Long Beach Notary Blog

When it comes to marketing your business there are no hard and fast rules. What works for one person or business may not work for another. If you have a marketing idea the best thing to do, if it's in your budget, is to give your idea a try.Some people will swear against cold calling, canvassing,...

Lately business has been slow in my notary world. 2008 started out so promising the slow down of the last couple of months caught me totally off guard; I didn't know what to think. Thankfully, all hope is not lost as I have had a busy week so far, and it's only Tuesday! I was so busy today that I...

I am happy to report that the L.A. County Recorder's office has officially come into the 21st Century and is posting for download some of the most common forms relating to real property transactions. On their website you can find such forms as power of attorney, grant deed and quitclaim deed. Thi...

Any successful business owner will tell you how important it is to market your business at all times, and to always be on the look out for new and inventive ways to do so.One of the guerrilla marketing techniques I decided to employ was to use my car as a advertising tool. Because being mobile is...

As a notary, you'll have the greatest opportunity to earn income working as a Loan Signing Agent, and after four years in this profession I have gotten used to many things - last minute signings, e-docs (loan docs that are electronically transmitted so that you can print them), keeping a smile on...

Yesterday was one of "those" days... It started at 6:30 a.m. and did not end until 10 p.m. In total, I completed three loan signings, one non-loan notarization and spent 3 1/2 hours at the Tai Pei Consulate. Let's just say I'm pooped!I traveled from Long Beach to San Pedro back to Long Beach to L...

If you are a notary looking to get loan and non-loan notary work then you must have a website. People are using the web more and more to find professionals to do business with so why not make it easy for them to find you!I have personally found that developing a website and learning how to optimi...

One way to increase your chances of success as a notary is to network with other notaries. An easy way to do this is to read and participate on the many popular notary boards, such as Notary Rotary, Go Mobile Notary, and Mobile Notary Network (view MyNotarySource for a comprehensive list). There...

As a notary, your cell phone is your lifeline to receiving new business. If you do not answer your phone then the caller is likely to hang up and dial the next notary on the list.Because our cell phones are so important to our notary business, I am often shocked at how many notaries do not answe...

If you're relatively new to blogging or only blog on AR you may not be aware of all the ways to promote your blog. Many of the steps are similar to traditional website promotion, such as submitting your site to blog directories but some are different.These are a few sites that have helped me driv...