The Problem
Sales teams live or die on training. The right skills can close a deal. The wrong habits can sink one.
But traditional training is expensive and slow. Workshops don’t stick. Roleplay feels awkward. Managers don’t have time to sit in on every call.
Enter the AI hype crowd: “Here’s my executive assistant workflow — it saved me 35 hours a week!” Or, “Buy my 400 magic prompts and you’ll sell more tomorrow!”
That’s snake oil. It doesn’t build skills. It doesn’t move the numbers. And it sure doesn’t train a sales rep how to handle a real customer conversation.
The Solution
We built Karen, an AI Sales Training Agent for a global energy provider.
Karen’s role is simple but powerful:
- Simulate real customer calls across industries
- Coach sales reps after each live call (25,000 calls a day)
- Provide adaptive learning paths reps can choose from
- Integrate company scripts and playbooks
- Highlight strengths, gaps, and next steps for every rep
Karen doesn’t just “assist.” She trains, tracks, and improves your team in real time.
The Results
Since Karen went live:
- 25,000 calls a day monitored
- Instant coaching delivered after each call
- Sales reps practicing objections daily, not yearly
- Skill gaps identified automatically instead of waiting for quarterly reviews
This isn’t theory. This is a system teaching 25,000 times a day — and improving the team with every single call.
The Truth About the Market
And here’s the blunt reality: while Karen is training 25,000 live sales calls a day, so-called “AI experts” are still out there selling recycled LinkedIn posts as strategy. They’re still pretending that prompts and shortcuts can replace the hard work of building systems that actually learn.
That’s not just a waste of money. It’s dangerous for SMBs. It’s stealing from families. It’s selling dreams that collapse the moment you try to put them into practice.
That’s what snake oil looks like.
Why This Matters for SMBs
If you run a sales team, you don’t need theory. You need reps who close deals, hit quotas, and grow revenue. Karen does that by being there every single call, every single day — with no payroll fatigue and no burnout.
Where Studio98 Fits
We don’t do shortcuts. We don’t do hacks. We don’t do hype.
We design agents that:
- Fit the workflow
- Deliver measurable ROI
- Scale without excuses
That’s the opposite of the snake oil. And it’s why we back it up with something no “expert” will ever offer you:
Our 30-Day ROI Guarantee
If your Performance Dashboard doesn’t show hard-dollar cash gains by Day 30, you get a 125% refund. No fine print. No “time saved” fluff. Just dollars back.
We don’t do theory. We do proof.