Let AI agents research leads and reply after hours
An Australian energy-broking consultancy built a team of AI agents for lead research and after-hours responses, and manages them with the same performance reviews as human staff.
Reported results
The source reports a 30% increase in customer conversion and a task falling from about 22 minutes to 8–9 minutes.
Pick one task per agent (e.g. research a lead's business before a call).
Define good output with examples.
Review agent output like a new hire's work.
Expand only when quality is steady.
⚠️ Watch out
AI agents acting on your behalf need clear limits on what they can send.
Results are as reported by the source and have not been independently verified. Steps are our own suggestions. We are not affiliated with the vendors named and earn nothing from these links.
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