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Mobile Notary Tips

People love to share their opinion with others.  Both good and bad.  Some love Coke others love Pepsi.  Talk to enough people, read enough articles or Internet posts and you will find there are different opinions and experience.  From bad to excellent.

So what does this have to do with the No No lists of Mobile Notary Signing Services?  And what is the problem with these lists?

Well lets look at what these lists really are, and how does a signing service end up on these list.

First what is a no no list?

A No No list is a list of Mobile Notary Public Signing services that 1 or more individual has had a bad experience with. A bad experience ranges for fax backs, to slow paying and non-paying companies, to scheduling reps that an individual does not like.  So a signing service ends up on a no no list.

Mobile Notaries that use these lists tend to use them like a credit report of sorts, but is that an effective stratigy to build your business around?

Now some mobile notaries will say that “I don’t work for free” or “Notaries need to stick together to put these signing service out of business.”  There are so many negative posts about every signing service that it’s a wonder how some Mobile Notaries manage to stay in business.

Here a rule of business you must accept.

You will not be paid 100% of the time.

The sooner a Mobile Notary gets out of the emotion of “getting burned” and into the logic of “that just part of the cost of doing business” the more effective they will be.

Lets look at an example of how this works.

At last check there we about 100 companies on these no no list.  If you believe that you should not work with these companies you will loose out on valuable revenue oppertunities for your business.

The revenue will go to your completion, who will use it to advertise more then you, use it to become more efficient then you use it to put you out of business.

All because you use the Mobile Notary signing service no no lists as a credit report, while your competition capitalizes on their revenue opportunities.  Because your compoitition knows what you don’t.  There is more money to be made by working for these companies then there is to loose.

Again some people love Coke, and hate Pepsi.  Will you take the opinion of others on never try Pepsi?  Or will you try for your self and have your own opinion creating your own experiences, risking your own taste buds.

What abut the signing companies that end up on these lists because of fax backs?  Did you know that fax backs are an efficient way for signing service to insure quality and minamize signing errors as well as avoid costly loan funding delays.

Some notaries will say “I don’t make mistakes so I don’t do fax backs”.

Ever hare the saying; to error is human?

So if you don’t make mistakes then you are not human, you must be super human.

And signing companies that require fax backs do not work with super humans only humans.

Again is using these lists a strategic way to build your business?

These lists will tell you to avoid almost every mobile Notary signing service.  Signing services have the bulk of the work out there.

Very few notaries can avoid working with signing services and have their business thrive.

What do you think about mobile notary signing service no no lists?

This articale is provided by N3 Notary Service, a Nationwide provider of Mobile Notary Public scheduling and management services, also know as a mobile notary signing service.

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Guiding Principle IX: Privacy

by admin on September 10, 2010

Sensitive personal information can cause serious harm if it falls into the wrong hands. That is why it is essential that Notaries protect the privacy of signers they interact with and never abuse information that is entrusted to them, as detailed in Guiding Principle IX of The Notary Public Code of Professional Responsibility

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THE NOTARY SHALL RESPECT THE PRIVACY OF EACH SIGNER AND NOT DIVULGE OR USE PERSONAL OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION DISCLOSED DURING EXECUTION OF A NOTARIAL ACT FOR OTHER THAN AN OFFICIAL PURPOSE.

Guiding Principle IX sets important guidelines such as not permitting unauthorized persons to randomly search through the Notary’s record book or discussing details of a notarial act with someone who isn’t involved or who has a need to know.

Also, Guiding Principle IX stipulates that Notaries should never use private information relating to notarizations for personal gain, such as selling the names and addresses of signers in the record book to a third party.

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States Update Identity Rules As ID Formats Change

July 12, 2010

Recent changes to major federal-issued IDs — including passports and “Green Cards” — have prompted some states to review and update their rules laws regarding “satisfactory proof of identity” for notarial acts. The most notable changes have been prompted by the emergence of the new federal “Passport Card” — a wallet-sized identification card issued for [...]

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Guiding Principle I: Role As A Public Official

July 12, 2010

The first Guiding Principle listed in The Notary Public Code Of Professional Responsibility concerns the Notary’s role as a public official. It makes clear that Notaries have obligations to the general public to be fair, honest and impartial, and to perform those duties in a constitutionally acceptable manner. I THE NOTARY SHALL, AS A GOVERNMENT [...]

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Guiding Principle IV: The Certificate

May 12, 2010

IV THE NOTARY SHALL NOT EXECUTE A FALSE OR INCOMPLETE CERTIFICATE, NOR BE INVOLVED WITH ANY DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTION THAT THE NOTARY BELIEVES IS FALSE, DECEPTIVE OR FRAUDULENT. The notarial certificate & the information it contains are central to a Notary’s public duty. Different states have different requirements regarding what a certificate contains, but regardless [...]

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