How to set up Facebook Messenger chatbots for news updates

As more news organisations are turning to chatbots on Facebook as a way to make editorial content go further, you might be wondering how to get started yourself. Here is a guide to show you how to set up a Facebook chatbot account, a few ways to get audiences to subscribe to messages, how to set up manual broadcasts. To get started, head to www.manychat.com Note: you will need admin status to go any further. You will need to submit some business information around your role, the size of the company, level of experience and the purposes of signing up - you can tick that you are trying it out as a dummy run.