# 172 8 objections you'll get selling AI services (and how to destroy them)

Grab the free cheat sheet of all eight objections plus a how-to-use-them section - https://corey-ganim.kit.com/a2e17c90d1 In this solo episode, I break down the eight most common objections you'll hear when pitching AI services to business owners, and I show you exactly how to destroy each one. I cover the QuickBooks analogy that handles "can't I just use ChatGPT myself," why skeptics need one concrete win in days instead of more hype, and the ROI flip that makes "it's too expensive" the easiest objection on the list. I also walk through the effort versus impact matrix for owners who tried AI and got bad results, the five pillars that prove no business is too specialized, and the exact framing for "let me think about it." By the end of this episode, you'll have a ready response for every objection standing between you and your next closed AI deal. Join our AI Operator Academy Community where we help entrepreneurs start and scale a profitable AI services business https://www.skool.com/aioperatoracademy/about Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 00:14 – Objection 1: Can't I just use ChatGPT myself? 01:25 – Objection 2: AI feels overhyped 02:05 – Free cheat sheet of all eight objections 02:33 – Objection 3: It's too expensive 03:46 – Objection 4: I don't have time right now 04:55 – Objection 5: I tried AI and got bad results 05:40 – The effort versus impact matrix 06:30 – Objection 6: My business is too specialized 06:50 – The five pillars of an AI operating system 07:30 – Objection 7: I don't want to replace my people 09:00 – Objection 8: Let me think about it 09:45 – The $999 AI assessment close 10:25 – Recap and how to grab the cheat sheet Key Points You destroy "can't I just use ChatGPT myself?" with the QuickBooks analogy: you could do your own books, taxes, and insurance, but you pay an expert because they know what to do and you don't want to spend the time learning. "It's too expensive" is the easiest objection to overcome because you can always flip it to ROI. If a few thousand dollars buys back five hours a week or unlocks more revenue, the expensive option is doing nothing. "I don't have time" is the objection that proves the pitch. The owner has no time because they're buried in the exact day-to-day tasks you'd be automating. Most owners who tried AI and got bad results jumped straight into tinkering. The right way is auditing existing workflows with an effort versus impact matrix and stack-ranking exactly where AI makes sense. No business is too specialized for AI. Every business runs on follow-up, quoting, scheduling, and emails, and every business runs on the same five pillars: sales, marketing, finance, operations, and intelligence. Frame AI as automating tasks, not roles. It pulls the grunt work off the team so they can do the job they were actually hired for, and you never lead with replacing people. "Let me think about it" is usually a smokescreen. Reframe the real decision: every week of waiting is more hours lost to a task that could be automated, and the cost of staying stuck compounds. ChatGPT - https://chatgpt.com Claude - https://claude.ai FIND ME ON SOCIAL X/Twitter: https://x.com/coreyganim Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreyganim/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreyganim/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coreyganim