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Friends, trust me on this: Many of the “poopie-heads” (more about this term later) that were in our industry are just about gone. That’s the truth so quit worrying about “your competition”—there’s not any. Get it out of your head once and for all that there’s someone in your neighborhood who’s a better […]
Posted: December 24th, 2007 :: Topic = General Business
We’ve noticed a lot of visitors to our site looking for “changes to California law.” Rather than referring you on to the California Business Portal/Notary Public page, we’re quoting that information for you here but you can visit the Portal page to verify the info. We’ve also provided links to the text of each related […]
Posted: December 24th, 2007 :: Topic = General Business, Notary Education
Here’s another excerpt from Laura Vestanen’s book, “Marketing Your Non-Loan Notary Services.” Laura gives the types of documents that may need notarizing, contacts you should make and where to advertise. These ideas should get you thinking outside the notary-signing-agent box and thinking notary public work.
Leases, Especially Commercial
Owners of commercial property, especially business parks […]
Posted: December 24th, 2007 :: Topic = General Business
I currently have my house on the market. Yes, I am attempting to sell my house during one of the most turbulent times in the housing industry. We made the decision to send my daughter to a new school and decided that it would be easier to move half way between school and […]
Posted: December 23rd, 2007 :: Topic = Notary Education
As I sat down to write this, my last article for 2007… Wait! Really? 2007 is gone??? As I was saying, as I sat down to write this, I began thinking about our industry as Notaries Public. We go through lots of ups and downs. Most of us know the ebb and flow of […]
Posted: December 23rd, 2007 :: Topic = General Business
Even with these slower times, we hope you have many reasons to give thanks this Thursday and enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
FORUM POSTING WINNERS
Our first and second-place forum members with the most posts for Sept. 29 through Oct. 31 are Lisa Thornton with 6 posts and Claudine Osborne with 4. Lisa wins a new one-year […]
Posted: November 19th, 2007 :: Topic = NEWSLETTER / Site News
Our November Featured Notary is Claudine Osborne. She has been providing notary services for five years and loan signings for nearly four years. She received the 2008 Notary of the Year Special Honoree Award from the National Notary Association for her contributions to the industry. Claudine and her husband Paul (also a signing agent) own […]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 :: Topic = Featured Notary
I’m hearing a lot more from students (and seasoned professionals, too!) who have the same question: “Coach, since it’s slow, should I consider paying to sign up with signing companies?”
Here’s my answer:
These signing companies need you! They need to have a large database of signing agents all over their state, region or the US […]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 :: Topic = Notary Marketing, General Business
California Notaries are not sent new changes in Notarial law and are expected to be pro-active and find out the changes each year. Some years there are many changes (2005-2006) and other years (2007) almost nothing changed.
How does a CA Notary find out the changes? One choice is to click on the California Secretary of […]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 :: Topic = Notary Education
Excerpt from Laura Vestanen’s book specifically for notary public work outside of loan signings, “Marketing Your Non-Loan Notary Services.”
Phone calls don’t work. People hate telemarketers. Letters don’t work. No matter how much work you put into your mailer, the receptionist puts it in the junk mail trash can. You have to […]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 :: Topic = Notary Marketing