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Along with articles written by members of the Go Get Experts staff and our National Advisory Council, we also search the Internet, magazines and books to provide the best, most up-to-date information for you. Please bookmark this page and check back often for our latest articles including tips on choosing a real estate agent, loan officer, escrow officer or notary public; info on mortgage programs, the escrow process, title insurance, home buying, home selling, FICO scores, credit repair, and bankruptcy. Send us an email if there's a new topic you'd like to see covered here.
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
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
by Laura Vestanen, Mobile Notary, Notary Signing Agent
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,Notary Marketing
by Carol Salter, Notary Public and Office Coordinator, McKee Medical Center
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 work. So, [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2007 ::
Topic = Notary Education
by Virginia (Vikki) Watanabe, Notary Signing Agent, Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant
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 the [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2007 ::
Topic = General Business
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
Even with these slower times, we hope you have many reasons to give thanks this Thursday and enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! GOGETNOTARY LOGOS/EMBLEMS We had so many requests for logos to post on your websites that we created a couple of choices, a gold emblem series and a blue emblem series. One is a [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2007 ::
Topic = Newsletter
by Sharon Hassler, Founder/Webmaster, GoGetNotary.com
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
by Kelly Robertson, Instructor, Coach, Mentor
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 [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 ::
Topic = General Business,Notary Marketing
by Joan Bergstrom, Certified Loan Signing Agent, Instructor, Author
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 [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 ::
Topic = Notary Education
by Laura Vestanen, Mobile Notary, Notary Signing Agent
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 visit in person. [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 ::
Topic = Notary Marketing
by Virginia (Vikki) Watanabe, Notary Signing Agent, Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant
As many of you know by now, the Notary Signing industry is suffering a bit of a slowdown. While those of us who have been doing this for a few years have not been as severely affected as new notaries, we still feel the crunch. I know many new Signing Agents who decided very recently [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 ::
Topic = Other Income
