Building Tours with AI

This article gives an overview of Tourial's AI Tour Planner which will generate effective, revenue-driving content storyboards for Micro Tours

Meet Tori: Your AI-Powered Tour Builder

Tori isn’t just here to help you plan your product tours—she’s also your AI-powered assistant for building them. With the AI Tour Builder, Tori transforms approved tour plans into structured, story-driven microtour storyboards, complete with AI-recommended screens and interactive elements.

With Tori’s guidance, you can: ✅ Turn tour plans into engaging Micro Tours with ease. ✅ Ensure every tour tells a clear, compelling story that highlights value and differentiation. ✅ Incorporate the right balance of interactivity—engaging visitors without overwhelming them. ✅ Quickly swap AI-recommended screens with your own branded content, saving time. ✅ Seamlessly prepare and publish tours for marketing campaigns, sales enablement, and beyond.

Steps to Build Tours with AI

1. Start with a Tour Plan

• Select from your pre-generated tour plans in Tourial.

• Click “Create Tour” to begin building.

2. Get an AI-Generated Storyboard

• Tori pulls from your approved Tour Plan and auto-generates a storyboard with:

  • Placeholder images

  • AI-recommended screen replacements

  • Suggested interactivity and content

3. Navigate the Storyboard with Tori’s Help

• A floating guide card lets you:

  • Toggle between screen replacement recommendations and a high-level overview of your tour’s objectives.

  • Click on any frame in the storyboard to see Tori’s specific recommendations for that screen.

4. Replace & Customize Screens

Tori makes it easy to swap out AI-recommended screens with: 📂 Uploaded media from your local hard drive. ☁️ Tourial’smedia library for quick access to reusable content. 🎨 Branded collateral, like PowerPoint or Google Slides, for explainer screens. 🎥 MP4 videos, for dynamic, pre-recorded segments. 🖥 Captured product screens, using high-resolution screenshots or screen recordings.

5. Capture Product Moments & Workflows

• Use Tourial's Capture Extension to:

  • Capture product screens and UI interactions.

  • Record workflow click sequences as short video clips.

• Add interactive tooltips, zoom effects, and dynamic interactions to simulate a live product experience.

6. Enhance Engagement with Interactivity

• Bring product tours to life with: ✅ Clickable Interactive Tooltips ✅ Zoom and Spotlight effects ✅ Smooth transitions that feel interactive and immersive

7. Publish & Share

• Once your tour is finalized, publish it with a click.

• Instantly generate embed codes to share with your marketing team for:

  • Web pages

  • Marketing campaigns

  • Sales enablement

  • Demand generation efforts

How Tori Makes Tour Building Effortless

🎨 Paint-by-Numbers Tour Creation

• Unlike traditional content platforms, Tori provides a structured, guided process—no more starting from scratch.

🎯 Strategic, Not Random

• Every tour aligns with an approved strategy, ensuring it serves marketing, sales, and GTM goals—no disconnected content.

⏳ Easier Updates, Less Effort

Need to refresh content? Clone tours, swap out only what’s outdated, and avoid costly rework—unlike editing lengthy explainer videos.