The Solarpreneur

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 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 what's going on. SoSpeaker 2 (00:43):Solarpreneurs, we are back with another episode. I'm Taylor Armstrong. I'm your host. And I am super excited here today because we have the man that knows all about investing tax strategies. And as my personal financial coach, we have Mr. Zach Bassett on the show. So Zach, thanks for hopping on with us today. Absolutely. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it. Yeah. And I was just telling you off the recording here, I've been hearing you all over the place. Um, I think by now people kind of consider you the go-to financial guy for especially door to door reps. I know you've coached, uh, I don't know, a hundred. How many, how many door to door reps would you say you've coached and helps with taxes by now? Oh God, it's got it's in the thousands. I mean, I've had over 10,000 door to door clients. Um, so really I tried to coach every one of them, but, um, as far as like my new coaching program right now, I'm coaching about, about 310 door to door guys right now.Speaker 2 (01:42):Wow. Okay. Yeah. Incredible, incredible one. Um, so if you haven't heard of Zack, you need to start following them because, um, I think my struggle on mute mine probably speak for most of the door-to-door reps is, um, I think we're notorious for blowing our money super quick and I'm getting ready to get rid of it. I know, uh, Danny Pessy, I was in his coaching program. He was just talking about how he blew his money on trips to Europe, um, spending tens of thousands going on Europe trips and, and he he's making, I know hundreds of thousands, but if guys like Danny can blow their money quick, I can't imagine guys that are making less than that. Um, blown it even quicker.Speaker 2 (02:26):So yeah, some awesome stuff you share. Um, but yeah, what we, what we want to get in today, I guess before we get into the ERC stuff, Zach, how did you, uh, why did you guys decide to focus on like door to door reps and specific and how did you kind of get into that side of helping door to door reps specifically? That's a good question. So, uh, you know, I started out doing this, um, I, I did door to door 15 years ago, so that was pretty young. Um, actually it was a little longer than I lose trackSpeaker 3 (03:00):Of time. I'm getting old, but, um, yeah, I was about 18. Went out, did door to door for Atlas. Um, they did a direct TV and dish network so we could switch people over and it was one of the easier sells of all time and door to door. Um, it actually broke the system because, um, like the tomb brothers, people have heard Mark and Luke tune their legends and door to door, but they sold so many accounts and, and kind of broke this like two too big of conditions. So that company went bankrupt. And, uh, so, but during that summer I noticed like all these people make really good money and nobody knew about an LLC S Corp and that strategy. So I was, I right away kind of thought, well, that's a good area. Maybe I could, um, focus on that next. I wanted to go into accounting.Speaker 3 (03:57):My dad's an accountant. Um, both my brothers are tax accountants. So I thought that might be kind of cool, um, and were competitive. Me and my brothers, you know, we both own all three of us own tax firms and, um, it's a competition, yo

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 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 , Hey, what's up Solarpreneurs. Taylor Armstrong.Speaker 2 (00:43):Back with another episode here to make your life easier as a soar sales professional, by helping you close more deals, generate more leads and referrals and dominate this industry. So today I have something special for y'all planned, but before I get into that, I want to invite you to share these episodes. If you haven't been listening, we've have some pretty powerful guests on the show. Over the past month, we had a coach Burt on, he was I think, four or five episodes back. We had Danny Pessy on both. These guys all have, you know, people are paying thousands and thousands to get advice from these guys. Um, coach Burt, I first heard him, um, a couple years back at Grant Cardone's 10X con paid about a thousand to go see him speak 10 X con. Um, and then Danny Pessy, um, as I've mentioned a few episodes, I was part of his coaching group, um, which, you know, people are paying thousands for that.Speaker 2 (01:53):These guys are dominating. The industry. Danny has made, uh, you know, millions of dollars in commissions over the years in alarms and sore now. So take advantage of the content. These guys are delivering on the show. Um, if you haven't go shooting them a message, let them know you appreciated them coming on the show. Um, cause they are charging people thousands to be coached, to get advice and guess what they delivered their advice for free to you as a solar printer listener. So we appreciate them on the show and I want to invite you to go share the content you're getting on this with someone who can use it because we are dropping extreme value on the podcast for you. Okay. So today I'm going to share something that helps me close 12 deals over a little less than a month. And um, I mentioned a few episodes back.Speaker 2 (02:54):I was in, uh, Danny Pessy's Knockstar group. They had a little going and guys were closing tons of deals. I closed 12, which was a good month for me, definitely more than I've closed probably in the past year or so. So it was pretty happy with the month I had. Um, and that's all you can do is just get better challenge yourself to get better every month. And that's what I did got 12 deals closed, and I'm going to talk about something that actually helped me. Um, and it wasn't something that they necessarily shared. Actually. They didn't talk about this really at all. I don't think so. There were a lot of things that the Knockstar guys shared that did help. So definitely recommend that, but something they didn't share. That's what we're going to be talking about here on the show. Okay.Speaker 2 (03:48):And I will say this is something I'm kind of prefacing the next episode that we're going to drop later this week because we are going to have a financial expert on his name is Zach Bassett. Um, if you haven't heard of him, he is a financial planner. Um, he's helping guys basically create long-term wealth. We all should be making great money in solar, but if you don't know how to multiply that w uh, that money you're getting can create long-term wealth. That's what we're striving for. Okay. So a little hint about what I'm going to talk about right now. Okay. So I'm going to give some, uh, yeah, some, some heavy content, some sweet tip

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 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 , Hey, what's up Solarpreneurs.Speaker 2 (00:43):I'm strong here live. I guess you won't be hearing this live, but I am here currently in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, I'm doing an episode, one of the show up for my peeps for my Solarpreneurs, because I knew, I know you guys are pushing out there. You're fighting to close deals and I'm coming at you with some sales tips, even from Mexico. So I apologize if you hear a little bit of background noise, I'm out here with the monkeys in the, uh, the wildlife here, here on the balcony of our a little resort. So you might hear a few little animals sounds some wind going through the trees, but I hope that inspires you to push hard and close the, well, I guess start this next quarter strong. So you can go out and plan for your next trip. Had this plan since, uh, December.Speaker 2 (01:37):So it's important to give yourself those pushes those abs and those flows. Last month, I had a big push. I was competing in the, uh, Knockstar. Uh, competition had my best month. I'm probably last year close 12 deals. Um, which I know for some of you, that's probably nothing. Some of you that's a lot. So for me, that was my best month in about the last year 12 deals, about four of them or, um, leads. And then eight of them were self generated deals knocking on doors. So, but that'd be a lesson. If you have a big trip planned, use it to motivate you. I knew this trip was coming. So that's part of the reason why I decided to do the Knockstar competition for the previous month, thought what a better time than to push myself close out the quarter strong and get in some extra deals before I go on the little Mexican vacation here.Speaker 2 (02:36):So that leads to the episode up today. I'm actually doing an episode on what I have learned while I'm here in Mexico. Guess what? There are sales, there are sales everywhere. And if you've been to Mexico, you know, these guys, some of the best, most aggressive salespeople in the world are in Mexico. You take one foot out of the airport and you were hounded by these guys. These guys are so most persistent. Um, I would say persistence camera series. You could find, I mean, they're hounding you for everything. They got their kids selling your stuff. You got on the streets. There's Mexican kids coming up and selling your bracelets. There's people selling you, whatever you can think of out here. So I got to hand it to the Mexican people. They fight for what they got and they are not afraid to go out and approach you and sell you whatever they're trying to, to sell that day.Speaker 2 (03:33):Okay. So the reason I'm doing an episode is because we're staying at a resort here in Puerto Vallarta, and if you've been to resorts. You know, that's another big thing that they sell down here is these timeshares. And so my parents, they got this timeshare, this Mexican timeshare, I think they've had at 10 years or so now it's been awesome. We go to Cancun. We go to, um, yeah, this is actually our first time coming down here, but you are part of the UNESCO. They give you like a few locations. You can trade them and swap them out. So we usually come once every couple of years to one of these Mexican locations, great time. But if you've been to a timeshare, you probably know that they're c

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 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 what's going on. Solarpreneurs. We are backSpeaker 2 (00:45):With another fantastic episode and I'm super excited today because we have one of the OGs of knocking on the show today. His name is Danny Pessy. Thanks for coming on Danny. What's up guys? How you doing? Oh yeah. So we're excited to have Danny on and if you haven't heard of him, you're probably living under a rock cause this guy is a producing awesome content. He's got 11,000 followers on Instagram. He's all over the place. You've been the door to order Connors or anything like that. You've seen him in all his, uh, his, uh, you know, like mob outfits he's wearing like tiger skins and stuff like that, showing up to events. So you can't miss this guy, but beside the flyer that he brings to the industry, he is definitely a top producer. Um, I mean you've sold thousands and thousands of alarm accounts, Danny, and doing tons of solar now.Speaker 2 (01:40):So, uh, yeah. What was your top summer like 350 alarm counts accounts 456, 456. Ooh, okay. Fire. So you're crushing a man and then now you're doing some solar deals, right? Yeah. So we, uh, so we we've trained, we've pivoted our business, um, from, uh, security to solar. So, you know, for the last, uh, 60 days I've been heavy doing solar and it's been, it's been a fun transition and we've, uh, we've started a setter closer model and a self-gen model. And, uh, we've transitioned our alarm sales reps to solar and we are converting our alarm technicians into solar installations and the company I worked for Titanium, we're transitioning now into being installation company. So we're going to control the whole process. Yeah, it's been, it's been fun. And you know, it's been, it's been mentally, uh, emotionally challenging to shift industries. Cause alarms have been great to me. I never had, I've never had a bad year and it's because of the environment that I grew up in and, you know, working for good. And for so long, I felt myself to a very high standard. And, you know, obviously that is like the standard of top performing reps and you, a lot of, uh,Speaker 3 (03:00):A lot of, uh, you know, what I've been able to accomplish just because of the identity that I held as, you know, a top performing rep. And so with me identifying as that, it was hard to make that transition into solar. And so I've had to do a lot of work to do it. Cause, you know, it's kind of like leaving a girlfriend that's been successful and you know, it's unfortunate, but a lot of people don't realize that like emotional attachments to your business can be devastating to you. And, you know, a perfect example, my uncle, he used to run, um, an art deco decor company and he was crushing it in the nineties and two thousands. And what he would sell was his high ticket item, um, sculpture. So he'd make brass sculptures and, uh, you know, beautiful light fixtures. And there were thousands of thousands of dollars, high-quality brass.Speaker 3 (03:52):And what happened was the marketplace show. It slowly shifted from high ticket, high cost items to Ikea. Cheap would buy it for a couple of years, throw them away when you're done and he never pivoted his business. And then eventually, um, you know, all the money that you've accumulated over the years, uh, kinda went,

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 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 what's up Solarpreneurs Taylor ArmstrongSpeaker 2 (00:45):Back with another episode here to help you close more deals, generate more leads and more referrals and dominate in the solar industry. Hope you're doing well today. We've got a little bit different episode and I'm going to go through a program that I just completed. Um, actually at the time of this recording, I have two more days left. Okay. But I am planning on completing it, I guess, a Dane a quarter. So that program, if you've been listening to the previous episodes, I brought it up a few times already and it's something that I highly recommend. So I'm going to tell you my experience with it, my hesitations going into it, um, actually thought about doing for doing it for probably over a year now, but finally got around to doing it. So I'm telling my hesitations in experience and what I overall just gained from going through it.Speaker 2 (01:44):Okay. So that program I'm going to talk about is called 75 Hard. And a lot of you have probably heard of it. It is pretty popular and a lot of people post about on Tik TOK, social media, a lot of people have gotten great results with it. Um, you know, sales guys at helps a lot of different benefits, so I'm going to jump into it. Okay. So first of all, I heard about this program from a few friends, her, I guess, coworkers, people that I have sold with for awhile. Um, some of the guys that first got me in the industry actually told me about it. My first buddy that did hit his name is Dallin. He's actually been on the show Dallin Pancheri, probably about 50 episodes ago. You can go back and listen to him, but he told me about this program.Speaker 2 (02:30):He went through it and what it is, if you're not familiar with it is for 75 days straight, you have to follow a checklist of specific items. And if you miss even one thing on this checklist, you go back to day zero. So the things you have to follow is you have to do two workouts a day. They have to be 45 minutes. Each you have to take a progress picture. You have to read 10 pages, you have to drink a gallon of water. You have to follow a specific diet you can't have any cheat meals or alcohol. So that's the program. And honestly sounds, I mean, somewhat simple, probably a lot of you are doing these things already. So I'm thinking of, okay, workout, um, read a few pages, drink some water. It doesn't sound like that. I can be away now, but the key with all this, and I found this out pretty quickly, it's that you have to be ultra consistent.Speaker 2 (03:24):Like I said, if you miss even one thing on there, you're going back to D zero. Right? So that's the key with it. And then the other thing is you can make it as strict or as easy as you want. Okay. I mean, obviously I'm more applying do the workouts and the diets. Okay. Cause he doesn't specify what type of workouts you have to do. He doesn't specify which diet you have to follow. So when I first heard about this program, my friend, Dallin, he did a diet where he didn't eat any sugar for 75 days. Okay. And by no sugar, I mean, he, even if it had a gram of sugar, he's not eating it. His, so you look at most things have sugar in them right. Right. Um, so yeah, I mean any food label, not even a gram of sugar, he's like, no, not e

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 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 bring in the top solar dogs, the industry, to let you in on the secrets of generating more leads, following 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 what's up. What's up Solarpreneurs,Speaker 2 (00:44):Taylor Armstrong. Back with another episode here to help you close more deals, generate more referrals and leads and help you dominate in the solar industry. Hope you're doing well. If you didn't listen to the last episode you are missing out. We had the one, the only coach Michael Burt on the show and definitely a high profile guest. If you haven't heard of him, go check them out. He spoke at 10 XCon Grant Cardone's events. He's one of the top coaches, top sales trainers in the world, I would say. So go listen to the episode and share that. Give them a like in, let them know you appreciated him coming on. If you haven't already, um, besides that, what else do we have going on? Um, if you haven't heard the big announcement yet, we have our new learning platform that is opening up, um, to an exclusive group that's happening next week.Speaker 2 (01:40):It might already be out depending on when you're listening to this. By the time we have this recording here at the end of March, we are releasing to the first group of students. Um, the new learning platform, that's solciety.co. If you haven't gone and checked it out, I want to suggest that you hop on this. It's going to change the game and we're not going to dump all the details here yet. That's going to be pretty soon, but just to give you a little teaser, it's going to be something similar to, if you've heard of the masterclass, you maybe have seen ads for that, but masterclass, what they do, they go and find the best of each industry. Um, they, you can get Steph Curry to teach basketball. They get, um, you know, any difference, any of like skill you want to learn. They go and get the best person from there to teach it.Speaker 2 (02:35):So what we're doing with solciety, it's going to be something similar to that and ton, ton of other things I can't go into quite yet, but we're going to get the best of the industry. Bring them all together into one platform and create a community around it. So you're not going to want to miss out. And it is so cheap right now. I can't even believe we're releasing it for so cheap. So go get on. It's definitely going to go up in price. So hop on while you can. That's solciety.co. Um, if you want to go check it out and go get one on the wait list, we're gonna open it up, um, next week. Okay. But so let's jump into the episode today. Hope you're closing lots of deals. It's springtime here in San Diego. It's getting nice and warm outside, nice and toasty.Speaker 2 (03:25):Plenty of doors to knock. Now, people are in a better mood with that warm outside. So I want to tell a story about something that happened to me last week, some mistakes I made and, um, something that actually went really well. And then it's going to be something that you maybe haven't tried. So basically what I did is I was able to turn a customer, the, me to drop the price. I turned this customer into about eight referrals now. Okay. So crazy amount of referrals, but the bad news is, well, not bad, but I did drop the price. So I'm going to tell you what I did. And I'm going to tell you the mistakes I made first with this customer. And then I'm going to tell you how I got these eight referrals. It's not going to happen with

Having a system, processes, and guiding philosophy serve as the essential building blocks to support business and it's growth. When you incorporate them into your solar company's workday routine, these help improve your overall efficiency. But what's missing in this business world is creating targets. Keeping that intensity and persistence can create discipline. To help reach the company goal, we seek help from professional and certified coaches to create a competitive workforce. This sense of competition forces a team to get better.

Transcription: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. 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 bring in 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 sore anywhere you might ask? A solopreneur is a new breed of solar pro that is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve mastery. And you are about to become what's going on in solarpreneurSpeaker 2 (00:44):Nation Taylor Armstrong. Back with another episode here to help your life easier in your solar sales journey, helping you crush it, helping you get more referrals, generate more leads and dominate. That's what we're all about. So I wanted to give you a couple updates on the things going on around my neck of the woods here in San Diego, just got back from a Mario kart tournament with our sales team, and you'll be sad to know that I came in second place. Did not, um, pull out the win, but we had a hundred dollars go to the winner, had a cool little tournament. So if you're not doing fun, little activities like that, I would highly suggest it. Do that with your teams, get types of, uh, events, activities, go on. We, we do one weekly, but it can be a little much sometimes. So I would suggest maybe every couple of weeks, get your team together through an awesome activity, get some food and, uh, yeah.Speaker 2 (01:45):Do tournaments. People love it, but yeah, came in second place and uh, I grew up on Mario kart. Um, if any of you want to challenge me? I am down anytime I lost a one match cause that freaking blue shell came and hit me at the very end. If you know Mario kart, you know what I'm talking about, but anyways, so that's, what's going on here. We're keeping the activities going we're gearing up. Um, spring is coming quickly to this summer months are flying by and guess what it's already almost done with Q1. So take a step back to look at where are you at in your goals we're already done with the first quarter. We're going into the second quarter pretty quick here. So if you're not crushing it this year, start to analyze where are you at? And that's going to lead us directly into the episode, which is why should you have a coach?Speaker 2 (02:40):Okay. Um, and the reason I'm doing this episode is because next um, episode we have coming up, we have coach Michael Burton coming on. If you haven't heard a coach Burt, he is pretty high profile. Dude. I saw him speak it. Um, actually grant Kurt owns X con and he's coached hundreds and hundreds of sales people probably into the thousands business leaders, entrepreneurs. He has I think a dozen or two books. Anyways. We introduced him in that, in the next episode, but you're not going to want to miss out on that. And it got me really thinking about why is coaching important? Hey, obviously we're going to talk more about that in the next episode do, but just made me start reflecting. Why should we have coaches in when I first started in sales, that was pretty much unheard of. I was like, I was like, no one needs a coach in sales.Speaker 2 (03:36):You got a manager. You need, you don't need a coach. But then as I've talked about in some previous episodes, I actually have hired many coaches and it has been, I would say one of the single most important things to my growth, helping me close more deals, help them keeping me accountable and helping me grow as a sales person and entrepreneur. So start to consider if you've never had a coach, I want you to consider getting one. Okay. And what, what top, you know, business people, entrepreneurs they're investing in themselves. So I think that's the first principle with this.

How do you create more interaction with your homeowners? Door-to-door may seem like a nerve-wracking thing to do . However, when done right, it's a very powerful way to build your business.

How do you maintain a work-life balance in solar sales? Many people struggle balancing their work from their personal life. This isn't surprising in solar sales with the constant rejection, meeting the quota, and being available constantly for leads and potential customers. In this episode, Ashton will share some of his secret weapons on how he balances his life and give important tidbits on how to lead teams efficiently.

How is loving people going to help you in your sales? What's the same principle with this? If you love the people and if you know you have a deep conviction/deep belief in your product then you will have more conviction in what you're doing.

What's this underground training program? Are you using your commute time as learning opportunities, are you really doing whatever it takes to learn every day, to improve, to be reading books, to be going through programs, if you're not doing that and you're not seeing the type of success that you want. You have got to start to look at a question and start to ask yourself why you weren't putting the time to train every day.

Finding the perfect prospect, creating the best connections, and closing deals as quickly as possible is a dream for each solar sales person. The reality is only about 2% of sales will close on first meeting. With this pretty low percentage, you need to continue to make constant follow-ups until they are open to buying. Persistence is the key. In this episode, we listen to Moe Falah on how he became successful in closing deals.

The competition is always fierce in the solar industry. This is why you should always treat solar sales like alarms. What do I mean by this? Listen closely as I provide some useful techniques that will help you condition your mindset and help your solar sales team close deals more effectively and maximize your marketing ROI.

How do you make negative dollars on an account? People out here are making 20 to 30 grand on single counts. So how can someone go to making ridiculous money to making negative on an account? In this episode, I wanna go through the mistakes I made with this particular account and hopefully help you guys avoid these same mistakes.

A smart solar salesperson knows that you can plant seeds of doubt in a potential client’s mind and compromise a deal due to blunders in timing, judgment, or phrasing. When you want to convince a homeowner to go solar, you need to undertake a lot of challenges. There are certain factors that can turn off a homeowner from your solar offering that is why AUTHENTICITY is one of the keys in achieving a successful and intuitive sales strategy. In this episode, we will learn some of James Swiderski's past experiences that can help separate your solar business from the rest.

So how did Solarpreneur begin? Where did it all start? A lot of people have been asking about James who was my co-host in the first 50 to 70 episodes. If you're curious to learn more about what happened, tune in to this juicy episode.

Do you really have that confidence when you compare yourself to the top guys in the Solar Industry? How does your confidence stack up with the top guys in your company? I guarantee you, confidence is a big part of why they are successful. If you're struggling in sales, listening to this episode is the best thing to do now because I will teach you steps on how to develop YOUR confidence and win more sales!

What are some of your favorite books for personal and/or business development? How many times have you read them? If you don't like reading or if you're a really slow reader, I am going to share some of the hacks that I have been using in order to improve in this area.

What are Tax Credits? How do you explain Tax Benefits to the home owners so they can take advantage of it and remove misconceptions about Tax Credits. An added value of a Solar company is being able to not just close deals but explain thoroughly the benefits of Tax Credits to home owners. Educate them about tax liability and their tax claims and eventually, this will help you gain their TRUST.

Is it a taboo to knock in the dark?? I mean, as solarpreneurs trying to scale our success while selling it's pretty crucial that we aren't scaring away our potential leads and even hot leads. It makes the whole matter worse though when you scare people away before they even meet you. The reason your managers tell you that selling at night isn't smart is simply because they don't know how to do it the right way. I of course always recommend my students and team wear these light up lanyard keychains to make sure they're setting the right first-impression when they knock on doors and, even when the sale seems hopeless, help others make investments in themselves.

You need to improve your skills constantly if you want to earn a consistent, and generous, income from selling solar. One of the most important things that you can improve, besides how you get leads, is how you close them. The SELL is where all the money is made after all. Let me show you then not only some of the strategies I used to close more deals in a year than ever before, but also the mistakes other salesmen make that are losing them who knows how many sales. One of the best ways I was originally trained for closing was actually by using Grant Cardone's Closer Survival Guide.

Everyone of us has times where we need to improve our selling. I do my best every day to improve my own.

The main reason TOP Salesmen don't get referrals is really sad actually. These amazing sales reps are limited in their success simply because they either don't ask for referrals, the fastest way to scale the amount of installations you have each week, or they simply don't know how to ask for them. Look, if you want to get more people to trust you that what you have to offer them really will become an asset to their family then you need to borrow the trust of their friends and family. One of my top secrets to doing that is automation liked I talked about in yesterday's episode with Virtual Assistants that help me buy back my time. But I also use softwares like www.SendOutCards.com so I can automate the way people remember me and not the countless other sales representatives that have knocked their doors in the past. Don't sacrifice your success and paycheck each week just because you think the following up to get referrals is "too complicated". It's not. If you want more help in scaling the success you have each week in selling solar then go over to webclass.solarpreneurs.com

How much time do you spend each day on things that are unimportant? Well we all do. I realized though that the amount of time I was spending on things like responding to emails and following up with clients.

There are few things that are more annoying than a conversation with someone who doesn't really care, it's true in life and in selling solar. So I make sure that every door I knock on is at least prepared or able to invest in their own house.

There's a lot of times as solar salesmen where we just get burnt out. It comes with the job of knocking doors really. The main reason you don't feel like you're progressing in your selling is simply because you don't know these core things to scale your success. If you want to get up to 100 installs in a year, earning the Golden Door award at D2DCon, then you need to understand the reason you're out there knocking doors. You can't improve as a sales rep for your company after all if you don't know why you need to scale your abilities. One of the best ways I've found to do just that is by using planners, I recommend Grant Cardone's 10X planner You need to align yourself though regarldess with people who can push you to reach your full potential. Surround yourself then with a team that gives you the resources and drive to do just that. I'm always willing to help and excited to do so. I've got a special FREE presntation waiting for you then at webclass.solarpreneurs.com

"Taylor what's this podcast even about??" It's about you really. The Solarpreneur, those of us who not only sell solar but are also dedicated to becoming the best we can be at it. Sure we could sell for the Summer or a year and MAYBE get a few installations a month, but that would hurt people like you and I too much. We don't settle for small commissions when we know there's so much more we are capable of. Selling solar does not have to be miserable, contrary to popular belief, and that's what my mission is all about!! I know how easy it is to get just 2 installations EVERY WEEK with simple strategies. I do this nearly every week because I value my time with my family and friends more than "grinding". I systematize my knocking and automate my follow ups and I want to be sure others like me know exactly how to do the same thing.

In this episode, we get to talk with Brad Mortensen - Founder | CEO at RepCard. #solarpreneurs #integratedmarketing #sandiegocaliforniasolarpreneurs #solarsales #entrepreneur #solarclosing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

"Plan your work and work your plan." In this episode, I have shared some of the best planning tools I personally use to track my progress whether it's for work or personal to achieve my goals. #solarpreneurs #integratedmarketing #sandiegocaliforniasolarpreneurs #solarsales #entrepreneur #solarclosing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

How do you turn your Facebook profile into a money making referral machine to gain more leads? #solarpreneurs #integratedmarketing #sandiegocaliforniasolarpreneurs #solarsales #entrepreneur #solarclosing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

How do you build a mind of steel and get through rough and tough times? Listen closely and get some insights on the 3 things that have helped me get through droughts and cancelled appointments #solarpreneurs #integratedmarketing #sandiegocaliforniasolarpreneurs #solarsales #entrepreneur #solarclosing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

In this episode, we get to hangout with Matt Crowther and listen as he shares some valuable insights on how to learn and grow in the solar panel business. #solarpreneurs #integratedmarketing #sandiegocaliforniasolarpreneurs #solarsales #entrepreneur #solarclosing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

In this episode, we will help you take your recruiting skills to the next level with our highly effective 3 Innovative Knocking Strategies. #solarpreneurs #integratedmarketing #sandiegocaliforniasolarpreneurs #solarsales #entrepreneur #solarclosing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

This episode will teach you hacks to take your solar game to the next level and solidify your appointments. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

Why is it important to get social proof? Listen to this episode for some good social proof hacks to improve your sales. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

Let’s bring honor to solar sales!! Unfortunately I’ve said some things that I’ve regretted while selling. While most were not a big deal, a few brought terrible reviews to my company. One even could’ve caused a lawsuit.. Hear what happened to me and PLEASE be honest 100% in your sales Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

Building a team takes a village. Learn the basics of building your digital door-to-door solar dream team by listening to this podcast. Where you can find Aaron: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aaronwolverton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwolverton Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/a.wolve/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU2QtZw1SxD_4jHYSUv6ZYA If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

Hey solarpreneurs!! This was an interview I was featured on last year on Jackson Rucker's d2d success secrets. We talk about getting into digital marketing and what the differences are vs. door knocking. If you are getting started in digital marketing or want to know how we got started, this episode will give you some great insights! It's becoming increasingly important to master not only door knocking but also how to build your brand and generate leads online so this episode will start you off on the right foot If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

PHAIBION ROYAL Learn how to generate sales and get more leads through email marketing with powerhouse entrepreneur, Phaibion Royal. Website: https://royalenergy.co/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhaibionRoyal/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phaibion-royal-commercial-solar-lead-generation-expert/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phaibion_royal/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoyalEnergy_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc7OQ8L3ADfWNO99w8hvGVw If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Frank Ammons from The Solar Success Podcast. In this episode, we are going to dive into the topic of closing sales via Zoom. Is it efficient? Does it help? Find out in this episode. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

Find out what went down at the D2D Con with Megawatt Man Michael O'Donnel. Where you can find Michael: Website - http://www.sunsolarsolutions.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MichaelOdonnellSales/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-o-donnell-0a03197a/ Listen to a past episode with Michael O'Donnel: https://bit.ly/2SJ65mz If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

3 SALES LESSONS LEARNED FROM LIGHTNING MCQUEEN Life can be overwhelming at times and that can affect your closing. Who would thought that an animated anthropomorphic stock car can teach us so much about elevating our sales? Listen to this podcast for some nuggets of wisdom from Lightning McQueen! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

Ty Williams is Regional VP of sales for the west coast of Vivint Solar. He helped grow the company from 4 reps when he started in 2013 to now dozens of offices and hundreds of reps. Hear his secrets to success and the things he has done to help grow his company and build teams while maintaining great culture. Connect with Ty on social media and be sure to subscribe to his podcast Electric People too!

Let no virus stop you from closing sales. Listen to these valuable tips on how to close sales in the middle of a lockdown. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

Tune in to hear how Bennett has grown his dealer including some unique follow ups that you've probably never heard of before!

Check out the secret techniques Cory is using to close deals galore in AZ!

Corona Virus shouldn't stop you from increasing your sales. Why is incentive important in solar? Find fresh new tips from this episode so you can incorporate incentives in order to improve your sales. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylor.armstrong.330 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-armstrong-3ba975139/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-solarpreneur-podcast/id1438556991 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LDMDHyVB5iti1TwCrmMON Anchor: https://anchor.fm/solarpreneur/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.

Learn how to improve your influence and make more sales using social media in this short crash course with Cody Thiel. Find out what causes burnout and how to combat it. Timestamps: 00:34 - Introduction 03:32 - Social Media to avoid burnout 08:40 - Social Media sites that sell 09:43 - What causes burnout 38:45 - Conclusion Where you can find Cody: Website - https://www.solar-me.org/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/codythiel76/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cody-thiel-9a8b209a/ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast! In that way, you'll get fresh new episodes automatically and you'll gain more knowledge in solar entrepreneurship.