Consultants vs AI Tools | Handling Sales Objections with AI Roleplay

In the age of AI tools, clients think they can replace strategy with a software subscription. They are wrong. 

Michelle runs two live roleplays around the most common AI-skeptic objections coaches, consultants, and service providers face right now. Scenario one: the founder who thinks AI outreach replaces sales strategy. Scenario two: the CEO who thinks a churn dashboard replaces a retention system. Watch what happens when you stop defending your rate and start showing the gap. This is not a debate about tools versus humans. This is about who builds the system that makes the tools worth buying.

If you’ve heard "we'll just use AI for that," this is the episode you listen to before your next call.

Chapters
[Start] Introduction: Two objections, two roleplays. Michelle sets up the scenarios and explains why these objections are hurting sales right now.
02:13 Scenario 1: "We'll Just Automate Outreach": The founder thinks AI can handle prospecting. Michelle shows how that breaks down.  
06:51 Scenario 2: "AI Can Do the Analytics": The CEO thinks their Church dashboard has them covered. Michelle explains what they’re missing. 
11:15 The Value-Based Math Lesson: What the gaps in these two scenarios actually cost in dollars.
15:06 The Rascal Challenge: One thing to do before your next sales call.

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