How Mila did it: case studies and news
Every owner gets this guide the moment their assistant is born — together with a link to the bot. Here it is in full: the first 15 minutes, what you pay for, how to check the work and what to do if Mila goes quiet. At the end — a plan for the first week.
You now have a digital employee. Not a chatbot that answers questions, but a worker with a memory, tools and a workplace.
The difference is simple. A chatbot gives advice. Your assistant gets things done: writes and sends emails, handles correspondence, gathers documents, does the maths, publishes posts, remembers your clients and your agreements. And remembers them tomorrow, next week and three months from now.
Say hello and tell it in two or three sentences what you do. It will ask about the rest itself.
Not a test one — something from today. For example: “write a reply to this client”, “put together a list of suppliers”, “make a poster for Saturday”.
It will almost certainly not get it quite right. Say what exactly is off: not “bad”, but “too formal” or “drop the last paragraph”. A correction is remembered for good.
/new. It’s like closing one folder and opening another. It won’t forget you or your work — only the current conversation. It’s free and noticeably cheaper (why — see below)./skills shows what the assistant can do and lets you add or remove skills. For the balance, just ask in plain words — it will answer right there.There are two different bills here, and it’s important not to mix them up.
| What it is | Who pays | |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | the assistant itself, its development, our support, training, new skills | paid for your term |
| Fuel (tokens) | the model’s work: every time the assistant calls on the artificial intelligence | you, based on actual usage |
Fuel is not our markup. It goes straight to the model provider. We don’t earn on it.
What it costs. A short question costs pennies. A big job (building a spreadsheet, sending out emails, preparing a document) costs noticeably more: the assistant takes many steps.
The thing that surprises everyone. The cost of a question grows not with how hard it is, but with the length of the conversation: each time, the assistant rereads everything you’ve discussed in that chat. The same question in the evening can cost eight times more than in the morning. There’s only one reason: the conversation got long.
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It’s the simplest way to pay less.Ask about the cost up front. Before a big job, ask: “roughly how much will this cost?” — it will work it out and tell you before it starts.
When the fuel runs out, the assistant goes quiet. It doesn’t break — it simply goes quiet, because it has nothing to think with. Topping up takes a couple of minutes, and then it carries on by itself: memory, work in progress and training are all still there. We’ll warn you in advance when the balance is running low.
Ask for evidence. Not “I sent the email”, but “to whom, when, to which address”. A good answer always comes with facts: a number, a time, a link, a file name. If an answer sounds confident but has not a single detail you can check — ask again. It’s a work habit, not distrust.
Check closely at first, then less often. Just like with a new employee.
These aren’t limits born of weakness — they protect your money and your reputation.
Three reasons, from most to least common:
@. Tell us — we’ll set it up to always answer in your work chat.Don’t wait in silence. Quiet for more than an hour is a reason to write, not a reason to decide the service doesn’t work.
| Your side | Our side |
|---|---|
| top up the fuel · teach the assistant and give it tasks · check the results · organise how your team works with it · tell us if something’s wrong | keep the assistant working and not falling over · make sure it can do what was promised · new skills and development · supporting and training you · being honest and the first to tell you about outages · not charging you for our breakdowns |
Where to reach the people. We’re around for the whole term of your subscription. Write in the shared work chat — both the assistant and we see you there. Specific questions get solved faster: not “everything’s bad”, but “this email came out dry” or “yesterday it didn’t answer at 15:40”.
Seven short steps, 10–20 minutes each. The order matters: each next step builds on the one before.
In your own words: what you do, who your clients are, what you sell them, what sets you apart from others, what’s unacceptable to you. By voice, text, website or presentation — whatever’s convenient.
Price list, email templates, presentations, past estimates, photos, texts from your website. About each one say: “this is a sample, do it the same way”. One sample beats ten explanations — the assistant breaks down your file and turns it into a rule.
How to speak to you and your clients: formally or casually, dry or warm, what must never be promised, which words we don’t use, who on your team is responsible for what.
A task that would otherwise take you half an hour to an hour: a reply to a difficult client, a list of suppliers, an estimate, a poster.
If needed — email and social media. We’ll help and explain which access is needed and why; we don’t ask for anything extra.
What it does on its own and when: a morning summary, task reminders, a Friday report, sorting new enquiries. It handles regular work without you.
Ask: “how much did I spend this week and on what the most?” You’ll see where
you’re overpaying (usually long conversations without /new) and where it pays for itself.
Gathered from the real experience of the first owners — so you don’t step in the same places.
/new is the most money-saving button in this product.Get your own Mila — Mila: for life and for business in one companion. The first hour is a review of your business and three recommendations. The first conversation is free.
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