Solar Marketing Services
Harnessing The Power of Data for Growth
Power your success in the solar industry with innovative solutions and cutting-edge digital technology.
Valve+Meter Performance Marketing designs marketing strategies that are measurable, profitable, and scale as your business grows.
Why Is Solar Marketing Unique?
Generating Demand And Nurturing Leads For Your Sales
Your solar company offers a unique value proposition to homeowners and businesses. The solar market is not fully developed, which means solar providers should not rely on conventional strategies.
Traditional marketing envisions the buyer’s journey as a sales funnel. This model assumes consumers are searching for your products and services. Once you increase brand awareness, potential customers discover your website through organic search traffic, pay-per-click, social media, display ads, trade shows, and other event marketing. As leads are qualified, they become prospects and, eventually by nature of the funnel, become opportunities for your sales team.
Solar panels are not smartphones or even electric vehicles. While nearly four in ten homeowners have considered solar, only 8% of American households say they have installed solar panels. A solar marketing campaign must be more innovative because your target audience needs to be educated and nurtured. In many cases, your marketing will generate demand from prospective clients who may not have previously been considering solar options.
Successful Marketing Strategy For Solar Companies
To grow your solar business, solar marketing strategies focus on creating awareness and interest in solar energy solutions among target audiences. Generating demand involves educating the market about the benefits and viability of solar power, often through a variety of people-centric marketing and sales.
For your solar business, understanding how to reach potential customers and nurture long-term interest in the benefits of solar products leads to a steady flow of informed and engaged leads for your team.
Building A Better Solar Marketing Strategy
Crafting Digital Marketing Strategies As Unique As Your Brand
The present and future of solar panel installation and solar installers is bright. Solar accounted for 46% of the new electricity-generating capacity added to the U.S. grid in 2021. Growth in solar sales continues with a record 210,000 systems installed in the residential segment in Q3 of 2023.
This market outlook presents your business both with a unique opportunity and a distinct challenge. As more solar businesses enter the marketplace, effective digital marketing strategies must demonstrate why your brand is distinct from other businesses.
To find new customers, the best solar marketing tactics utilize data to blend proven solar marketing strategies with innovations. A custom approach helps in identifying and targeting the right audience for your specific business and choosing marketing channels that earn the greatest results and yield the best return on investment (ROI).
This specificity is vital in an industry experiencing exponential growth and unpredictable competition.
Math Before Marketing
At Valve+Meter, the philosophy of ‘Math Before Marketing’ is rooted in the belief that effective marketing strategies are built on a foundation of solid data and a deep understanding of market dynamics.
Before we take any action with your marketing dollars, our experts analyze data to understand where and how your solar company can achieve the best results.
Collaborating with you during our ThinkFirst™ Discovery Workshop, we explore your current situation, and delve into market research, customer behavior patterns, and opportunities in your marketplace. This data-driven approach ensures that marketing efforts are not just shots in the dark but targeted initiatives with a higher probability of success.
Who are the potential customers?
What are their pain points and motivations?
How does solar technology fit into their lives?
What are your unique selling points?
This mindset ensures that strategies are not just reactive but proactive, aligning with the future trajectory of the solar industry and the evolving needs of solar customers.
By embracing these philosophies in your solar business, you can construct a marketing strategy that not only addresses the current landscape but is also agile enough to adapt to future changes.
Let’s Build The Best Digital Marketing Strategies For Your Business
Valve+Meter’s approach ensures that marketing efforts are efficient, effective, and, most importantly, aligned with your unique identity and objectives. Start with a free conversation with one of the solar strategists.
Six Essential Elements of Successful Solar Marketing
Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Marketing
To create a steady flow of new leads, your marketing efforts must align in harmony.
Although every company, market, and target demographic is unique, there are six key elements all solar installers should evaluate when researching, planning, and implementing a solar marketing campaign.
Because Valve+Meter is a full-service performance agency, we understand how to generate leads, nurture prospects, and empower your sales through multifaceted strategies.
A performance focused website is the anchor of your solar energy company.
Online solar ads reach prospective customers directly when they search for your products and services.
SEO ensures your solar energy company is discoverable online and ranks at the top of relevant searches.
Connect your solar brand to potential customers and stay engaged with your core audience across social media platforms.
Nurture leads and stay connected with your audience through email marketing automation and personalized materials.
As an emerging technology, solar energy companies need cutting-edge materials to connect with target audiences and stand out from competitors.
The Importance of Adaptability in Marketing Solar Energy
When creating a solar marketing strategy, adaptability isn’t just an advantage; it’s a necessity.
Innovations in solar energy, the best solar digital marketing strategies must be robust, innovative, and adaptable. Valve+Meter’s approach to building sustainable solar marketing strategies is data-driven.
By constantly measuring results and testing new methods, you can save money on unnecessary marketing activities and scale the most effective efforts. Embracing adaptability means staying ahead in this ever-changing field.
How To Earn More Solar Customers
Blending Proven Digital Marketing And Adaptation
Let’s explore the core features of great solar marketing and how our company can you grow.
When you adopt a growth mindset, all the elements of digital marketing for solar companies work cohesive toward a common target.
Math-Before-Marketing doesn’t just empower you with clear data. Valve+Meter helps align your marketing strategy with your business goals.
Performance-First Website Design And Development
Crafting Online Presence That Shines
Your website is the center of your digital universe.
It’s often the first point of contact between your solar company and potential customers, making its design crucial for initial impressions.
A website focused on lead generation and conversions must also be expertly developed.
Website design for solar companies must feature:
- Sleek Design: Modern design showcases your brand as forward-thinking.
- Engaging Content: Content marketing not only informs but engages and persuades with high-quality material.
- Device Compatibility: Developed for all devices, ensuring easy navigation and user-friendly menus for desktop and mobile.
- Clear Messaging: Convey the benefits of solar power with compelling calls-to-action that guide inquiries.
When you consider that 38% of people will leave a website that is poorly designed, the first step in Internet marketing is to ensure your business website is designed and developed to attract, engage, and delight potential clients.
Solar Web DesignPay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising
Amplifying Reach with Paid Search
No matter how well-designed your website, to reach beyond your satisfied customers, you need to be visible on Google and other search platforms. Homeowners spend time researching new home services companies including installing solar panels on Google as well as social media platforms.
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising for solar companies boosts your visibility quickly. More than 63% of users have clicked on a Google Ad. Paid marketing efforts include:
- Budget Control: PPC allows you to set budgets, ensuring cost-effective spending on result-driven ads.
- Analytics Advantage: Real-time analytics enable quick ad optimization and testing for improved ROI.
- Geo-Targeting Power: Target specific locations to focus solar ads on high-demand markets for maximum impact.
Valve+Meter’s paid analysts research the keywords to target specific audiences who are searching for solar solutions in your market.
By building targeted ads backed by thoughtfully designed landing pages, paid advertising can be incredibly effective at building awareness, driving brand engagement, and ultimately boosting your sales.
Search Engine Optimization
Energizing Your Brand Visibility
While paid advertising can launch your brand to the top of search results quickly, every click comes at a price. Notably, one-third of Google users never click on a sponsored ad.
For nearly any solar business, SEO is the sunlight that nurtures organic growth. Considering as many as 96% of consumers find a business online, investing in organic SEO is essential to success.
Most businesses understand that written content helps solar customers find you online, but solar SEO with Valve+Meter also focuses on:
- Engaging Content: Create high-quality content that not only ranks on Google but also converts visitors into leads.
- Local SEO Focus: Solar SEO companies tailor efforts to specific geographic locations to boost visibility among local customers.
- Technical SEO Improvements: Enhance technical SEO by optimizing website structure, speed, metadata, and earning inbound links.
The long-term benefits of consistent SEO marketing efforts is incalculable. One study estimates pages that rank in the top three positions of search engine results pages may account for 75% of all clicks. When you earn top results, the volume of leads can increase exponentially.
Solar SEOSocial Media Marketing
Increase Brand Awareness With Your Audience
Search engine rankings are vital to finding new customers, but in an industry where research, information, and referred customers can power growth.
Marketing is all about finding people where they spend time. Considering the average person uses social media for two hours and thirty-five minutes every day, social media is another key element for solar marketing.
Social media platforms offer a space not just for promotion, but for engagement and community building. For solar companies, this can mean sharing updates on solar technology, customer testimonials, or insights into the benefits of going solar.
Social media marketing includes:
- Targeted Advertising: Social media platforms are rich with demographics that provide precise targeting options for paid ads.
- Customer Feedback: Social media offers a direct channel for customers to provide feedback, leave reviews, and enhance your company’s public image.
- Educational Content: Besides promotion, social media allows solar companies to educate their audience about environmental benefits, cost savings, and industry trends.
Valve+Meter helps you plan and execute paid and organic content strategies for the social platforms most likely to reach new leads.
Email Marketing
Fostering Relationships And Nurturing Leads
Email marketing remains a potent tool for establishing and maintaining relationships with both potential and existing customers. It offers a direct line for personalized and precisely targeted messaging.
Effective email marketing involves audience segmentation and tailoring content to meet the specific interests or needs of prospective solar buyers. Whether it’s delivering updates on new solar technologies, exclusive offers, or educational content about the benefits of solar energy, well-crafted email campaigns can maintain engagement and drive conversions.
Valve+Meter streamlines the process to automate lead nurturing, build your referral program, and follow up with satisfied customers regarding their solar installation projects.
Creative Marketing Strategies
Innovating Beyond the Spectrum
The solar industry is undergoing rapid transformation. From branding to graphic design, encompassing your business website, social media, emails, sales collateral, and even your vehicles, every element should make a bold statement.
Creative marketing extends to innovative approaches like video content, podcasts, logo design, and cutting-edge marketing techniques that don’t merely put your name in front of potential clients but make a lasting impression.
A memorable brand presence significantly expands your growth opportunities. As a full-service marketing agency, Valve+Meter functions as an extension of your business-a true partner in growth.
Take Your Solar Marketing To New Heights With Data-Driven Performance Marketing
Interested in using data to find more potential customers and increase your revenue growth? From solar installers to solar panel companies, Valve+Meter is a leader in performance marketing. Connect with our strategists for an in-depth conversation about how we can power results in your business.