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by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
Thomas Zuchetti, a GoGetNotary.com member, is serious about his business. He’s not sitting around, bemoaning the economy and waiting for the phone to ring. Every few months I receive an impressive email “resume” from him because I’m on his business mailing list. Anyone looking at his message would surely think Thomas is a dedicated professional. [...]
Posted: April 20th, 2009 ::
Topic = General Business,Internet Tips,Real Estate Tips,Technology
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
For a limited time, sign up or renew for a year and get three additional bonus months free. If you’re a new member, be sure to read “START HERE” so you can create an effective page. If you’re renewing, please review and improve your page and post that “Info Updated…” statement I mentioned above. By [...]
Posted: April 20th, 2009 ::
Topic = General Business
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
Below are 20 of the top social networking sites but there are many more. Trouble is you can get spread too thin and the key is frequent and informative posts. Check out these sites, visit the forums/communities for tips. Decide which ones appeal to you and post your profile; select only one or two for [...]
Posted: April 20th, 2009 ::
Topic = Internet Tips,Notary Marketing
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
Wow! Wouldn’t it be great to be a freight forwarder or some other representative for a foreign company and make over $50,000 a year working part-time? Sign me up and let me give you my bank account or paypal info so you can direct deposit into my account. Whoa, there! Every “great” job offer I’ve [...]
Posted: April 20th, 2009 ::
Topic = General Business
by Virginia (Vikki) Watanabe, Notary Signing Agent, Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant
Hello everyone! It has been quite awhile since I checked in with you. I hope this finds everyone doing well. A lot of things have happened and I expect lots more good things to happen as the year unfolds. For starters, I resigned my position as Executive Director at AAVBA early this year. I have [...]
Posted: April 20th, 2009 ::
Topic = Other Income
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
I’ve had a couple of complaints from companies looking for notary signing agents in our directory and finding active web pages for people who have left the business. There’s nothing we can do about this. We don’t know who’s no longer working as a notary and, frankly, our members have paid for their web pages, [...]
Posted: April 17th, 2009 ::
Topic = General Business
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
I was just reminded of how a little thing can slip through your fingers and maybe cost you financially. This time of year, most of you are reevaluating your expenses. If you have a website and don’t think it’s bringing in enough business to keep it, please hang onto your domain name. (I hope you’ve [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2008 ::
Topic = General Business,Notary Marketing
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
Good News/Bad News We all know the bad news, more unemployment and home values still decreasing. There’s no putting a pretty face on that. On the other hand, interest rates dropped again. What does this mean to a notary signing agent? A mini refi boom in the works? According to BankRate.com, the number of refinance [...]
Posted: December 14th, 2008 ::
Topic = General Business,Newsletter
by Alex Yvonnou, Certified Notary Signing Agent, LCS Certified Loan Closing Agent Specialist
The loan signing business isn’t what it once was. It used to be that the majority of our work was signing refinance loans. And for many, a marketing plan consisted of having a few well placed listings. But that’s no longer the case. Over the last year I’ve seen my business migrate from 90% refinance [...]
Posted: December 12th, 2008 ::
Topic = General Business,Notary Marketing
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
There’s a huge push on right now from a company called DotlessDomain.com. They have a clever demo they’ll walk you through on their site. They’ll ask you to do a search with a prime keyword, and, SURPRISE, a split screen appears with Google search results on the bottom and your web page/website at the top. [...]
Posted: December 3rd, 2008 ::
Topic = Internet Tips
