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Podcast | Episode 577
Advanced AI Geek Out: Building Autonomous Agents, a 25% Teamwide Productivity Boost in 30 Days & More
What if your marketing team never slept and could execute flawlessly 24/7? In this episode, I geek out with Jacob Posel (until recently Director of AI at Common Thread Collective) who’s building AI agents that act like your own go-to-market team. If you’ve been curious about how to actually leverage AI to run parts of your business more efficiently, you’re going to love this one.
Listen in as we talk through what an AI “agent” really is, how to train your team to use AI tools effectively, and how Jacob’s playbook can help make your entire company 25% more productive. We also get into prompting best practices, the most exciting new protocols and tools in the AI space, and how Gemini and deep research agents are changing the game. This episode leans geeky (no apologies!), but it’s a fun ride with a ton of practical insight.
You’ll learn:
- How Jacob builds AI agents to mimic an actual go-to-market team. (02:25)
- What AI agents are and how they make autonomous decisions. (06:50)
- The first steps Jacob takes to make any company more efficient with AI. (12:35)
- How to structure and share effective AI prompts across your team. (14:45)
- Common mistakes even advanced users make with prompting. (18:20)
- Jacob’s full playbook for AI enablement in a 7- or 8-figure business. (20:25)
- Why deep research tools are a huge productivity unlock. (25:50)
- How Gemini excels in video analysis and multimodal AI use cases. (35:35)
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(With your host Andrew Youderian of eCommerceFuel.com and Jacob Posel)
What Was Mentioned
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“Anyone who uses a computer to do their job has to use it. That’s the number one most important thing to do before I start analyzing your workflows.” – Jacob Posel Tweet this “Prompting is a whole field. If you want something reliably good, give it 10 to 15 examples of what a great output looks like.” – Jacob Posel Tweet this “It’s essentially a consultant or PhD-level researcher who will research any topic for you in about 10 to 20 minutes.” – Jacob Posel Tweet this
Post by Andrew Youderian
Founder and Chief Instigator, eComFuel
Andrew quit an early finance job to sell CB radios online — an admittedly unorthodox career path. It set him on a course to found and sell multiple businesses, host a decade-running podcast, lecture at Harvard Business School and create eComFuel, the leading community for 7- and 8-figure online business owners. Andrew is fascinated with branding, AI, building community, investing and growing meaningful businesses that don't require sacrificing what truly matters.
