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Speaker: Welcome to the Solarpreneur Podcast, where we teach you to take your solar business to the next level.
Speaker: My name is Taylor Armstrong.
Speaker: 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 fell.
Speaker: I teach you how to avoid the mistakes I made and bring in the top solar dogs of the industry to let you in on the secrets of generating more leads, falling up like a pro, and closing more deals.
Speaker: What is a solopreneur, you might ask?
Speaker: A solopreneur is a new breed of solopro that is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve mastery, and you are about to become one.
Speaker: What's up, solopreneurs?
Speaker: Taylor Armstrong here.
Speaker: Today, we're going to be talking about the must-have app for solar professionals, or anyone that's in the solar industry.
Speaker: All that and much more coming up in today's episode.
Speaker: Let's jump into it.
Speaker: My name is Taylor Armstrong.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: Hope you're doing well.
Speaker: Here we just passed Halloween.
Speaker: And I will say, those that don't know, I have a kid.
Speaker: He's two years old now.
Speaker: And if you haven't experienced Halloween with a two-year-old, it's pretty funny.
Speaker: Definitely would recommend it.
Speaker: We took him out.
Speaker: He was dressed as Harry Potter, had the glasses, the scar, the wand out.
Speaker: And people loved him.
Speaker: We loaded up on the candy.
Speaker: So we definitely recommend that if you have a kid to go trick-or-treating with.
Speaker: It's much better reception knocking on doors when people are expecting you to get candy.
Speaker: That's what's cool about that holiday.
Speaker: If you didn't go trick-or-treating, that's how you really need to think of knocking doors selling solar panels.
Speaker: Because if you have that same attitude that people want you at their door...
Speaker: that they're going to open up for you, accept you with welcome arms, then it's much more likely to happen than if you don't think that.
Speaker: If you think it's the power of manifestation, right?
Speaker: So that's something I observed while we were out there trick-or-treating on Halloween.
Speaker: Anyways, not to get sidetracked, but just had a quick thought about that.
Speaker: So today's episode is a big one because we're announcing our new app that just launched in the App Store.
Speaker: You can go download it right now.
Speaker: It 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 because we've been working on it for months now, and it's been close to launching probably like five times now, but finally it's available.
Speaker: Finally you can go download it, and it's fully functioning.
Speaker: So that's the first ask.
Speaker: Go download it and then share this.
Speaker: Go share it with someone.
Speaker: We want people downloading this app.
Speaker: We put a ton of time into it and we're still making adjustments.
Speaker: We're going to add more things.
Speaker: It's going to get better and better as time goes on and we get feedback from our users.
Speaker: 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 sections here.
Speaker: Just super stoked about it.
Speaker: So let's jump into it.
Speaker: So if you download the Soul Society app, first of all, I want to give a preface for those that haven't been listening as consistent.
Speaker: Soul Society is our training platform.
Speaker: And previously, it was only for our paid members.
Speaker: We had that.
Speaker: It was $97 a month.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: And previously, you could only get access to the app if you're a part of that.
Speaker: But we wanted to make some adjustments, add some features.
Speaker: So primarily, this is why we actually just decided to develop our own app.
Speaker: Because we were using a white-labeled version called OneHuddle, where we had our course, our videos on.
Speaker: You put quizzes in there, but that's about all you could do.
Speaker: And little fixes here and there were like, you know what?
Speaker: We're paying a lot for this monthly.
Speaker: Let's just make our own app.
Speaker: That's what we did.
Speaker: And it's cool because there's different sections now that's pretty exciting.
Speaker: So again, go download it.
Speaker: And this is replacing our old app.
Speaker: So we don't have anything on one huddle anymore.
Speaker: Now we have just our own app.
Speaker: And so there is a paid version still.
Speaker: So those that were previously paying for their Solciety subscription, you are going to get grandfathered in the $97 a month.
Speaker: And guess what?
Speaker: The other big piece is if you haven't tried out the Solciety paid subscription, we're launching it at $97 a month to everybody.
Speaker: Okay, and it is going to go up probably in about a month.
Speaker: So go jump on.
Speaker: We just wanted to get as many people in as possible.
Speaker: Okay, but that being said, you do not have to pay to get access to the app.
Speaker: Okay, so go download it for free.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: So we're going to go through what's free, what's not, what you can check out.
Speaker: And go download it.
Speaker: So once you are inside, you'll see the homepage.
Speaker: And we're going to be rotating videos in there, just some featured content we have.
Speaker: The first video right now is actually an app tutorial.
Speaker: 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 better than I could on the podcast here.
Speaker: But go see that.
Speaker: It's on the homepage.
Speaker: And then you'll see some logos down at the bottom.
Speaker: We have the podcast.
Speaker: So you can go access every single episode all in one place straight from the app.
Speaker: So that's the fourth tab over.
Speaker: And then what's really cool about this, even if you're not a paid member of Solcite, 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.
Speaker: And we've worked out exclusive discounts for people that go download the app and go check this out.
Speaker: So if you've thought about getting extra training, even if it's not through SolCity, even if you don't want to be a paid member of SolCity, go download this because you're going to get great content.
Speaker: Number one, world class trainers on there for free.
Speaker: And then you're going to get number two.
Speaker: You're going to get a marketplace where you can see the courses that we vetted ourselves.
Speaker: I've been through most of myself.
Speaker: vetted them, know that they're some of the top guys in the industry, and you're going to get exclusive discounts to lead gen providers, to people teaching online lead gen, to people teaching closing, people teaching prospecting, just all aspects of solar cells all in one place.
Speaker: Okay, and that's going to be on the tools section.
Speaker: So if you're on the app, it's on the bottom right, you can go to the very right corner.
Speaker: And you can click on the pro shop.
Speaker: And you're going to see all these different coaches.
Speaker: And again, they're being added every, probably every week or two, you're going to see new updates to this.
Speaker: Okay, but this is
Speaker: What we're launching with, you're going to see coaching on there, new courses and training programs, software and tools to fuel your growth and access to top vetted service providers.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: Just to give you an example, um, rep card, they're one of our, um, partners on the platform.
Speaker: And they've agreed to anyone that, you know, gets a rep card subscription from our marketplace will get a free top card.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: You can be in a home, in an appointment, tap your customer's phone and your rep card, your digital business card.
Speaker: It's going to go straight into their phone, straight into their contacts.
Speaker: If you don't know what rep card is, go listen to the podcast we did with them.
Speaker: That was probably like six months ago.
Speaker: But, you know, great software right there.
Speaker: So again, go check this out.
Speaker: We have all these vetted service providers and some of the top stuff you can find that you will need as you go throughout your day-to-day tasks as a solar professional.
Speaker: Hey, so that is the free sections of SolCity of the app.
Speaker: And for those that are interested, you can get your subscription on here.
Speaker: Again, we're starting at 97 bucks.
Speaker: And the reason I'm saying this has to go up because we partnered with Ciro.
Speaker: And again, this was another featured software partner we had about a month ago.
Speaker: They are a super cool recording software where you can record your door presentation.
Speaker: You can record your closing presentation, get feedback from it, from your managers and people within your company.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: That's right.
Speaker: And that is for $97 where you're getting direct access to us and direct feedback in your presentations.
Speaker: So that's, I think, the coolest feature of the paid subscription to SoulCity.
Speaker: And it costs us money.
Speaker: We're not getting this for free from Ciro.
Speaker: So yeah, it's costing us money for every user that comes on.
Speaker: So that's why I know it's not sustainable to do this for the $97 for everyone that comes on.
Speaker: But those that want to take advantage of it, go get on.
Speaker: Like I said, it's probably going to be about 30 days before we need to up it.
Speaker: So if you want to get on that tier and get it at the discount, go jump on, subscribe to it.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: We'd love to have you a part of the community.
Speaker: And the other cool thing that you're getting is you're getting access to our video chat app.
Speaker: It's called Volley.
Speaker: And you're going to be able to get direct communication with the community, with myself, feedback, feedback,
Speaker: on any struggles you're going through, and really just connect with other people in the SoulCity community.
Speaker: So that's my two favorite pieces of it.
Speaker: But on a side note, besides that, you're also getting full access to the discovery section, which includes way more content from all of our coaches in there.
Speaker: And then specific like courses.
Speaker: So instead of it just being videos that you'll get as part of the free SoulCity app, you'll get specific, you know, modules in there.
Speaker: For example, videos on closing, videos on your presentation, videos on follow up, all things like that.
Speaker: You're going to get access to that and be able to get some specific advice depending on what you're struggling with.
Speaker: And so that's all available for our paid members that want to go get on that.
Speaker: and have access to some of the top brains in the solar industry.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: And that's our goal here at Soul Society and here at Solarpreneur is we want you connecting to the best in the industry.
Speaker: Hey, I know I'm pretty good at some things, but that's
Speaker: That's one of the reasons why I started the podcast, just because there's a lot of things I'm not good at.
Speaker: 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: 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.
Speaker: Okay, so that's just a little demo we wanted to give you of Solcite.
Speaker: Go download the app.
Speaker: Let me know what you think.
Speaker: Would love your feedback on it.
Speaker: And again, just share the podcast to anyone you know that could benefit from some extra dose of solar knowledge.
Speaker: or some extra, I don't know, training content, please share it with them.
Speaker: Would mean the world to me if you would tag us over on Instagram.
Speaker: Taylor J. Armstrong is my username over on Instagram.
Speaker: Or just, you know, send, shoot it in a text message to someone at your company or someone in your circle of friends that can benefit from the podcast.
Speaker: So that's our ask.
Speaker: Hope you go and download Society today.
Speaker: Can't wait to hear your feedback.
Speaker: And I can't wait for everyone to go check it out for free.
Speaker: Go hop on it.
Speaker: So we'll see you on the next one.
Speaker: Hey Solarpreneurs, quick question.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: 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.
Speaker: And it's called Solcitee.
Speaker: This learning community was designed from the ground up to level the playing field and give Solar Pros access to proven mentors who want to give back to this community and help you or your team to be held accountable by the industry's brightest minds for, are you ready for it, less than $3.45 a day.
Speaker: Currently, SoulCity is open, launched, and ready to be enrolled.
Speaker: So go to SoulCity.co to learn more and join the learning experience now.
Speaker: This is exclusively for solopreneur listeners, so be sure to go to SoulCity.co and join.
Speaker: We'll see you on the inside.
