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Solar company leads for software companies

Build your own list of solar companies, fill in missing emails and offer your software and online tools for businesses to them in small, personal batches.

  • Public sources for solar companies
  • Fields that fit the industry
  • No credits, no rented data
Riftjaw dashboard with engagement chart, audience health, lead sources and activity feed

Selling software and online tools for businesses to solar companies

Solar companies design and fit panels, batteries and related systems for homes and businesses. Many are growing firms with a sales team and fitting crews, so they buy lead generation, finance options, equipment and software to keep both sides busy.

Software companies that sell to small and medium businesses often rely on inbound signups, content and paid ads. A lead database of the exact business types you serve adds a direct outbound channel that you control yourself.

Every month you do not reach solar companies with a clear offer, someone else does. A list you own lets you work the market in a steady rhythm instead of in bursts.

What software companies run into with solar companies

Buying contact data for a narrow vertical is expensive and often outdated.

Build the list yourself from public sources, import it and keep it fresh on your own server.

Outbound lists and product signups live in different places.

Keep prospects in one database with statuses and tags, and export to CSV whenever another system needs them.

Solar firms change fast, so lists go out of date.

Every record keeps its source and date, and you can archive firms that closed or merged so they are no longer mailed.

Battery specialists and panel only fitters need different offers.

Add a Batteries offered field and save a filter on it, then write a campaign for each group.

A week of prospecting in Riftjaw

Monday: collect

Export a batch of solar companies from public listings and import it. Duplicates are skipped.

Paste and collect in Riftjaw: a pasted web page turned into a table of companies
Paste and collect in Riftjaw: a pasted listing page turned into columns of companies.

Tuesday: fill in

Derive missing emails with info@, sales@, hello@ and enquiries@ and tag the records that look like a fit.

Database in Riftjaw with active contacts, segment, lead file and source
Everything you imported in one database, with the lead file, source and date on every contact.

Wednesday: reach

Send one mail about your software and online tools for businesses to the new segment, in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts
Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts.

Friday: follow up

Opens and clicks show up on each record. Set the ones who answered to Replied or Customer, so the follow-ups of the campaign skip them.

Campaign results in Riftjaw with sent, opened and clicked per contact
After a campaign, every contact shows whether the mail was delivered, opened and clicked.

How to open a mail to solar companies

Pick one angle per campaign and write it once, with placeholders like {company|your team} for the details.

  • Talk about stock availability and lead times, because delayed panels or batteries hold up fitting crews.
  • Lead with a lower cost per booked survey for firms that depend on paid marketing.
  • Offer tools that speed up system design and quotes, since homeowners compare several offers.
Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button
A new campaign in Riftjaw, with segment, status and tag filters, a test send and a preview.

Fields worth recording for solar companies

Add these as fields in your lead file. Any column in your import can become a field.

FieldWhy it helps
Company nameThe key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
WebsiteNeeded to derive an email when the export has none.
Batteries offeredFirms fitting storage need different stock and training.
Commercial projectsCommercial roofs mean bigger orders and longer sales cycles.
AccreditationRegistered firms can offer schemes that many customers ask for.
Sales teamFirms with salespeople buy CRM and lead tools.
Brands usedShows which panel and inverter makers they work with.

Questions people ask

Accredited fitter registers, industry association lists and map listings are common public sources. Collect them yourself, then import the files into Riftjaw.

Yes. Record it in a field or tag during your research and save a filter on it that you use as the campaign audience.

If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as info@, sales@, hello@ and enquiries@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.

Build a database you own

Create your account, import your first list and see it turn into records you can work.

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