Building a Good Relationship with Your Agent
Key Takeaway
The best results come from treating your agent as a partnership: spend 5 minutes each week reviewing the weekly report, give specific corrective feedback via chat, keep your business profile current, and share wins so your agent understands what success looks like.
Think of It as a Partnership
Your AI agent isn't a "set it and forget it" tool — it's more like a diligent junior employee who gets better the more you work together. The best results come from active partnership.
The First Week: Setting the Foundation
Days 1-2: Get to Know Each Other
- Have a chat conversation introducing your business in detail
- Tell your agent about your ideal clients — who are they, what do they struggle with?
- Share what makes your service unique vs. competitors
- Mention any sensitive topics or industries to avoid
Days 3-5: Review and Refine
- Read your agent's first weekly report carefully
- Check the activity feed to see what your agent is doing
- If emails don't sound right, tell your agent via chat: "The tone is too formal — be more conversational"
- If targeting is off, refine your campaign goals
Days 5-7: Trust the Process
- Resist the urge to micromanage every email
- Focus on responding to hot leads quickly
- Trust the process — focus on hot leads rather than micromanaging volume
- Share positive feedback when something works well
Ongoing Best Practices
1. Regular Check-Ins
Spend 5 minutes each week:
- Read the weekly report
- Scan the activity feed for hot leads
- Send a quick chat message if you have updates
2. Provide Feedback
Your agent learns from your feedback:
- Positive: "Great email to the Portland restaurant — that angle works well"
- Corrective: "Don't mention pricing in initial outreach — save that for the meeting"
- Strategic: "Focus more on the downtown area this week"
3. Keep Your Profile Updated
When things change, tell your agent:
- New services or offerings
- Price changes
- New case studies or testimonials
- Updated availability
- Seasonal promotions
4. Share Wins
When a lead converts to a customer, tell your agent! This helps it understand what success looks like and optimize future outreach.
5. Build Sender Reputation Gradually
Your agent paces sends within daily limits to maintain healthy deliverability. Monitor bounce rates and avoid sending to stale lists.
What NOT to Do
| Don't | Why |
|---|---|
| Check every email before it sends | That defeats the purpose of autonomous outreach |
| Change campaign goals daily | Your agent needs consistency to optimize |
| Ignore hot lead alerts | Speed matters — delays lose deals |
| Give contradictory instructions | "Be casual" then "be very formal" confuses the model |
| Compare to a human salesperson | AI does volume and consistency; humans do relationship building |
The 80/20 Rule
Your agent handles 80% of the work (finding leads, sending outreach, following up, qualifying).
You handle the 20% that matters most (closing hot leads, building relationships, strategic decisions).
This is the ideal partnership. When you try to do 100% or 0%, results suffer.
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