Happy Holidays everyone!

Last year it took<strong> </strong>until December for <strong>Bill Long</strong> from Stilwell Solar to knock Mark Naylor off the number one salesman perch. Bill is the top salesman for November in the country with 31 sales. Way to go Bill! Staying strong in California is <strong>Mark Naylor</strong> in that 2<sup>nd</sup> place spot with 23 sales - great finish to November Mark. Coming in 3<sup>rd</sup> for the month of is <strong>Scott Bologna</strong> from Stilwell Solar<strong>. </strong>Well done, Scott!

Congratulations to<strong> Stilwell Solar</strong> who claimed the top dealer spot two months in a row with 336 collectors installed for November. What a fantastic month for Bill Long and his team! <strong>Mark Naylor Solar Specialists </strong>came in 2<sup>nd</sup> with 175 collectors - Mark, great job! And in 3<sup>rd</sup> place goes to <strong>Roark Solar</strong> with 77 collectors for November. Back in the top three two months in a row – Go Jim!

Six members of the Top 10 Club have already hit 100 sales for the year and three more are within striking distance. Dave hasn’t divulged the location of our 2012 Summer Sales Retreat yet, but he’s hinted that it’s one of the locations he visited during his international travels this year.

I recently spoke with Rob Shepherd from Daystar Energy and he shared a new marketing technique he tried in Canada. Rob’s season normally comes to a halt in early October but this year has been particularly tough in his market. Rob tried to think outside the box to do something that would add additional installs before winter kicked-in up in Canada. He ran an ad in his local newspaper for under $50 that offered <strong>“Free Installation”</strong> with the purchase of a system. Well, it worked! Rob has sold 6 systems from this ad and received additional referrals as well from this one advertisement. He has priced the systems in such a way that he is still profiting well from each sale and is extremely excited to do this again next year. He stated, “This was just one newspaper imagine the sales opportunities once I try five or six of my area papers!” Thanks for sharing your success story Rob.

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Our <strong>Distribution Center and</strong> <strong>National Master Dealer Kick-Off Meeting</strong> is fast approaching and we’re excited for the opportunity for you to connect with other dealers and distributors from throughout the Aquatherm Network. Be on the look-out for the formal agenda and memo with additional travel details shortly. The Distribution Center Meeting will take place from 1:00 to 5:00 the afternoon of the 23<sup>rd</sup> with a reception for all that evening; the National Dealer Kick-Off Meeting is from 9:00 to 5:00 on the 24th with an Awards Dinner and speaker to follow. There will be also be a special breakfast meeting the morning of the 25th from 8:00 to 10:00 for the California attendees to discuss the implementation of commercial pool heating as part of the CSI Rebate Program.

We look forward to seeing you all in January!

Aquatherm's upcoming events:
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	<li><strong>Distribution Center and National Dealer Meeting, January 23rd - 25th at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas</strong></li>
	<li><strong>Atlantic City Pool and Spa Show, January 29th- 31st in Atlantic City, Booth #2125</strong></li>
	<li><strong>MiaGreen Expo and Conference, January 31<sup>st</sup> – February 1<sup>st</sup> in Miami Beach, Booth #428</strong></li>
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If you would like more information on these events or are in need of a badge for the trade shows please contact me directly and I will be happy to help you.

<strong>Aquatherm will be closed</strong> on Monday, December 24<sup>th</sup> and Tuesday, December 25<sup>th</sup> for the Christmas holiday and Monday, December 31<sup>st</sup> and Tuesday, January 1<sup>st</sup> for New Year’s. We wish you all a fabulous holiday season with your friends and families! We thank you for your continued relationship with Aquatherm and appreciate your business. Here’s to a strong start to 2013!

Best to you all,

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Molly

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