His sons practiced sales calls with Grok playing the customer
He runs a family business and used Grok to write cold-call scripts for it. Then his sons practiced the calls, with Grok playing the person being called and giving them feedback after each try. Practicing on an AI is low stakes: you can repeat the hard parts, like the first ten seconds or a customer who says they're busy, as many times as you like before calling a real person. It works best when you tell the AI who you're calling, what you sell and the objections you usually hear, so the practice sounds like a real call. A script is a starting point, so change the wording until it sounds like you.
Copy this prompt
I run [BUSINESS] and call [TYPE OF CUSTOMER] to offer [WHAT YOU SELL]. Write a short cold-call script: a 10-second opening, two questions to ask, and answers to these objections: [OBJECTION 1], [OBJECTION 2], [OBJECTION 3]. Then play the customer so I can practice. Be realistic and a bit busy. After each try, tell me one thing I did well and one thing to change.
Our own prompt, written from what the source describes. We haven't run it ourselves. Text in [BRACKETS] is what you replace.
Watch out for
- Check the rules before calling: the Do Not Call list and state laws apply to many sales calls in the US.
- Rewrite the script in your own words. Customers can tell when someone reads a script.
- Don't share customer lists or private data with the AI to practice.
Where this comes from
Original post by @talesofarmegil on X, Nov 3, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. The result is what the poster reports.
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