-organized content is the backbone of a great help center. Customers rely on clear and accurate information, so investing in your content can transform your help center into a powerful self-service tool. 

Here’s how to refresh your content and make it shine:

Add trending FAQs

Regularly analyze support tickets to identify common and emerging questions. Integrate these into your knowledge base to address customer needs proactively and reduce incoming tickets.

Create multimedia content

Text alone isn’t always enough. Use images, GIFs, and videos to break down complex topics and make instructions easier to follow. For example, a quick explainer video can save customers time and eliminate confusion.

Princess Polly’s customer help center exemplifies what a great help center should look like. Its visually appealing design ensures that customers can quickly navigate to the information they need. Whether they’re looking for help with shipping, payments, returns, or any other issue, the intuitive layout makes the process simple and stress-free.

Princess Polly's Help Center is powered by Gorgias
Princess Polly’s Help Center is powered by Gorgias.

Gorgias lets you customize fonts, logos, and headers for your Help Center without any coding. If you want more customization, you can dip into HTML and CSS to tailor specific elements.

Standardize your tone

Ensure your content reflects your brand voice while staying approachable and customer-friendly. Consistency builds trust and reinforces your brand identity.

Need help finding your brand voice? Read AI Tone of Voice: Tips for On-Brand Customer Communication for guidance.

Update outdated articles

Review older content for inaccuracies or missing information, such as policy changes or new product details. 

Structure for readability

Use bullet points, short paragraphs, and clear headings to make articles easy to scan. Most customers skim for quick answers—design your content to match their behavior.

Step 3: Make your help center easy to find

Even the most well-crafted help center is ineffective if customers can’t locate it. Ensuring visibility across all customer touchpoints is key to driving engagement and making self-service the first stop for support. Here’s how to do it:

Link it everywhere

Make your help center easily accessible by placing links in strategic locations, such as your website’s header, footer, and main navigation menu. Include links in transactional emails, like order confirmations, tracking updates, or shipping updates, where customers often have questions.

Improve SEO

Optimize your help center articles with keywords your customers are likely to search for. Use clear, concise titles, meta descriptions, and headings to boost search engine visibility and help customers find answers directly from Google.

Integrate with support tools

Use tools like automated chat and automated email responses to proactively surface relevant help center articles. For instance, when customers type a question in a chatbox, suggest related articles before escalating to a support agent.

Read more: Offer more self-serve options with Flows: 10 use cases & best practices

Promote it proactively

Don’t wait for customers to stumble upon your help center—promote it! Highlight it in onboarding emails, social media posts, and banners on your site.

Jonas Paul's Help Center can be found in their website footer
Jonas Paul Eyewear links to their Help Center in their website footer.

Jonas Paul Eyewear ensures their help center is easy to access by prominently linking it in the website’s footer under the “Quick Links” section. The thoughtful placement ensures customers can quickly navigate to the help center from any page, making it a convenient resource for addressing their questions or concerns.

Read more: Boost your Help Center's visibility: Proven strategies to increase article views

Step 4: Use your help center to power AI tools

Your help center isn’t just for customers—it will also level up your AI-driven support strategy. By structuring your knowledge base effectively, you enable AI tools to deliver accurate, reliable, and consistent answers to customer queries.

Here’s how to make it work:

Create comprehensive content

Ensure your help center articles cover a wide range of customer questions in detail. This makes it easier for AI tools to pull relevant information and respond accurately.

Structure for machine readability

Organize your content with clear headings, bullet points, and simple language. Well-structured articles are easier for AI to parse and interpret.

Focus on consistency

Use uniform terminology across articles to prevent confusion and ensure AI tools can quickly identify relevant data.

Update regularly

Keep your knowledge base fresh by adding new FAQs, updating outdated content, and incorporating customer feedback. Up-to-date information ensures AI tools provide answers that align with your latest products, policies, and services.

Test AI performance

Periodically review how well your AI tools are using your help center content to address customer needs. Identify gaps in information and fine-tune articles as needed.

Dr. Bronner’s built their help center to power AI Agent, a conversational support assistant that answers both transactional and personalized customer inquiries in the same style as a human agent. Making this change helps the brand save $100,000 a year and decrease their resolution time by 74%.

Dr. Bronner's Help Center
Dr. Bronner’s Help Center is powered by Gorgias.

💡Pro Tip: Transform your help center into an AI training powerhouse with Gorgias’s help center AI optimization guide. This guide offers actionable tips for making your knowledge base AI-ready.

AI Agent interaction with a customer
Dr. Bronner’s AI Agent responded to a customer inquiring about their product and its compatibility with dyed hair.

By using your help center to power AI tools, you’ll improve customer self-service options and lighten the load on your support team. AI-enhanced support delivers faster resolutions, higher customer satisfaction, and a scalable approach to customer service.

Elevate your support strategy with a help center refresh

Refreshing your help center isn’t just about improving customer experience—it’s a game-changer for your entire support strategy. With tools like Gorgias’s Help Center, you can empower customers to self-serve while equipping your team with the resources they need to excel.

In 2025, make your help center the cornerstone of your support operations—and watch the results speak for themselves.

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