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Another year is about to arrive, and the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is almost behind us. However, it’s important not to lose momentum in the coming year. The Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates in an attempt to curb inflation, and this has affected many small businesses, including self-employed notaries.  

Providing apostille services is an effective way to grow your notary business. Clients commonly request apostille services to assist them in obtaining apostilles or authentications, which enable their documents to be accepted abroad.

Remote online notarizations (RONs) have become more prevalent during the last several years, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is not surprising since conducting RONs is convenient and practical for notaries and the public. However, many notaries mistakenly believe that becoming an online notary will instantly generate significant income.

The end of the year is the time to set notary business goals for the upcoming year. Goal setting is a critical component of operating a successful notary business, but where do you start?

This year has been anything but normal. The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged us in ways that we could not have imagined a year ago. Numerous businesses have closed for good, students have been forced to attend school at home, and many people are

You have your commission, insurance, and notary supplies, and you are raring to go. But where do you go, and how do you get general notary work? Here are a few tips to get you started.

With more and more people conducting business online, building a notary website with the user in mind is important if you want to get more visitors and turn your notary website into a sales generator.

As business owners, we are either winding down the current year or gearing up for the new year. As we do so, let's take some time out to make sure our businesses are ready for a productive 2017. Here's a list of items to review:

The holiday season is upon us, and there is no better time to promote your business than now. Here are four ways to use your business during the holidays!

I receive numerous phone calls and emails from notaries and other people who are interested in starting their own notary public businesses. These inquires come from all over the United States. They all want to know how to get their businesses started.

Like most notary signing agents, I went through the drill of contacting all of the four- and five-star signing companies listed on one of the well known signing agent directories. After I got a couple of years of experience under my belt, I decided to narrow my marketing efforts to local title companies.

Personally, I believe that first impressions are lasting impressions. As signing agents, many of our first impressions are made on the internet.

When a notary public is asked to travel to a hospital, nursing home, or rehabilitation facility, this is referred to as hospital notary work. It is a type of mobile notary work that can be very rewarding or very frustrating, depending on the circumstances.

If you've taken the steps to become a notary public, you've made a noble decision and are now ready to embark on an exciting career. You are now considered to be an officer of whatever state you reside in who serves the public by providing notarial services. This is an honorable endeavor; your government and your constituency will rely on you to perform your duties with integrity and accuracy.

A notary public is a state officer commissioned by his or her state of residence to serve the public as an unbiased, impartial witness. More than likely, if you are a commissioned notary, you have undergone some kind of training or classes to become a knowledgeable expert in how to perform your notarial duties.

A mobile notary is any notary who, upon request, travels from location to location to perform notarial services. While a mobile notary may perform any type of notarial service prescribed by his or her state's statutory laws, it is more common that mobile notaries are called upon to perform various types of real estate or mortgage transactions. Hence, the mobile notaries who perform such services are often called notary signing agents or mortgage signing agents. They are distinguished from loan closers who, in most states, have more complex duties than a commissioned notary public.

The notary is a public officer and, as such, is required to comply with any reasonable request for notarization. Whether you are a notary with your own notary signing service or an employee notary, it is a good idea to keep essential notary supplies with you at all times so that you may be ready to adequately and efficiently serve the public upon request.