Imagine AI not just giving you advice, but actually
doing tasks for you. Yeah, like really doing
it. Clicking buttons, filling forms, adapting
when some weird pop -up shows up. This isn't
like science fiction anymore. It's here. It really
is. And it's changing everything. Welcome to
the deep dive. Today, we're taking a deep dive
into what I see as a truly monumental leap in
artificial intelligence, Chad GPT's agent mode.
This isn't just another upgrade. It feels like
a fundamental shift in how we can partner with
AI. Exactly. It's gone from being this incredibly
smart chatbot, I mean, a brilliant advisor, really
to becoming a capable doer. We're going to explore
this evolution from a virtual assistant giving
great advice to an autonomous partner that can
actually get stuff done for you. Our mission
today is to cut through, let's say, the hype
and clarify exactly what makes Agent Mode so
special. We'll get into the crucial mindset shift
you'll probably need to adopt to use it effectively.
And then we'll walk you through seven practical
methods to turn this AI into a kind of tireless
24 -7 business partner. Think of it as your shortcut
to freeing yourself up. You know, for those big
picture strategic things that only you can really
handle. We'll also touch on some important limits
and yeah, ethical stuff too, so you're fully
informed and ready to delegate wisely. Okay,
so most of us use chat GPT in the Let's call
it the conventional way, drafting emails, brainstorming
content, maybe summarizing long articles. It's
incredibly powerful there. But in that mode,
we're really only tapping into a tiny fraction
of its potential. It's like having a super wise
friend who gives excellent advice, but stop short
of actually helping you do it. Right, until now.
Agent Mode flips that script completely. It's
like your wise advisor has suddenly grew hands
and, you know, initiative. It can complete tasks
on autopilot. It goes beyond just telling you
what to do. It's a difference between someone
outlining the steps and someone actually walking
the path for you. That's a profound difference.
What's truly unique, and honestly still a little
mind -bending for me, is its ability to take
action within a virtual space. It runs its own
virtual browser, which means it can engage with
the web almost like a human would. It's not just
pulling info, it's actively interacting. Yeah,
that means clicking buttons, filling out forms,
navigating between pages, all that stuff. And
what's really impressive is how it adapts. It
can handle unexpected pop -ups, change its plan
if a website looks different than expected. This
puts it way beyond simple automation tools, right?
Those usually just break when something changes.
That adaptability is the key. Yeah, I have to
admit, I still sometimes wrestle with crafting
the perfect initial prompt myself. getting the
instructions just right. But agent mode seems
to help bridge that gap. It reasons through the
problem, adjusts. Even if my first request wasn't
crystal clear, kind of works with you, like an
apprentice. So how fundamentally does this change
how we interact with AI? It shifts us from giving
step -by -step instructions to delegating outcomes
directly. That's the core change. OK, so this
needs a real shift in thinking then, a completely
different approach. Instead of those detailed
commands, you just delegate the final goal. You
say, find me 10 potential suppliers, not go to
this page, click that button, search for this
term. The AI handles the how. Precisely. And
it figures out the necessary steps all on its
own, which is, well, it's pretty incredible.
However, there are some practical limitations
to be aware of right now. especially around how
much you can actually use it. Right. So for folks
on the Plus Plan, you're currently looking at
40 agent tasks per month. Now, that's definitely
enough for some solid experimentation. You can
really get a feel for it, automate some smaller
things. But if you're a higher tier user, say
on the Pro or Team Plans, that jumps significantly.
You get 400 tasks per month. That's a much bigger
capacity cost around $200 a month, I believe.
It really enables deeper integration for businesses
looking to scale its use. That's a serious commitment.
And, you know, while these agents are getting
smarter, some websites do still have ways to
block AI bots. It's an ongoing thing. But the
tech is evolving super fast. Agents are getting
better at acting human -like, so those barriers
are gradually lowering. It's kind of like a cat
-and -mouse game. Okay. Considering all that,
what's the biggest takeaway for someone just
starting out with agent mode? Focus on delegating
the end goal, not micromanaging the steps. Trust
the AI. Right. And once you make that mental
shift, the possibilities really open up. Let's
dive into the first big method, transforming
your market research. In any competitive market,
knowledge is power, right? Agent mode can dig
incredibly deep here, uncovering insights that
might take a person weeks. Yeah, you start by
giving it clear context about your business,
who you are, what you do, who your ideal customer
is. Make sure it gets your specific situation.
Then you point it towards two key areas, your
competitors and your target customers. For competitors,
you can ask it to find Well, everything. Their
product services, their unique selling points,
pricing, marketing campaigns, even the feel of
their website copy. It paints a really detailed
picture. But the customer research. Oh, man,
this is where it gets really good. The agent
can visit forums, you know, like Quora, relevant
Facebook groups, product review sites. And the
goal is to grab word for word quotes. What are
people's problems? What do they really want?
What are their biggest complaints? What makes
them happy? You want that raw voice. And then
you can have it synthesize all that data. Maybe
make a pie chart showing the top complaints.
You see it visually instantly. Or generate a
downloadable spreadsheet, neatly categorized.
Problems, desires, complaints, praise, super
organized. Imagine this prompt. Act as a market
research analyst. My business is a web design
company for dental clinics in Vietnam. Pretty
specific, right? Task one, competitor analysis
for the top three companies, put it in a markdown
table with specific details. Task two, customer
insights from forums, pull 20 verbatim comments
on pain points, desires, barriers into a spreadsheet.
Task three, synthesize it, create a pie chart
of the five most common complaints. Boom, actionable
intelligence. That's powerful using the customer's
own words. How does that specific approach ensure
better conversion? By reflecting the customer's
own words, it builds instant trust and connection.
They feel understood. Okay, moving from understanding
the market to shaping your own strategy. Let's
talk about something a lot of solo founders feel.
Isolation. When you run a business alone, it's
so easy to get stuck in your own head, right?
There's no one really challenging your assumptions.
And that's where agent mode can help you build,
well, I like to call it a virtual advisory board.
Picture this. You've got access to the thinking
patterns of great business minds like Ray Dalio,
Simon Sinek, Brene Brown, Adam Grant, Warren
Buffett, all ready to give you feedback. A virtual
brain trust. The setup is pretty wild. You pick
your mentors, then you give the agent this massive
research task. Go deep, find everything they've
said, written, taught, capture their core philosophies,
how they make decisions. Yeah, it grabs their
decision -making frameworks, their go -to strategies,
how they approach problems, their typical advice
patterns. The agent compiles all this into these
really comprehensive documents, maybe 20 to 50
pages each. detailed profiles for each mentor.
Then you load these profiles into a custom GPT,
which, if you haven't used them, is basically
your own personalized chat GPT trained on specific
knowledge, in this case, your mentor's thinking.
You're building a custom knowledge base. So whenever
you hit a wall, you pitch your problem to this
virtual board. And you get back genuine critique.
It pokes holes in your logic. It's exactly that
kind of tough love that a solo founder often
really needs, but rarely gets. It's incredibly
valuable for refining ideas. Right. For instance,
you could prompt it. Act as a biographical researcher.
Create a detailed profile of Ray Dalio's business
philosophy. Access summaries of his book principles,
YouTube interviews, articles. Extract his core
principles, his five -step decision process,
problem -solving approach. education style, write
a 20 page doc for AI role play, include direct
quotes. This makes the AI embody their perspective
really well. What's the core benefit of this
virtual advisory board? It provides critical,
unbiased, tough love to challenge your assumptions,
gets you out of that echo chamber. OK, shifting
gears again, let's talk podcast guesting. If
you're an expert wanting to share your knowledge,
build your brand, guesting on podcasts is super
effective. An agent mode can handle the research
grunt work here, potentially saving you, well,
quite a bit compared to hiring a PR agency. Totally.
The setup starts with defining your expertise
very clearly. What unique value do you offer?
Then, state your goal cleanly. appear on as many
relevant podcasts as possible. Then you give
the agent specific criteria. The podcast must
cover your topic area. It has to be active, published
recently, say in the last 30 days. It needs to
feature guests regularly, obviously. And ideally,
have a decent listenership. Maybe aim for at
least 1 ,000 regular listeners as a starting
point. Makes it worth your time. And the agent
comes back with a spreadsheet. all filled out.
Podcast name, estimated listeners, host name,
contact info, email, or form link. It can even
suggest potential topic gaps you could pitch.
Stuff they haven't covered recently that fits
your expertise. It's incredibly helpful for pitching.
Plus there's a cool bonus, automated scheduling.
You can set agent mode to rerun the search daily,
weekly, monthly, whatever you need. So you always
have a fresh stream of potential opportunities
flowing in without manually searching each time.
Yeah, a prompt might look like. Act as a PR specialist.
My expertise is productivity optimization for
content creators. Search Google, Spotify, Apple
podcasts for 15 podcasts, fitting these criteria
topic, active guests, audience size, compile
results into a markdown table, podcast name,
host, link, contact notes, potential topics,
super clear instructions. How does this specific
approach ensure you find relevant opportunities,
not just any podcast? Specific criteria filter
for active podcasts that feature guests and actually
match your expertise. It cuts out the irrelevant
stuff. OK, next up, YouTube content research.
If you're building a channel, finding topics
and titles that actually get views, that's the
perpetual challenge, right? You used to mean
hours of manual digging or paying for expensive
tools, a real time sink. Agent Mode totally streamlines
this. You tell it, go to YouTube, research videos
in my niche. It looks for what's doing well in
search results, what has reasonable competition,
not impossible to rank for, and maybe covers
different video formats you need. And it gives
you back a simple table. Here are some overall
topics based on what people actually search for.
And here's some compelling clickable titles for
those topics. And for the power users, you can
get more advanced. Ask it to find recent viral
videos in your niche. Analyze the title structures
that are working. The just ideas based on patterns
from similar successful channels gives you a
real edge. Here's a potent example prompt. Act
as a YouTube content strategist. My channel is
about indoor houseplants for beginners. Go to
YouTube, search keywords like zplantcare, find
10 topics with high search volume but moderate
competition. For each topic, propose three title
variations using common formulas, listicle, question,
and how to. Whoa, I'm ending that running daily.
Just getting a fresh list of validated content
ideas handed to you without lifting a finger
for the research part, that's... Yeah. That's
huge for creators. Exactly. The power is getting
topics driven by actual data, matching your expertise
with real audience demand. And it doesn't maybe
20 minutes while you're doing something else.
That's a game changer. I mean, think of the hour
saved. So what makes these generated titles so
effective? Why are they better? They're data
driven, keyword rich, and specifically optimized
for clickability based on proven formulas. All
right, let's talk websites. Every single moment
of confusion a visitor has on your site. It chips
away at your conversion rate, simple as that.
And most business owners, while you're just too
close to your own stuff to spot those friction
points easily, you know your site too well. Agent
Mode offers a really clever solution here, a
website conversion audit. It basically looks
at your site through the eyes of a potential
customer focused on conversion rate optimization
or CRO. Okay, so first, you tell the agent to
find the top three, five businesses similar to
yours, maybe nationwide leaders. These are usually
companies that have likely spent a lot on optimizing
their sites for conversion. They're great benchmarks.
Then the agent meticulously studies their sales
process. How do they structure information? What
are their checkout steps? How do their forms
work? Where's the pricing? Do they use live chat,
payment plans, video demos? It analyzes everything.
After studying the competition, it audits your
funnel. a user going all the way through, from
landing on your home page to checking out, experiencing
it just like a real visitor would. And the output
is this really clear comparison report. It identifies
the specific gaps, like, hey, your top competitors
show pricing with one click, but yours is hidden
three pages deep. Actionable stuff. And finally,
the agent prioritizes the suggested changes.
It separates the quick wins things you could
maybe fix this afternoon from the bigger strategic
shifts, gives you a clear roadmap. A prompt could
be something like, Act as a CRO specialist. My
website sells online yoga courses. Task one,
analyze three successful competitor sites. Document
key elements, CTAs, pricing visibility, social
proof, checkout steps. Task two, audit my website
the same way. Task three, create a comparison
report. Identify the five biggest differences.
Recommend five immediate prioritized actions.
And the real magic here is that the agent is
actually clicking through the funnels like a
person would. It feels the friction points. Every
difference it flags is a potential improvement
opportunity, often based on elements your top
competitors have already tested and proven to
work. How does this differ from just looking
at standard website analytics, like bounce rate
or time on page? It simulates a real user's journey,
identifying specific friction points and usability
issues directly, which analytics data can only
hint at indirectly. OK, let's say your business
is doing pretty well, but you're kind of hitting
a plateau. You're wondering, what's next? How
can I make more money? Agent Mode can actually
help you brainstorm and discover new revenue
streams. Find those new horizons. Yeah, it's
great for unlocking new income sources you might
not have thought of. You start by briefing the
agent on your current business. What do you do?
Who do you help? How do you make money now? And
importantly, what are your limitations? Maybe
you're limited by geography or you're at full
capacity. Then you ask it for creative money
-making ideas. Maybe categorize to make it easier
to digest. Think like affiliate sales. What related
products Could you recommend remote services?
Could you offer consulting calls, planning sessions,
or one -time creation ongoing sales templates,
courses, guides people can buy anytime? You can
even get specific about price points. Ask for
ideas ranging from, say, a $27 download up to
a $5 ,000 high -touch coaching package. It gives
you a spectrum of possibilities. Right. Consider
this prompt. Act as a business development consultant.
My business is a portrait photography studio
for entrepreneurs in Hanoi. We're at full capacity
and geographically limited. Clear context. Suggest
10 new revenue streams. Categorize them into
affiliate marketing, reload services, and digital
products. For each, give a description, suggest
a price, and estimate the monthly revenue potential.
Put it all in a PowerPoint. Very structured request.
How does this approach ensure the ideas are actually
new and relevant, not just generic stuff? It
leverages your existing skills, client base,
and specific limitations to generate creative,
categorized suggestions tailored to you. It's
grounded in your reality. Okay, last method before
we talk ethics. Hiring. It's such a time drain,
right? Finding good people takes forever. Agent
mode can do that initial heavy lifting, sifting
through candidates so you're reviewing the best
fits, the real cream of the crop. Oh, tell me
about it. I remember spending Days days looking
through portfolios for a designer once by the
end. My eyes were crossing Delegating that first
pass sounds amazing. Imagine meeting a YouTube
thumbnail designer You could tell the agent find
ten designers on upwork their portfolios need
to look like alia doll style And my budget is
max fifty dollars per thumbnail Super specific.
Exactly. You specify the exact skills, the experience
level needed, budget constraints, maybe even
personality traits if they're important. It cuts
through all the noise and narrows the field dramatically.
And it brings back this need spreadsheet, candidate
name, their rate, a direct link to their profile
on, say, Upwork, and critically, a link to an
actual work sample that closely matches what
you asked for. Make shortlisting so much easier.
Yeah, a detailed prompt could be. Act as a recruiter.
I need a YouTube thumbnail designer on Upwork.
Requirements. Needs the Mr. Beast style. More
than two years experience. Under $30 per thumbnail.
Must have a 95 % plus job success score. Task,
search Upwork, review portfolios, create a spreadsheet
of the top five candidates, name Upwork profile
link, rate, and a link to a thumbnail sample
that matches the style. And remember, the agent
runs in its own virtual browser, so it's not
logged into your personal accounts. If it hits
a site that needs a login, it'll just pause and
ask you. You quickly log in for it, then let
it continue its work. It keeps your credentials
safe. So what could literally take you days of
painful searching? The agent can knock out in
maybe 20, 30 minutes. You get a qualified short
lists with relevant work samples. That's just
pure efficiency. So how does the agent handle
sensitive login information if it needs access
to a job board or something? It operates in its
own secure virtual browser and will simply prompt
you to log in manually if required. Your details
aren't stored or exposed. OK, so obviously, with
a tool this powerful, this versatile, Agent Mode,
it's really crucial we talk about using it responsibly.
You need to be thoughtful. Absolutely. First
point has to be data privacy. You should never
instruct the agent to collect sensitive personal
information about people. Respecting privacy
is paramount. It's just like if you were doing
it yourself. Second, avoid anything spammy. Yeah,
it can find contact info, but make sure your
outreach is personalized, genuine, no mass, generic,
emails. That's just bad practice anyway, AI or
not. Quality over quantity. And maybe the most
important point, human oversight. Yeah. Always,
always review the agent's work. It's an incredibly
powerful assistant, but it's still a tool. It
doesn't replace your judgment. Double check anything
critical before you act on it. The final decision,
the responsibility is still yours. Why is that
human oversight still so critical with agent
mode, even though it's so capable? Because AI
is fundamentally a tool. Human judgment, context,
and ethical responsibility remain absolutely
essential. It empowers you, but it doesn't absolve
you. So wrapping up. We've taken a pretty deep
dive into ChatGPT's agent mode today. The big
idea, the real takeaway, is that AI has genuinely
evolved beyond just thinking and writing for
you. It's moved past being just an advisor. It's
now an autonomous partner. It's capable of actually
acting on your behalf across the web. This really
changes the game, especially for solo entrepreneurs,
small teams. It lets you delegate research, analysis,
even complex support tasks, frees up your time
for strategic thinking. That's invaluable. And
a final thought to leave you with. As agent mode
keeps getting better, keeps evolving, what seemingly
human -only tasks might it tackle next? How else
might it transform our daily work? Definitely
something to mull over. We really encourage you
to just start with one of these methods. Pick
the one that addresses your biggest business
bottleneck right now. Once you see the results,
I guarantee you will quickly find ways to adapt
these techniques to other parts of your business.
The future of this kind of automation. It's not
coming. It's here now. Thank you for joining
us on this deep dive. Keep learning, keep exploring
the possibilities, and we'll catch you next time.