Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to the Solarpreneur podcast, where we teach you to take your solar business to the next level. My name is Taylor Armstrong and I went from $50 in my bank account and struggling for groceries to closing 150 deals in a year and cracking the code on why sales reps fail. I teach you to avoid the mistakes I made and bringing the top solar dogs, the industry to let you in on the secrets of generating more leads, falling up like a pro and closing more deals. What is a Solarpreneur you might ask a Solarpreneur is a new breed of solar pro that is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve mastery and you are about to become one.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Let's jump into it. My name's Taylor Armstrong. I'm here to help you close more deals, generate more leads and referrals, and hopefully have a much more enjoyable time in the solar industry. Hope you're doing well here. We just passed Halloween and I will say, uh, those that don't know, I have a kid he's two years old now. And if you haven't experienced Halloween with a two year old, it's pretty funny, definitely would recommend it. We took him out. Uh, he was just as Harry Potter, had the glasses, the scar, the, uh, the wand out and, uh, people loved them. We loaded up on the candy. So would definitely recommend that if you, you know, have a kid to go trick or treating with, it's much more, uh, you know, much better reception knocking on doors when people are expecting you to get candy. And that's, what's cool about that holiday.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
If you didn't go trick or treating, that's how you really need to think of knocking doors, selling solar panels. Because if you have that same attitude that people want you at their door, that they're going to open up for you, except you with welcome arms, then it's much more likely to happen. Then if you don't think that if you think it's the power manifestation, right? So that's something I observed while we were out there trick or treating on Halloween anyways, not to get sidetracked, but just had a quick thought about that. So today's episode is a big one because we're announcing our new app that just launched in the app store. You can go download it right now has some amazing features that we're going to be rolling out. We're going to be talking about. And I am just super excited cause we've been working on it for months now.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
And it's been close to launching probably like five times now, but finally, it's available. Finally go download it. And it's a fully functioning. So that's the first ask, go download it and then share this, go share it with someone. Hey, we want people download this app. We a ton of time into it. And we're still making adjustments as we're going to add more things, it's going to get better and better as time goes on and we get feedback from our users, but we would appreciate it. If you go to the app store right now, download it. And then we're going to walk you through a couple of sections here, just super stoked about it. So let's jump into it. So if you download the Solciety app at first of all, I want to give a preface for those that haven't been listening as consistent Solciety is our training platform.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
And previously it was only for paid members. Um, we had that, it was, um, 97 bucks a month. Um, if you listen to the end of most episodes, we had just sort of, the ending was talking about how we had the paid program, the paid mentorship, and previously you could only get access to the app if you're a part of that, but we wanted to make, you know, some adjustments, um, add some features. So primarily this is why we actually just decided to develop our own app because we were using a white labeled version called one huddle where we had our, uh, course our videos on you put quizzes in there, but that's about all you could do. And you know, little fixes here and there, like, you know what, we're paying a lot for this monthly. Let's just make our own app. So that's all we did.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
And it's cool. Cause there's different sections now. That's pretty exciting. So again, go download it. And this is replacing our old app. So this is, we don't have anything on one huddle huddle anymore. Now we have just our own app. Okay. And so, um, there is a paid version still. So those that were previously paying for their Solciety was subscription. You are going to get grandfathered in the 97 bucks a month. And guess what the other big piece is, if you haven't tried out the Solciety paid subscription, we're launching it at 97 bucks a month to everybody. Okay. And it is going to go up probably in about a month. So go jump on. We just wanted to get as many people in as possible. Okay? But that being said, you do not have to pay to get access to the app.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Hey, so go download up for free. And obviously there's going to be sections. You can't access unless you are a paid member, but a lot of sections that you can. So we're going to go through, what's free. What's not weighing checkout and go download it. So once you are inside, you'll see the homepage and we're going to be rotating videos in there. Just some feature content we have the first video right now is actually an app tutorial. So I'm not going to get super specific because you can go on there and see a video. That's going to explain it a lot than I could on the podcast here, but go see that. So it's on the home page and then you'll see some logos down at the bottom. We have the podcasts, so you can go access every single episode, all in one place, straight from the app.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
So that's the fourth tab over, Hey, and then what's really cool about this. Even if you're not a paid member of Solciety. What I think is probably one of the coolest features on here, we have lined out different partnerships with software companies, with coaches, with trainers, with mentors in the solar industry where you can actually go check out what they have to offer. And we've worked out exclusive discounts for people that go download the app and go check this out. Hey. So if you've thought about getting extra training, even if it's not through Solciety, even if you don't want to be a paid member of Solciety, go download this because you're going to get great content. Number one, world-class trainers on there for free. And then you're going to get number two, you're going to get a marketplace where you can see the courses that we vetted ourselves.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
I've been through. Most of them, myself, vetted them, know that there's some of the top guys in the industry and you're going to get exclusive discounts to lead gen providers, to people teaching online Legion, to people, teaching, closing people, teaching prospecting, just all aspects of solar sales, all in one place. Hey, and that's going to be on the tools section. So if you're on the app, it's on the bottom, right? You can go to the very right corner and you can click on the pro shop. And you're going to see all these different coaches. And again, they're being added, um, every, probably every week or two, you're going to see new updates to this. Hey, but this is what we're launching with. You're going to see coaching on their new courses and training programs, software and tools to fuel your growth and access to top vetted service providers.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
So whatever, you know, whatever tool, whatever coach, whatever software you could think of in the solar industry, go check it out on our marketplace first because we've worked out some exclusive deals, some cool things that you're not going to be able to get access to anywhere else. Just to give you an example, um, rep card, they're one of our, um, partners on the platform and they've agreed to, um, anyone that, you know, gets a rep carb subscription from our marketplace. We'll get a free top card. I think I've mentioned that in the show before, but they just coming out with these new little, top cards, super sweet piece of technology. You can be in a home in an appointment top your customer's phone and your rep card, your digital business card. It's going to go straight into their phones, straight into their contacts. If you don't know, if you don't know what rep card is, go listen to the podcast we did with them.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
That was, um, probably like six months ago, but, uh, you know, great software right there. So again, go check this out. We have all these vetted service providers and some of the top stuff you can find that you will need as you go to go throughout your day-to-day tasks as a solar professional. Hey, so that is, um, the free sections of, um, Solciety of the app. And for those that are interested, Hey, you can get your subscription on here. Again, we're starting at 97 bucks. And the reason I'm saying this has to go up because we partnered with, um, Siro. And again, this was another featured software partner we had. Um, about a month ago, they are a super cool recording software where you can record your door presentation. You can record your closing presentation, get feedback from it, from your managers and you know, people within your company.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
But what we're working out with them, that's going to be available to our paid members is you're going to be able to work with myself and a lot of other top coaches in solar, where we're going to give you direct feedback on your presentations. That's right. And that is for 97 bucks where you're getting direct access to us and direct feedback in your presentations. Um, so that's, I think the coolest feature of the paid of the paid subscription to Solciety. Okay. And it's not, it costs us money. Okay. We're not getting this for free from Siro. Um, so yeah, it's costing us money for every user that comes on. So that's why I know it's not sustainable to do this for the 97 bucks for everyone that comes on, but those that want to take advantage of it, go get on. Like I said, it's probably gonna be about 30 days before we need to up it.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
So if you want to get on that tier and get it at the discount, go jump on, subscribe to it. Okay. We'd love to have you part of the community. And the other cool thing that you're getting is you're getting access to our video chat app. It's called volley. And you're going to be able to get direct communication with the community, with myself, feedback on any struggles you're going through and really just connect with other people in the Solciety community. So that's my two favorite pieces of it. But on a side note, besides that you're also getting full access to the discovery section, which includes way more contents from our, all of our coaches in there and then specific like courses. So instead of it just being videos that you'll get as part of the free Solciety app, you'll get specific, you know, modules in there, for example, videos on closing videos, on your presentation, videos, on up all, things like that.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
You're going to get access to that and be able to get, um, some specific advice depending on what you're struggling with. And so that's all available for our paid members that want to go get on that and have access to some of the top brains in the solar industry. I don't know if I'm the top brain in the solar industry, but I'm going to be connecting you with the best of the best. And that's our goal here at Solciety and here at Solarpreneur is we want you connecting to the best in the industry. Hey, I know I'm pretty good at some things, but that's, that's one of the reasons why I started the podcast just because there's a lot of things I'm not good at. And I want to connect with all those people that are better than me at the follow-up that are better than me at the closing that are better than me at whatever it is that I'm struggling with.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
So that's what you need to do is focus on your strengths and then try to learn from those that are better than you at your weaknesses. Hey, so that's just a little demo. We want to give you of Solciety, go download the app. Let me know what you think would love your feedback on it. And again, just share the podcast. Anyone, you know, that could benefit from some extra dose of solar knowledge or some extra, I dunno, training content. Please share it with them would mean the world with me, it world, to me, if you would tag us all, we're on Instagram. Taylor J Armstrong is a, my username over on Instagram or just, you know, sin, shoot it in a text message to someone at your company or someone in your circle of friends that can benefit from the podcast. That's our ask. Hope you go and download Solciety today.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Can't wait to hear your feedback and I can't wait for everyone to go check it out for free. Go hop on it. So we'll see you on the next one. Hey, Solarpreneurs quick question. What if you could surround yourself with the industry's top performing sales pros, marketers, and CEOs, and learn from their experience and wisdom in less than 20 minutes a day. For the last three years, I've been placed in the fortunate position to interview dozens of elite level solar professionals and learn exactly what they do behind closed doors to build their solar careers to an all-star level. That's why I want to make a truly special announcement about the new learning community, exclusively for solar professionals to learn, compete, and win with top performers in the industry. And it's called the Solciety, this learning community with designed from the ground up to level the playing field to give solar pros access to proven members who want to give back to this community and help you or your team to be held accountable by the industry. Brightest minds four, are you ready for it? Less than $3 and 45 cents a day currently Solciety is open, launched, and ready to be enrolled. So go to Solciety.co To learn more and join the learning experience. Now this is exclusively for Solarpreneur listeners. So be sure to go to solciety.co and join. We'll see you on the inside.