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TL;DR: We announced a cool thing. Hit us up at Intersolar for a demo! www.getwattbot.com ——— If you’re in residential solar, you know the meme. 40x growth in customer base and 60% drop in hard costs over 12 years … yet CAC keeps climbing. One key driver of that is the good ol’ “solar calculator” problem. A term we use fondly to describe the "lead gen" forms out there. Every experience is some version of: ? You enter a street address ? You pinpoint your roof ? You see some numbers (or surrender contact info to see them) ? You get called, texted, and emailed into oblivion This sucks. The best solar calculator must do more. For consumers: :: Be not boring — people have chaotic lives and short attention spans. :: Be not pushy — nobody likes being sold to. :: Give more value back for every datapoint submitted. :: Empower good decision-making — solar is a complex and idiosyncratic function of location, home, household and timing. For installers: :: Be customizable to their selling style—in meaningful, not superficial ways. :: Be insanely simple to distribute—because solar is sold in a dozen different ways, both online and in person. That’s it. That’s all it takes to be America’s Best Solar Calculator. So we built it. Want a demo? Hit us up at Intersolar or book a call! www.getwattbot.com ——— One final note. I’ve had the pleasure of shipping some impactful things in my life. No saying how this one will go, but Nathan Eidelson … this is the thing I’ll be most proud of. It's an honor to be building WattBot with you.

Our next product! Hit us up at #Intersolar for a demo, or book a call on www.getwattbot.com ?

WattBot is attending the Solar Lead Gen Summit at RE+. Ruben Ugarte has pulled together an incredible agenda and audience, and we can't wait to meet this community! https://lnkd.in/eebnMymj

If you’re a top residential solar installer, WattBot’s Yellow Page can tell your unique story. "Huh? I have my own website for that ... ??" You do. But let’s face it, there’s so much crap out there it’s impossible for consumers to tell the best from the rest. Yellow Page is a different kind of marketing. It is 100% evidence-based. It uses the voice of your customers to motivate your next customers. It is also 100% not boring. Need proof? Read Texas Best Solar's Yellow Page (link in comments). TBS was founded by a young marine veteran and a young-ish custom home builder. They use solar panels that are designed, engineered and assembled in Texas. Customers love them. If you're a top solar installer, you too deserve a Yellow Page. Attending RE+? Book a meeting! https://wattbot.app/RE+ Not at RE+? Get on the waitlist! https://tally.so/r/3qBkP2

Are you a top solar installer attending RE+? WattBot built Yellow Page just for you. Meet us at RE+ to learn more. ↓ https://wattbot.app/RE ↑ Yellow Page is available to top solar installers. Yellow Page is your best selling tool. It turns your best reviews into your sales pitch. It instantly amplifies your reputation. It cuts through local market noise. It lowers your sales and marketing cost. It lets you compete on track record, not price. It will motivate your team and staff (tough year?) Yellow Page has 25+ use cases. Book a meeting with us to learn more ↓ https://wattbot.app/RE ↑ Did we mention we'll be at RE+? ???

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On this Fourth of July, a shout out to solar pros giving households energy independence! These businesses don’t see red or blue, they see yellow. All the home construction trades are challenging but solar is a ?? whole other level of crazy ?? Solar installers are dual-trade ninjas. The projects are more like long-term service relationships. They bear massive fixed costs in volatile regulatory environments. They often earn less than those who sell the systems. But they do it. Must be something about the rooftop views.

Thrilled to finally announce WattBot — what I’ve been working on for the past year and plan to work on for many, many more. Since 2018 I’ve felt that the most present danger to humanity is climate destruction (aka “change”). Most frustratingly within this abstract danger lies our inability to deploy *existing* climate solutions, and quickly. But whether it’s convincing farmers to plant cover crops or consumers to go solar, I’ve learned that deployment is mostly an issue of education, motivation, and facilitation. Fortunately these are things software can help with, and quickly (see https://lnkd.in/gc4FnCtB). I was lucky enough to meet Dhanur Grandhi in 2023, at a time when we both felt an urge to pursue a similar idea: a software company that could solve deployment for residential solar. How? Well, the way solar is sold in this country leaves trust to be desired. As a result, one third of what you pay for home solar goes towards a massive sales apparatus: around $8,000 on average. This is a number we want to drive toward $0, making the process of going solar cheaper and more enjoyable for consumers. At WattBot, we are excited to: 1. Build tools for solar installers to 10x their growth in a matter of years 2. Use great design to make software this industry has never seen before 3. Build upon the shoulders of giants, and partner with the best out there 4. Focus on profit over valuation We’re starting with our first product, Yellow Page — a free reputation amplifier to help the top 5% of solar installers compete on track record instead of price. We’re truly honored that incredible businesses like Good Faith Energy and Transform Solar are already using their pages in the wild, and are grateful for Mohammed Abdalla ?? and Jason Humphrey for their feedback as we perfect the product.?Learn more at https://www.wattbot.app/ The truth is, while starting a company is hard the last year has actually been a *blast* thanks to an amazing group of mentors, friends, and family who helped us get here: Dori Rutkevitz Conrad Kramer Shadi B. Allison Mateo, PPS, NCC, APCC Shikha Agarwal Legarlin Li Peter W. Aditya Sharma Hannah Yang Cole Ashman Billy Parish Phil Narodick James Gordey James Quazi David Rusenko Graham Turk Anay Shah and Ben Eidelson just to name a few!

It gives me great joy to announce?WattBot, a company I started with?Nathan Eidelson. I’m fortunate to have crossed paths with Nathan. We connected last year over solar problems I was working on in 2012. We decided to start WattBot because those problems remain unsolved. Today we’re unveiling WattBot's first product, Yellow Page! Yellow Page is a free reputation amplifier designed to help the top 5% of solar installers compete on track record instead of price. Companies like?Good Faith Energy?and?Transform Solar?are already capitalizing on their Yellow Page. We are grateful to you?Mohammed Abdalla ???and?Jason Humphrey, thanks for the confidence and support. Curious? → https://www.wattbot.app Not yet? ↓ Nearly 5 million residential rooftops have gone solar in the US because "sunlight hits your roof, powers your home, unlocks possibilities." is a pretty great sales pitch. For optimal S-curve adoption however, we need to see ????40 million by 2030???? There's one problem. Despite a 25X growth in customers (from 200K in 2012 to est. 5M by 2024 end), the industry is spending around $8K on average to acquire each new customer. CAC was around $5K in 2012 and has trended upward through all the technology breakthroughs, equipment cost reductions, electric rate hikes, easy financing options and bureaucratic victories. We think the erosion of consumer trust has something to do with this. Folks are tired of the antics. They don't know who or what to believe anymore. As an industry we don't hit our goal if we don’t win back consumer trust. It’s that simple. Yellow Page is our answer to this problem. And Yellow Page is just the beginning. WattBot is building a suite of conversion tools for solar installers. Delightful, trustworthy, personalized, interactive tools you can use to attract, qualify, nurture and close your next customers for less. WattBot is bootstrapped and mission-driven. Our journey from -1 to 0 would not be possible without the wisdom of these incredible people →?Shikha Agarwal?Gustaf Alstr?mer ?????Cole Ashman Nate Adams?Chris Collins?Anne Demetrio Downing?Ben Eidelson?Ted Fawcett?James Gordey?Dr. Balakrishna Grandhi?Paola "P" Humphrey Haris Ikram?Conrad Kramer?Andrew Krause?Colin Law?Will Martin?Billy Parish?James Quazi?Sandra Reisman, MBA?Jason Riley?David Rusenko?Dori Rutkevitz??Graham Turk Emma Wilcox?Dalton Viggers?Peter W.?Colin Walsh?Graham Turk?Erin M Talbot Brian Korgaonkar?Anne Dwane?Sirikhwan Lertvilai?Aditya Sharma?McGee Young We cannot predict how this will go but we know one thing - WattBot will not be boring. Life’s too short for boring ??

Transform Solar now has a Yellow Page! It has been an honor to work with WattBot on this joint launch. The opportunity to see the brand image we've worked so hard to build come to life on this immersive landing page has reinforced our perspective on our place in the industry. A positive customer experience with solar IS possible and we've proven it hundreds of times. Thank you WattBot for helping us turn our customers' stories into a public company profile. As we continue to experience the "Solar Coaster," local installers with a solid reputation are worth highlighting, as the physical work done in the field is often the most crucial aspect of any solar energy project. Congrats Dhanur Grandhi and Nathan Eidelson on your launch! We are proud to support you and look forward to being a small part of your success story ?? ?? www.wattbot.app/transform