Overview of main RumbleTalk chat types and features

Here’s a sum-up of added products and features. As an online chat platform, our customers have been using different Rumbletalk chat types and features.

Now that we’ve grown through the years, what do our customers frequently use?

Group chat

A group chat (chatroom) for communities is our primary product, the group chat is staying as our top contender.

In a group chat, anyone can send messages, talk freely to each other, and attach images, PDF, PowerPoint, and more.

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If someone’s not adhering to the group chat rules, admins can ban or disconnect any user in the chat room.

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A group chat is the best starter for any newbie. From individuals to big companies, group chats can cater to any website, live events, and more.

Expert’s chat

The expert’s chat is a chat for professionals. If you’re an advisor, a psychologist, or even a psychic, you can use the expert’s chat to initiate a private one-on-one chat with your customers.

Admins can chat with any chatters. Non-admin users cannot initiate a conversation with an admin or any chatter. They also cannot see other active chatters.

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So, only admins will be able to hold a simultaneous conversation with other chatters. The expert’s chat acts as a private chat between experts and customers.

Therefore, it’s a secure and private chat. You don’t need to worry about leaking sensitive information.

As the expert’s chat is catered for professionals, chat owners can choose to add paid access to get paid for your knowledge and time. You can read more about it below.

Moderated chat

The moderated chat is best for online events and is also known with the name Q&A chat. You can use it for live Q&A sessions.

As it is “moderated,” admins can pre-approve messages before they get sent out. This means that any message that goes into the chat room is reviewed by an admin.

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Therefore, spam or negative messages will not slip in the chat room. Admins can make sure of that.

On the other hand, non-admin users can send as many messages as they want. But, it will not appear in the chat unless an admin approves it.

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The check and X only appear for admin users. Messages that were not approved cannot be seen by non-admin users.

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If you want a chat that has this capability, then the moderated chat is your best bet. You can also use it as a Q&A mode for live events, discussions, or conferences.

For more information about how you can use the moderated chat for a Q&A session, refer to this article.

That’s all for the products! Why don’t we move on to the chat features?

In-chat payments

As an online chat platform, in-chat payments are also a big hit. Since we’re online most of the time, payments are also being made online.

We gave our users that ability through InChatPay and PayConnect. InChatPay and PayConnect are features within the RumbleTalk chat types mentioned above.

Therefore, they are not chat types but features that you can use when you choose a chat type.

InChatPay is RumbleTalk’s equivalent to online donations and private payments.

In any of the RumbleTalk chat types, a chat owner can collect donations. It is seen in the lower right corner.

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Users can donate from $2 to $100 per transaction. They can also attach a message regarding their donation.

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This makes the donation more personalized.

On another note, PayConnect is more on paid access to a chat room.

Any chat type comes with a paid equivalent. This means that users need to pay before they can enter the chat room.

If you want to monetize your online chat, then you can use this feature.

Users can choose from entrance or subscription, meaning limited-time access or unlimited access, respectively.

Online chat integration

Did you know that you can integrate RumbleTalk to different websites? Currently, RumbleTalk also has a downloadable plugin for WordPress.

But other than that, there are also other websites that you can integrate RumbleTalk into. To check out the different instructions for each website, check out our previous blog on integration instructions.

On a general note, you can embed RumbleTalk on almost any website. You just have to copy and paste a line of code to your chosen site.

Follow this guide to embed RumbleTalk:

  1. Log in to your RumbleTalk account.
  2. In your admin panel, click on “Embed”.
  3. Click the “Get Code” menu.
  4. Copy the code in the “code” box.
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With this, you have the RumbleTalk chat embedded on your website.

Creating multiple rooms

Creating multiple rooms on your admin panel is easy with RumbleTalk.

To create another room, you can choose from the two options:

  • Using the admin panel to create rooms;
  • Using REST API to create rooms.

Logging in to your admin panel is the easiest way to create a chat room. Choose to create a new chat room and you immediately have a new one.

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You can see the number of chat rooms that you can create just below your chat on your admin panel. If you want to add more chat rooms, then you need to upgrade your account.

You can upgrade your account via your admin panel. Then, click Get more if you want to upgrade.

The second option is using REST API. This option lets you integrate the creation of chat rooms using an API call. However, you will need a developer for this option.

Overview of RumbleTalk chat types and features

Since 2012, we have been consistently working on new products and chat features. As you have seen above, we have added a lot of them since we established RumbleTalk.

From our customers, we have seen what RumbleTalk chat types and features they frequently use. These are among the top ones, and there is still a lot that you can explore.

If you want to know more about RumbleTalk’s products and features, visit our website. You might just find the perfect product for you!

Integrating a chat into your WordPress website

Since the past years, more and more people are starting their own WordPress websites. WordPress is the most popular website builder.

You can dedicate a WordPress website to any niche that you want. Because WordPress is flexible, it can be used for businesses, blogs, or a personal journal. It holds many possibilities.

As WordPress is user-friendly, beginners and developers can create customized and highly intuitive websites. WordPress has plugins that users can download to enhance their websites.

These plugins help users to personalize their websites and this is what we’ll be talking about today. Since we’re focusing on a WordPress website, how can you integrate a chat on your site?

Here’s a quick and easy guide to the RumbleTalk chat plugin and what features it has.

Guide to your own chat

WordPress has a plugin website for all of the plugins available to use in WordPress. To add RumbleTalk to your WordPress website, here’s what you need to do.

  • Download and install the RumbleTalk chat plugin.
  • Register and create your chat. Go to WordPress Settings, choose RumbleTalk chat, and register (email + password).
  • For users that already have an account, click on “Already have account?“. Then, add your 2 fields token hyperlink and add your account token (two fields can be found in your admin panel under Integration in Account Settings).
  • After registering, your chat code (hash) will show in the chatroom code field. This is a unique string for every chat room.
  • NOTE: In case you do not get the hash code, you will need to manually register at RumbleTalk and get your code.
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  • Setting your chat plugin:
    • Add chat room – Create more chat rooms.
    • Members – Connect your chat to your members’ userbase. Let your members to auto-login to your chat.
    • Size – Resize the chat. In some WordPress themes, the size of the chat might be smaller or longer than expected. In that case, see troubleshooting.
    • Floating – If you want your chat to show as an icon in the lower right corner, choose this.
    • Settings – Change your chat design, add admins, etc.
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  • To add RumbleTalk group chat to your site, go to a page or post in your WordPress admin.
  • In case you have only one room, use the phrase (rumbletalk-chat) in your post’s visual mode to position the chat widget where you need it.
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  • If you have more than one room, use the green button or add the exact hash in the phrase (rumbletalk-chat hash=”insert here your chat hash”).
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After those steps, see the chat on your WordPress website.

Why should you add a chat on your WordPress website?

Since lots of your site visitors are coming and out of your website, why don’t you grab the opportunity to convert them to followers?

By being followers of your content, they are more than just frequent visitors. They keep up with your latest updates, posts, and follow you on your social media sites.

Visitors usually like what they see on a website. If they visited your site, then it means that they’re interested in your content. What if you made a group chat wherein you can talk with your followers?

If you’re active on your WordPress website, then you can chat with anyone who wants to chat. It can be a visitor or follower. As long as they’re on your WordPress website, then they can join the group chat.

Additionally, if you’re not active, you can open the group chat for anyone. Since the group chat is public, followers and visitors alike can chat with each other.

This can help strengthen your community and leads to higher visitor conversion rates.

Add more than one chat room

If your site is gaining more traffic, then you can add more chat rooms. It’s easy to add chat rooms with the RumbleTalk chat plugin. Just go to your chat settings and add how many rooms you want.

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Set entrance and subscription fees for your chat

With PayConnect, you can actually charge users for entering your chat. You can choose an entrance fee, where users have limited chat access.

Or, you can choose subscription fees for unlimited chat access.

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As the chat owner, this depends on you. Do you feel that your users would like to access your chat for a short time only or a longer period of time?

With the RumbleTalk chat plugin, you can add paid access so you can monetize your WordPress website.

Adding InText Keywords to redirect users

Now that you have your chat, you can add keywords where you link URLs to specific keywords. For example, if you use Facebook as a keyword, you can redirect users to your Facebook page.

To add a keyword, go to Settings on your admin panel. Then, choose Manage Keywords.

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Input the keyword and the URL you want it to redirect to. Keywords are shared in all rooms. Therefore, if you have multiple chat rooms, note that your keywords will apply to all chat rooms.

Your WordPress website chat

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If you follow the instructions above, it’s easy to add a chat on your WordPress website. With a chat, you can easily connect with your site’s visitors or followers.

No need for third-party websites or social media groups/messaging app. You have it all in one place.

This is what integrating a chat does to your WordPress website. It increases your site’s traffic and the length of stay of your visitors. This gives a higher average than those without a chat.

Interaction is key to these visits. Also, by chatting with your frequent visitors, you can create a community. By building a community, you lead more visitors and followers to become your dedicated circle.

So, what will you choose? A site without a chat or a site with one?

Bring Convenience to Your Work as a Freelancer: Using a Chat Platform

In the world of instant messaging and social media, as a freelancer, you prefer to have your work online.

Working online does not only mean a work-from-home set-up but also communicating online.

This trend has piloted the use of chat platforms to engage with clients, teams, or supervisors. What makes chat platforms different is that it combined the features of instant messaging and social media.

So, what does this mean for you as a freelancer? Chat platforms let you attach your media files, talk to clients, answer questions, sell your product/service, and much more.

Many freelancers are already taking this step. How about you?

Are you still thinking why you should shift to a chat platform? Then, here are the reasons why you should.

1. Chat with your clients

When you have a chat platform, you can also use it as your contact page. Link your clients to your chat and they can ask questions if they have any.

Since some would want to chat about certain topics or things, a group chat is good. You can talk with your employer, HR, or anyone as long as they’re logged in.

You can even save a copy of your chat by exporting the chat transcript. The same goes for your employer’s end.

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If you want to close a deal, then you can use the private chat for sensitive information. Also, you can do a one-on-one call to discuss your terms.

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2. Minisite as your portfolio

Did you know that you can create a minisite on RumbleTalk? With Rumble Pages, you can create a minisite that you can edit.

Change the elements to your liking, and then you have your own freelancer portfolio. Put your contact details, your website, your social media pages, and you can even link a YouTube video.

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As a freelancer, use this to your advantage where you can create a short video about yourself and interested clients can just watch that to know more about your skills.

Best of all, Rumble Pages comes with its own chat. If clients want to chat, then they can contact you directly on your minisite.

3. Set your prices as a freelancer

With third-party websites, they always take a huge cut of your total payment. It can be from 30% to as high as 50%.

With RumbleTalk, we only take 10% as commission fees. That’s a great advantage for you as a freelancer. Not only do you get more income, but you also have a platform that lets you set your own prices.

So, as a freelancer, you’re free to set any price that you think is acceptable for your skills.

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You can ask for payment via a private payment request.

Or if you’re using that chat as your primary platform, you can add an entrance or subscription fee before your clients can enter the chat.

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Collect your payments when you reach $50. All payments are made via PayPal, so make sure that you have an account.

4. Convert site visitors to clients

What if your clients visit your minisite and like what they see? They can immediately connect with you; that’s a done deal!

When clients see that you’re making a way to communicate, then they can feel your professionalism. This means you’re ready to work ASAP.

As long as you edit your minisite to what you want it to be, you’re bound to get a client interested or avail your service. It’s all about how you present yourself and if you made yourself available to contact.

5. Save some money

By using a chat platform, you get everything that you need. You don’t need to download this plugin or download that. Every feature that you need for freelancing is here.

Communication is really what’s important as a freelancer. If you don’t communicate with your client, then your work will suffer the consequences.

As long as you know how the platform works, you can make it work for you. Group chat, minisite, and in-chat payment is the perfect combination for every freelancer.

There are also more features than that, so try to explore your admin panel or read this to know more about the different RumbleTalk products.

Being productive as a freelancer

Now that you’ve seen what a group chat can do, what’s stopping you in creating one? Not only do you get to use the features above, but you also lessen your expense in using other plugins, third-party sites, or software.

Another advantage is you get to be productive. How so? Well, because you get all features in one platform. You don’t need to change tabs every minute.

So, what are you waiting for? Try the different chat types if you want to look into what’s best for you.

Convinced to get your own chat? Then, register on our website today.