Solar
Solar and battery leads answered in under a minute, qualified on the questions that matter, and booked for a consultation before the competitors call.
Every solar lead is shared with 4 installers. Be the first reply, not the fourth.
What your leads actually say
Three messages solar installers get every week
Verbatim in spirit. Each one arrived while the person who should answer it was on a job, and each one was also sent to 2 or 3 competitors.
“Our electric bill hit $410 in July. Interested in solar plus a battery. We own the home, roof is about 8 years old. How does the process work?”
“Got a quote from another company for 9.6 kW at a price that seemed high. Can you give me a competing quote from my bill?”
“The system you installed 3 years ago has a red light on the inverter and production is at zero. Who do I call?”
How LeadBolt answers
Composed for the lead in front of it, in about 45 seconds
The reply on the right is the kind of message Live Wire, the auto-responder, sends to solar installers. It is built from what the customer wrote, the service LeadBolt classified, the time of day and whether you are open, the city, and the facts you set: your prices, your policies, your license. Nothing is pasted from a script bank, and no two leads get the same message.
Strike First, the speed-to-lead engine, sends it in about 45 seconds, during hours and after. Lightning Rod, the spam detection, has already parked the lead resellers and the marketing pitches, so the crew only ever sees customers. If the customer goes quiet, Boomerang, the ghost-lead follow-up, nudges them until they answer or say stop, and the whole thread lives in Switchboard, the unified inbox, where a person can take over with one tap.
Hi Jordan, this is ACME Solar. A $410 July bill on an 8 year old roof is a strong case for a system with storage, and owning the home makes financing simple. The first step is a 30 minute consultation where we size it from a year of bills. We can do Wednesday at 5:30 PM or Saturday at 10 AM, at home or by video. Reply 1 or 2.
Built from
- Customer's words: $410 bill, own the home, roof 8 years old, battery
- Service: Solar Consultation
- 6:20 PM, after hours
- Peoria
- Your fact: consultation format
- 2 windows
Illustrative reply. The appointment windows come from Dispatch, the scheduling add-on.
The services you can auto-book
5 of 9 book from the first reply
Consultations, inspections, cleaning, and service calls book from the first reply. Installations and storage need the design and the bill review, so the reply books the consultation and explains what happens there.
With Dispatch, the scheduling add-on, the first reply offers 2 or 3 real windows and the customer books by texting a number. Services that need a quote get the estimate visit booked the same way, which is still a booking on your calendar. Which services are bookable is set per service inside LeadBolt, so the list below is a starting point, not a rule.
- Solar ConsultationBooks instantly
- System InspectionBooks instantly
- Panel CleaningBooks instantly
- Inverter RepairBooks instantly
- Monitoring SetupBooks instantly
- Residential Solar InstallationEstimate first
- Battery StorageEstimate first
- Commercial SolarEstimate first
- EV Charger Add-OnEstimate first
Where these leads come from
The sources that matter most for solar installers
Every one of them gets the same treatment: instant reply, spam screening, one inbox, and revenue attribution. Each is connected with you on a call, included with every plan.
Google Ads
Where most solar budgets go, and where lead forms arrive with the campaign and keyword attached.
Meta
Lead ads that go cold in minutes, so Boomerang follow-up is on by default.
Yelp
Reviews and the response badge, which solar shoppers read after the price shock from the first quote.
Website forms
The bill-upload and 'get a quote' forms that deserve a reply before the next tab is opened.
Nextdoor
The neighbor who asks who installed the array next door and gets 6 answers.
Seasonality and timing
When solar installers get buried, and why the clock matters more then
Solar demand follows the utility bill. The first summer bill and the first winter heating bill each set off a wave of inquiries, and incentive deadlines produce a year-end rush that arrives all at once. Because most solar leads are sold to several installers, the sale usually goes to whoever schedules the consultation first, not whoever quotes lowest.
Throttle, the Yelp ad tuning, keeps Yelp spend on the keywords that book consultations and off the ones that attract other installers' salespeople. After hours matters because solar shoppers research at night: a 9 PM inquiry gets a reply that answers the process question, confirms the homeowner and roof details, and offers an evening or weekend consultation, which is when these customers are actually free.
Plans start at $149/mo and every plan answers every lead in under a minute. Throttle is included in Pro. See pricing for the full grid.
Keep reading
Three trades that look like yours, and two features they lean on
Electrical
Half the house is dark. The customer is not waiting for your callback.
Read moreRoofing
Storm season fills the inbox in one afternoon. Answer all of it.
Read moreHVAC
The AC quits at 4 PM in July. The reply goes out at 4:01.
Read moreBoomerang, ghost-lead follow-up
Timed sequences that bring cold leads back.
Read moreScoreboard, analytics
Response time, conversion, and true ROAS by source.
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