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Touch of OShea Natural Skincare is a Philadelphia skincare brand. The founder learned how to write good AI prompts in free small business courses, then built a set of AI agents that each play one role: chief of staff, chief marketing officer (CMO) and chief financial officer (CFO).

Business type: Online stores. Tool used: AI agents the founder set up (tool not named). Result: The agents save the founder 7 to 10 hours a week on admin. For a back-to-school sale, the CFO agent helped plan the promotion and the CMO agent wrote the ad and email copy, and the sale hit its revenue target, the story says.

Source: Verizon news story (Owner's own story) · Added Mon, Oct 26 · Last updated 2026-10-26

ToolAI agents the founder set up (tool not named)BusinessOnline storesTaskMarketing & social, Operations & adminSourceVerizon news story (Owner's own story)

How they set it up

  1. Write one set of instructions for each role (chief of staff, CMO, CFO).
  2. Give each agent the facts it needs: prices, costs, past sales and your brand voice.
  3. Ask the CFO agent to plan a sale's discounts and targets.
  4. Ask the CMO agent to write the ads and emails for it.
  5. Read everything before it goes out.

Result

The agents save the founder 7 to 10 hours a week on admin. For a back-to-school sale, the CFO agent helped plan the promotion and the CMO agent wrote the ad and email copy, and the sale hit its revenue target, the story says. (as reported by the source)

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What does the AI agent do here?

Touch of OShea Natural Skincare is a Philadelphia skincare brand. The founder learned how to write good AI prompts in free small business courses, then built a set of AI agents that each play one role: chief of staff, chief marketing officer (CMO) and chief financial officer (CFO).

Which tool did they use?

AI agents the founder set up (tool not named).

What was the result?

The agents save the founder 7 to 10 hours a week on admin. For a back-to-school sale, the CFO agent helped plan the promotion and the CMO agent wrote the ad and email copy, and the sale hit its revenue target, the story says. (as reported by the source)

How did they set it up?

Write one set of instructions for each role (chief of staff, CMO, CFO). Give each agent the facts it needs: prices, costs, past sales and your brand voice. Ask the CFO agent to plan a sale's discounts and targets.

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Starter prompt

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You are the CFO for [Brand]. Here are our prices, costs and last year's sales: [data]. Plan a [season] sale: which products, what discount, and a sales target. Show your math. Then hand a short brief to the marketing agent.
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