The Sign & Thrive AUDIOBOOK Podcast

This is the end of the book narration, packed full of the elements to help you manage your business, AND to kick this business off the way you want to. There's more at stake here than just knowing how to sign, date, and stamp some paperwork. Your dream life, whatever that may be to you, is at stake. Do this business with heart and integrity and watch the Universe conspire to help you.

Did you know I have a private community that focuses on the Daily Do's and these habits that will make your phone ring? It's called High Performance Notary and it's hosted on the Skool platform with over 700 notary entrepreneurs like you. Try us out at the link below for FREE!

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Episode Highlights:
48:57 This book is your blueprint to get where you want to go. For you, you may have some different goals too. That’s perfectly fine! Do what most people do not do and write down your big goal and the next 5 big steps that will get you there. Build this into the vision you have for your life and review it daily. This simple technique will differentiate you from 99% of your peers.

52:43 Don’t let someone else’s experience, or your history, define what is possible for you. This business, as a mobile notary and loan signing agent, can be the perfect tool for giving yourself the freedom to create the life you’ve always dreamed of. Own it, respect it, and commit to excellence. In a world that accepts, and even rewards, mediocrity, strive to deliver more than just ordinary results. Dare to be extraordinary.

56:56 General Notary Work (GNW), or better yet, as Laura Biewer calls it, Specialty Notary Work, simply refers to just about everything else a notary does outside of the mortgage loan documents. This previously disregarded income stream can be a powerful addition to your overall business plan.

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In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal 

In this episode of the Sign & Thrive Audiobook Podcast, we discuss some of the main tools and resources you will need to perform your duties as a loan signing agent. We go over technology, printers, scanners, and so much more!

Did you know I have a private community that focuses on the Daily Do's and these habits that will make your phone ring? It's called High Performance Notary and it's hosted on the Skool platform with over 700 notary entrepreneurs like you. Try us out at the link below for FREE!

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Episode Highlights:
9:32 As a loan signing agent, you'll likely need a printer, scanner, computer, and a smartphone. You don't have to run out and buy these brand new or before you get started in most cases. There is ALWAYS a way!

14:15 Don't focus so much on pinching pennies that you miss out on the dollars. Spending hours online or running around town to save fifty cents on paper isn't worth it. Spend your time and energy on money-making activities, like cultivating relationships.

0:22 Even if you can't afford the full and best office set up at first, there is ALWAYS a way to get started and succeed in this business. There are tools and resources that fit every budget.

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Your journal is one of the most important components of your role as a Notary Public. When done properly, your journal serves as your memory, documenting relevant circumstances surrounding an appointment. This helps better protect you and your signers, and there are two new journals I recommend for your consideration.
In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal

The first thing we talk about in this Phase Five section of the Sign & Thrive book is your digital presence. I am talking about websites, SEO, email addresses, and more. This part of your business is critical when you want to scale it to your next level.

Did you know I have a private community that focuses on the Daily Do's and these habits that will make your phone ring? It's called High Performance Notary and it's hosted on the Skool platform with over 700 notary entrepreneurs like you. Try us out at the link below for FREE!

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Episode Highlights:
27:43 Be sure to read IRS Publication 334 about Notary Public income and the possibility it can be exempt from self-employment tax. It is critically important to get expert tax advice on whether or not it is wise for you to take advantage of this ruling or not.

46:18 If you are one of the growing thousands of loan signing agents finally ready to embrace Specialty Notary Work, having an SEO’d website will be critical to your thriving success.

47:45 Having a professional email address is a simple and inexpensive way to show how serious you take your mobile notary and loan signing business. A professional email address usually includes your name @ your domain name. You see these for businesses all over the place and it really raises the bar of professionalism.

Sponsor Info:
Your journal is one of the most important components of your role as a Notary Public. When done properly, your journal serves as your memory, documenting relevant circumstances surrounding an appointment. This helps better protect you and your signers, and there are two new journals I recommend for your consideration.
In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal 

Did you know I have a private community that focuses on the Daily Do's and these habits that will make your phone ring? It's called High Performance Notary and it's hosted on the Skool platform with over 700 notary entrepreneurs like you. Try us out at the link below for FREE!

Get the support and accountability you need in High Performance Notary

Be Ready For Yes! All the preparation and advertising in the world won't help if you can take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves. Check out my tips for professional readiness as we continue the Sign & Thrive book narration.

Episode Highlights:
0:43 Business happens when it happens. It doesn’t always work around your shower schedule. You have to be ready for yes!

27:12 For your social media strategy, when it comes down to it, that’s what we want to convey- the passion and joy we have for what we do every day. That attracts people! That attracts our ideal customers!

42:23 Never stop learning. Forever be the student. This business is your masterpiece and will require a commitment to constant evolution.

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Your journal is one of the most important components of your role as a Notary Public. When done properly, your journal serves as your memory, documenting relevant circumstances surrounding an appointment. This helps better protect you and your signers, and there are two new journals I recommend for your consideration.
In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal 

Each and every day, there is someone in your city that needs your services, and your job TODAY is to find that person. In this episode, I read the section of Sign & Thrive about the importance of having a list of your dream clients that you can build a connection strategy around. Listen to examples, based on real life connections with my clients, and learn how to reach out to your ideal customers.

Did you know I have a private community that focuses on the Daily Do's and these habits that will make your phone ring? It's called High Performance Notary and it's hosted on the Skool platform with over 700 notary entrepreneurs like you. Try us out at the link below for FREE!

Get the support and accountability you need in High Performance Notary

Episode Highlights:
26:45 Here’s what’s real: your first contact with a closing agent is just that-first contact. Going back to our dating analogy, this is us sending them a “you’re cute” or “I like you” note in junior high. First contact is not where you ask for their hand in marriage. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage…

30:55 One of the fastest ways to get your foot in the door, with anyone, is to introduce them to someone who will “buy” from them

34:52 As you gain experience and venture into working escrow direct, your very own network may be the key to your success.

Sponsor Info:
Your journal is one of the most important components of your role as a Notary Public. When done properly, your journal serves as your memory, documenting relevant circumstances surrounding an appointment. This helps better protect you and your signers, and there are two new journals I recommend for your consideration.
In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal 

In this episode, Bill drills down on the daily habits and routines that can boost self-confidence and build relationships that elevate your business. Bill shares his Daily routines that that took his individual revenue from $1,000 a month to $20,000 a month within 90 days of implementation. (Part one of two for Daily Do's).

Episode Highlights:
12:35 The way I saw it, I had two clear paths to my goal: one, I needed to generate more signings every week, which meant more clients. And two, I needed to find a way to bring more value to my clients, so they would not hesitate to pay more for my services.

13:49 The following list of activities were on my radar every single day. These were the things I needed to do every day to move the needle on my $100,000 per year goal. I trusted that if I did each of these things, every day, the sun would not set without making massive movement toward the goal.

14:22 Your early mornings are important as a mobile notary and loan signing agent because as soon as escrow officers and signing company staff get into the office, your phone could be ringing and dinging all day. Own your day, and make sure everything that needs to move you toward your dream gets done, even if you get busy.

Did you know I have a private community that focuses on the Daily Do's and these habits that will make your phone ring? It's called High Performance Notary and it's hosted on the Skool platform with over 700 notary entrepreneurs like you. Try us out at the link below for FREE!

Get the support and accountability you need in High Performance Notary

Sponsor Info:
Your journal is one of the most important components of your role as a Notary Public. When done properly, your journal serves as your memory, documenting relevant circumstances surrounding an appointment. This helps better protect you and your signers, and there are two new journals I recommend for your consideration.
In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal

In this episode, we talk about the types of fees you can expect, plus Bill reads an OpEd blog post (Papercuts & Ink Stains) he wrote on how you determine what fees to accept in your own business model. He closes out the episode with the four pre-requisites to consider before you start your connection strategy.

Episode Highlights:
11:57 Both consumers and Closing agents have been known to use well-known and established directories to find the notary and signing agent they need in any given area. With a reputable directory, you can get a consistent flow of customers. Listen to this week's episode to hear a few of the most popular in our industry.

23:32 In essence, you are representing the escrow officer at the closing table. That’s why so many escrow officers may hesitate to use a “stranger” as a signing agent. They want someone they know will represent them well and make them look good at the closing table.

27:51 More so than any other business I’ve been involved in, my mobile notary and loan signing business is heavily reliant on strong, authentic relationships. Building relationships takes finesse, cultivation, authenticity, and patience. Because of this, I think many people do it “wrong.” They overthink it, or they cut corners. Relationships, of all kinds (not just business) take time, and they are worth it!

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Sponsor Info:
Your journal is one of the most important components of your role as a Notary Public. When done properly, your journal serves as your memory, documenting relevant circumstances surrounding an appointment. This helps better protect you and your signers, and there are two new journals I recommend for your consideration.
In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal

In this introduction to Phase 4, we review the importance of self-awareness and the critical habit of personal development. Grow yourself, grow your business. Then we start the conversation about where to find clients and get your phone ringing and dinging.

Episode Highlights:
23:31 Okay, so we know “who’s got our money.” Closing Agents and signing companies are going to hire us. Within those criteria, you can get as specific as you’d like to when you choose the type of client you want to work with.

21:44 In the hybrid business model, you get the best of both worlds. You can start out with signing companies, learn the ropes and, more importantly, discover which companies you most enjoy working with. Then, as your confidence builds, and your network expands, you can start networking and connecting with closing agents to go direct.

6:08 Self-awareness is a cornerstone to emotional intelligence, or EQ. Why am I talking about it in a book about how to build a mobile notary and loan signing business? Because all the marketing and advertising in the world won’t matter if people don’t want to do business with you because you’re a jerk.

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Sponsor Info:
Your journal is one of the most important components of your role as a Notary Public. When done properly, your journal serves as your memory, documenting relevant circumstances surrounding an appointment. This helps better protect you and your signers, and there are two new journals I recommend for your consideration.
In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal 

Systemizing your habits after each appointment can help you avoid errors, stay organized, be more efficient (i.e. make more money) in your loan signing business. Check out these four habits after every appointment.

Episode Highlights:
1:33 The real take-away I hope you get here is the power of habits and routine. These four habits, strung together after each and every signing, have become a post-signing ritual. As far as my mind is concerned, I’ve automated and systemized my process.

7:50 You should check the documents one more time before you drop them at the closing agent or delivery service. This should be the fourth time you check the documents for errors.

11:32 When you are correcting an error on a document, you’re not only mending the transaction, but you are also strengthening the relationship you have with the people who hired you. When you take ownership of your mistakes and go out of your way (at your expense in time and resources) to resolve them immediately, this resonates with your clients. They don’t expect perfection. Errors will happen. How you get them resolved makes all the difference.

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Sponsor Info:
Your journal is one of the most important components of your role as a Notary Public. When done properly, your journal serves as your memory, documenting relevant circumstances surrounding an appointment. This helps better protect you and your signers, and there are two new journals I recommend for your consideration.
In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal

We review the most common and critical documents in a loan package and include scripts to help you briefly describe them. Plus, we review many different loan scenarios and how to communicate with hiring companies for clarity and questions.

Episode Highlights:
0:24 Depending on the type of loan signing, the loan document package can have anywhere from 30-300 pages in it, most of which will have to be signed or addressed by the borrower.

1:18 The best thing I ever did for myself, and my business is come up with a script for each one of these documents. This helped me systemize my signings, which freed up brain space, so I could stay present with my signers.

4:16 The order in which you start your signing will have a significant impact on how smooth and efficient this goes. Remember, we want the signer to be comfortable and confident in our abilities. So, it’s best to start with the documents that are going to address the majority of their questions or concerns

Download your free resources here

Sponsor Info:
Your journal is one of the most important components of your role as a Notary Public. When done properly, your journal serves as your memory, documenting relevant circumstances surrounding an appointment. This helps better protect you and your signers, and there are two new journals I recommend for your consideration.
In most states, including California, Jurat, Inc.’s new Notary eJournal is an exciting and more efficient way to journal. With a special add-on device, it even digitally captures fingerprints. I’ve negotiated an incredible deal for you if you’d like to try it out. Click here for details: https://www.notarycoach.com/ejournal