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Running a survey here to see people’s favorite larger company to work with. I have a feeling I know who’s going to end up last in votes..but we’ll see.

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Change isn’t easy.

In fact, it’s darn right difficult for most companies and industries. This year has been a tough one for many notaries as well as the companies we work with.

I’ve spent most of this year building NotaryBay, designing it as an alternative to using a signing service when you need a mobile closing. The technology is of the application is smart, the design is top notch, it’s ready to go.

And now we need your help. Yes, you!

The truth is that for big change to happen in this industry its going to take more than just one person, or even one company. It’s going to take a community. Thousands of title, escrow and mortgage companies use signing services. Using a signing service means just one call or order online to get a notary scheduled. Many don’t even realize that there are alternatives to signing services.

NotaryBay offers an alternative to signing services that is good for notaries and good for the industry. Our interface encourages searchers to input their maximum budget ensuring that they get the most comprehensive results. You as a notary have the ability to set your minimum price so that you get contacted for jobs you’ll actually take.

Do you know a title or escrow company that could benefit in time savings and increased efficiency from NotaryBay? When you refer a customer to NotaryBay not only do you get rewarded with 100 points, but you also are helping the notary community.

To refer searchers to NotaryBay put your NotaryBay username into this link:

http://www.notarybay.com/yourusernamehere/customer

for example: my username is “mobilenotary” so my link is: http://www.notarybay.com/mobilenotary/customer

Let’s say you refer 10 of your current clients to NotaryBay (that would be 1000 points!). You’d also get points for every positive review they leave for you when they contact you through NotaryBay. Those clients may often have signing outside your area and now they can use NotaryBay to find other quality notaries to work directly with.

In fact, if you really want to look good to your clients you should suggest they look at NotaryBay.com. It’s a 100% free tool for them that could greatly increase their productivity, and they will be very happy that you made them aware of the site!

Our little NotaryBay team can only reach so many offices, and we only have so many connections in the industry. An e-mail from you can do so much more than a cold call from our sales team.

We have many more great features planned for NotaryBay, but we need to tell the world about our little site. So please write personal e-mails to contacts you have to let them know about NotaryBay.com. Make sure and use your referral link so that you get credit when they register. Don’t write people you have never done business with.

Free Premium Memberships Expiring

Next Monday on Nov. 5th, all NotaryBay members signed up during our beta testing period will be downgraded to our free membership level. This gives you a week to check out some of the latest features. Free members will always rank below premium members in the results. Free members will not get the awesome profile page that we have designed and search engine optimized for best results in Google and yahoo.

Final Note

We want to give escrow, title and mortgage companies an amazing alternative to using a signing service, and give those currently hiring notaries directly a great tool to improve their efficiency in finding quality notaries. For Notaries we want NotaryBay to be the simple, low cost, easy way to manage and promote your mobile notary business! Your profile page makes that all possible!

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I had a notary contact me recently and say that she had received a job alert (sweet! we are still in beta) from NotaryBay. But, she said it was from a signing service. In looking at the account, it was national title company, not a signing service (In my opinion. and these are my thoughts of course).

So what is a signing service?

Here’s my definition (and this is what we use to define who can use the automated features of NotaryBay):

A signing service is a company who’s sole purpose is profiting from the difference between its charges and what it pays its notary vendors.

For example (not to pick on anyone): NationsDirect.

From what I know of them, they are the exact definition of a signing service. They charge X amount on the HUD and pay X-whatever (very little) to the notary. Signing Service.

John Smith’s Signing Service (fictional company). They cover mostly a regional area, but advertise “national coverage”. They charge their client’s $250 for a single edoc closing. They pay their notaries an avg. of $100. Signing Service.

Examples I wouldn’t consider a SS:

MIS (mortgage information services). These guys are a national escrow/closing/title company. We’d love for them to use NotaryBay to speed up their notary search. (feel free to send them an encouraging e-mail!) Would definitely not consider them a signing service.

Netco Title. A national escrow/title company (you can e-mail them as well!). Not a Signing Service. LandAm…not a signing service.

Many large national escrow and closing companies have in house divisions and schedulers that handle mobile closings. We WANT those companies using NotaryBay.com. They pay fast and decent. We want the local title and escrow companies as well.

Am I wrong here in my definition? We don’t want bad companies using NotaryBay. But we totally want some of the national title companies on board. What do you think?

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