
Spark engagement with a single text
Today’s students and employees expect information that’s personalized, easily accessible, and instantaneous. Engage them on the channel they prefer to use — text messaging.
Texting helps build relationships
SMS texting consistently outperforms other methods of communication — with 90% of people reading every text they receive within just 3 minutes. When you need to capture a student or employee’s attention right now, Mainstay’s behaviorally intelligent text chatbots have you covered.


Personal connections through text
Instant, two-way conversational texting helps you to support students or employees with information, answers and resources fast. Mainstay’s behaviorally intelligent chatbots understand and interpret questions in natural language, allowing people to text to their chatbot just like they would talk to another person.
The responses your chatbot delivers can be highly personalized based on individual profiles. These empathetic and timely responses are proven to drive action and engagement across a wide range of topics.
Encouraging, timely reminders
Two-way text messaging from Mainstay makes it easy to anticipate people’s needs — even before they ask for help. Send empathetic nudges, timely surveys, and friendly reminders to increase engagement and drive positive student or employee outcomes.
Hi Chris, I hope you’re enjoying your Winter Break! ⛄️ Just checking, are you planning on returning to WSU this spring? Please reply YES or NO.
Yes

That’s awesome to hear! I hope you’re as excited for this spring semester as I am.
Remember, I’m here 24/7 if you have any questions or just want to chat!
Deliver the best response
Texting is an effective and reliable way to provide accurate answers. Mainstay goes a step further to ensure your students or employees also receive the best response. We do this by using aggregate data about motivation, intent, and sentiment to build deep and meaningful insights you can put into action with every text and campaign you send.
Conversations powered by Behavioral Intelligence
Your custom chatbot instantly delivers answers to your students’ and employees’ most frequently asked questions via text message. From day one, your students or employees will benefit from Mainstay’s robust knowledge base and conversations scripts, powered by Behavioral Intelligence. Every conversation grows your custom knowledge base and enhances your responses — making your chatbot smarter and more accurate all the time.
Customized solutions for powerful engagement
Mainstay makes it easy to personalize your plan with everything you need — and nothing you don’t.
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Examine these helpful resources about engagement strategy, student and employee impact, and Behavioral Intelligence trends.