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Requirements

Social AI Premium must be active on the account. A WordPress site is required: WordPress is the only supported blogging platform at this time.

The AI Blogger Setup is a done-with-you service where our experts configure, train, and launch the AI Blogger for your business. Our team handles the branding, trains the AI on your voice and target keywords, connects your WordPress site, and sets up an autonomous blog calendar that drafts or schedules SEO-focused posts.

Two ways to get the AI Blogger

Choose one or the other:

  • Setup: a one-time fee. Our experts configure, train, and launch your AI Blogger.
  • AI Workforce Optimization Plan: an ongoing monthly fee that includes the same setup plus continued optimization (monthly check-ins, unlimited change requests, and a live training session).

Setup​

Setup runs through a short series of calls where our experts configure, train, and launch your AI Blogger. Here is how it works and what we set up along the way.

1. Onboarding call​

Our experts lead an onboarding call to understand your blogging goals and content strategy. We discuss your WordPress site, publishing cadence, blog length, image preferences, and your preferred approval workflow, along with your brand voice, target keywords, and any banned topics or words.

  • Timeline: An onboarding call can be booked in as little as 1 business day, depending on availability.

2. Configuration and launch​

Using the refinements from the onboarding call, we configure and launch your AI Blogger. This is where everything gets set up:

  • Branding: we set the AI's name and profile photo to match your brand, and select the generative AI model used to draft your content.

  • Brand training: we train the AI so your posts sound authentic, on-brand, and relevant to your business, using:

    • Your website content and business profile, so posts reflect your services, messaging, and voice
    • Any additional documentation about your products, services, service areas, or FAQs
    • Your brand voice, tone, and preferred writing style, including any wording or phrases to include or avoid
    • Target keywords and topic clusters identified during your onboarding call
    • A list of banned topics, words, claims, or compliance language the AI must avoid

  • Connecting your WordPress site: we connect your site using our Blog Post Connector plugin. This involves installing and activating the plugin on your WordPress site, generating a connection key from Settings → Blog Post Connector, and entering your site URL and key into your AI Blogger setup. We can walk you through each step during the onboarding call, or complete them for you if we are provided access to your WordPress dashboard.

  • Your blog calendar: we set up the autonomous calendar that generates and drafts or schedules your posts (see Your blog content calendar below).

  • Timeline: Your AI Blogger will be complete 1 business day after the onboarding call.

note

Only one WordPress blog is used per post. If you have multiple WordPress sites, we will confirm with you which one should receive content.

3. Walkthrough and training call​

We walk you through the new workflow: where to find your generated blog calendar and individual posts, how drafts, scheduled posts, and published posts are managed in Business App and on WordPress, how to edit or regenerate a blog before it publishes, and how to chat with your AI Blogger directly to generate posts, refine drafts, or adjust content conversationally.

4. 30-day review​

At your 30-day check-in, we audit your generated posts for brand voice consistency, SEO optimization, image quality, and content accuracy (flagging any unverified claims before they compound) and refresh your website knowledge source so the AI stays current. We also confirm whether your publishing cadence, blog length, and approval setting still make sense as your business evolves.

Your blog content calendar​

Your AI Blogger runs on a recurring trigger (daily, weekly, or monthly) that generates a fresh blog calendar. Each time it runs, we configure:

  • Goal: what each post should achieve (by default, ranking well in search while reading like a deeply researched, human-written article).
  • Total blog posts: how many unique posts are generated per run, matched to your publishing cadence.
  • Blog length: Short (1000-1100 words), Medium (1500-1600 words), or Long (2000-2100 words).
  • Images: AI-generated or stock (royalty-free from Pexels and Pixabay).
  • Networks: the WordPress site posts should publish to.

Choosing your approval workflow​

You choose how much oversight you want before content goes live:

  • Draft (recommended for new setups): the AI generates the calendar and writes each blog, but nothing goes live until you review and approve it in Business App or WordPress.
  • Schedule: the AI writes each blog and schedules it to publish automatically on the calendar date.

Your approval preference is confirmed during the onboarding call and can be changed at any time as you become more comfortable with the AI's output. Drafts can always be found in Business App and under Posts → Drafts in WordPress.

How we handle edits and refinements​

If you would like something changed (tone, structure, topic focus, keyword targeting, or anything else), let our team know. Rather than editing a single post after the fact, we update the underlying prompts so all future posts reflect the change going forward, keeping your blog consistent and on-brand over time.

AI Workforce Optimization Plan​

The AI Workforce Optimization Plan is a monthly subscription that keeps your AI employee performing after launch. Setting up an AI employee is only the beginning — real value comes from the steady tuning that follows. This plan gives your team a direct line to Vendasta's experts so prompts, automations, and settings can evolve as your business does, without you having to do the technical work yourself.

Setup is included

The Optimization Plan includes a full AI employee setup (the same scope as a one-time Setup) in Month 1. You don't purchase Setup separately: choose the one-time Setup or the monthly Optimization Plan, not both.

What's included​

  • 1 AI employee setup: Choose your AI employee at purchase. Setup is delivered in Month 1 and follows our standard setup scope: tasking, prompts, automations, and settings.
  • Monthly AI employee check-in: A proactive touchpoint each month where our team reaches out to ask for business updates and confirm the accuracy and overall performance of the AI employee.
  • Coverage for AI employees set up by our team: Ongoing optimization coverage applies to AI employees configured by Vendasta's services team within the standard setup scope: tasking, prompts, automations, and settings.
  • Unlimited changes: Request as many changes as you need to prompts, automations, and AI employee settings.
  • Email access to our expert team: Submit requests by email and receive a same-day acknowledgment. Our target is to fully resolve standard requests within 2 business days.
  • Live training session for your team: A live, guided training session so your team understands how the AI employee works, how to spot issues, and how to make the most of the optimization plan.

What's not included​

The AI Workforce Optimization Plan is focused on tuning and operating AI employees within the Vendasta platform. It is not a custom development engagement. The following are out of scope:

  • Sophisticated automations and integrations beyond the platform: Work that goes beyond what can be configured within the Vendasta platform in a reasonable amount of time.
  • Custom software development: Writing, hosting, or maintaining custom code, scripts, or APIs on your behalf.
  • Third-party tool buildouts and administration: Configuring, administering, or paying for third-party tools and accounts that sit outside the Vendasta platform.
  • Strategic consulting and business process design: Designing your overall go-to-market strategy, sales process, or operational workflows.
  • Content creation and creative production: Producing long-form marketing content, brand assets, or creative deliverables.
  • Net-new AI employees beyond the one included: Additional AI employees can be added through a separate setup engagement.
  • Coverage for AI employees you configured yourself: Self-configured AI employees can be brought into scope through a setup engagement.
  • Guaranteed business outcomes: We commit to expert configuration and ongoing optimization, not to specific revenue, lead, or conversion outcomes.
Need something out of scope?

If a request falls outside the optimization plan, we'll let you know. We can scope your request to see if it's something we can set up and support, and let you know if additional charges apply.

What to expect: response times, check-ins, and change requests

Response and resolution

  • Same-day acknowledgment. Every request you email in is acknowledged the same business day so you know it has been received and is queued.
  • 2-business-day resolution target. Most standard requests — prompt edits, small automation tweaks, settings updates — are resolved within two business days. Larger or more complex requests may take longer, or not be included; if so, we'll set expectations up front.
  • Business hours. Requests are handled during standard business hours, Monday to Friday. Requests received outside of business hours are picked up on the next business day.

Monthly check-ins

  • Each month, we proactively reach out to ensure your AI employee is performing as expected or to identify any necessary updates.
  • If you know of upcoming changes to your business, please notify us during these meetings so we can make proactive adjustments.

Change requests

  • Submit change requests by emailing marketingservices@yourdigitalagents.com. Please include the AI employee, what you'd like changed, and the desired outcome.
  • There is no cap on the number of requests per month — but the more clearly you describe the desired outcome, the faster we can deliver it.
  • We will confirm changes once they are live so you can validate them in your environment.
Roles and responsibilities

Vendasta will

  • Set up your included AI employee within the standard setup scope in Month 1.
  • Reach out proactively each month to ensure AI employee accuracy and performance.
  • Action your change requests against the AI employee's prompts, automations, and settings.
  • Acknowledge requests the same business day and target 2-business-day resolution.
  • Deliver one live training session for your team.

You will

  • Provide accurate business information, processes, and content the AI employee should reflect.
  • Submit change requests with enough context for us to act: the AI employee, the change, and the desired outcome.
  • Validate changes in your environment after we confirm they are live.
  • Keep us informed of meaningful changes to your business — new services, hours, pricing, or processes — so the AI employee stays accurate.

Once your subscription is active, your services contact will reach out to schedule the Month 1 setup and onboarding, the live training session, and your first monthly check-in. From there, you can email change requests at any time.

What optimization covers for the AI Blogger

Within the optimization plan, our team can:

  • Make small adjustments to the posts or images by chatting with your AI Blogger.
  • Update the prompts that guide how content is written.
  • Change your setup, such as publishing frequency, blog length, or connected platform.

Not included: publishing blogs to your website for you. We install and connect the WordPress plugin so posts can be published, but ongoing publishing runs through your selected approval workflow (Draft or Schedule).

What we'll need from you​

To set your business up for success, we will need the following:

Website access

  • Ability to install and activate a plugin on your WordPress dashboard (or admin access so our team can do this on your behalf), plus the connection key generated from Settings → Blog Post Connector.

Content strategy

  • Your blogging goal and overall content strategy.
  • How many posts you would like per run, and your desired publishing cadence.
  • Your preferred blog length (Short, Medium, or Long).
  • Whether you would like to review everything before it is posted (Draft) or have it scheduled automatically.

Brand guidelines

  • Brand voice samples and target keywords.
  • Any banned topics, words, or phrases, and compliance language that must be avoided.
  • Relevant holidays or current events specific to your business or industry.

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)​

What is the AI Blogger Setup service?

It is a done-with-you service where our experts configure, train, and launch your AI Blogger, including connecting your WordPress site and building your autonomous blog calendar.

Which blogging platforms are supported?

WordPress is the only supported platform at this time. Additional platforms may be added in the future.

Can I review blog posts before they go live?

Yes. Choosing the Draft approval setting means every post is generated and held for your review, in Business App or directly in WordPress, before it is scheduled or published.

Can I change my blogging strategy later?

Yes. Publishing cadence, blog length, and your approval setting can all be updated at any time. Many clients revisit these during their 30-day review.

What kind of images does the AI use?

By default, the AI generates original featured images for each post, falling back to royalty-free stock photography from Pexels and Pixabay if needed. Visual brand and WordPress-theme guidelines can be applied to either option.

How does the AI learn my brand voice?

We train it using your website, business profile, target keywords, and any brand documents you provide, along with the tone and topic preferences you share during onboarding.

What happens after the first 30 days?

We complete a 30-day review and audit, checking brand voice consistency, SEO performance, and content accuracy, and confirm whether your cadence, blog length, or approval setting should be adjusted.

How many AI employees does the optimization plan cover?

The plan includes setup and ongoing optimization for one AI employee. Additional AI employees can be added by activating another instance of the same solution.

Is there a limit on change requests?

No. Changes to prompts, automations, and AI employee settings are unlimited. Larger or more complex requests may take additional time or charges to deliver — we'll always set expectations up front.

What counts as a "standard" request?

Standard requests include anything that we originally set up for the AI employee — prompt edits, small automation adjustments, and settings changes. Work that requires custom development or integrations beyond the platform is out of scope.

What if my AI employee was set up by someone other than Vendasta?

Optimization coverage applies to AI employees set up by our team within the standard setup scope. If yours was self-configured, talk to your services contact about a setup engagement to bring it into scope.

How do I submit an optimization plan request?

Email marketingservices@yourdigitalagents.com with the AI employee in question, the change you'd like made, and the desired outcome. You'll receive a same-day acknowledgment and an expected resolution timeline.