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Selling solar panels in a trade where nobody picks up anymore

Years of aggressive door-to-door and phone selling have taught homeowners to be wary. The ads that work here do not sell kilowatts, they show who will be on the roof.

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After years of cold calling, a withheld number gets hung up on. A video of the team who will come gets watched.

Distrust is the first obstacle

In France, cold calling for energy renovation work has been banned since 2020, and not by chance. The trade carries a reputation you pay for even when you work properly.

An ad that looks like every other one, with a savings promise in big letters, wakes that distrust up. A video showing your team, your van and a finished installation at a local customer's home does the opposite.

What to know before calling back

A badly qualified solar enquiry costs a wasted trip. The form can sort for you:

  • Whether they own the house
  • Roof type and orientation, even roughly
  • What they want: a lower bill, selling power back, independence
  • A timeframe, to separate a project from curiosity

Do not promise a subsidy amount

Subsidies and feed-in tariffs change often. Quoting an amount in an ad risks showing a wrong figure in three months, and feeding exactly the distrust the trade suffers from.

Better to say you review the available support during the visit. It is true, and it is a reason to book.

Why not buy leads

Contacts sold by lead platforms are often sold to several installers at once. The homeowner gets three calls within the hour and the conversation turns to price. A campaign in your own name gives you a contact who chose you.

Does your situation look like this? Let's talk for 30 minutes.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a certification to advertise?
To run ads, no. But your customers often need it to access subsidies, and they increasingly know it. If you are certified, show it: it is a trust signal that costs little.
Facebook or Google for solar?
They complement each other. Google captures people already looking for an installer, Meta reaches homeowners who think about it without having taken the step. I run both, and we choose based on your area and installation capacity.
I do not like being on video.
Your installers at work, a finished installation, a customer willing to talk: there are other faces than yours. In this trade, what matters is proving there is a real company behind the ad.

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