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crtowles
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 Posted - 08/31/2007 : 02:20:46 AM
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Thanks Peter! Excellent advise!!
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radonotary
Florida
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Posted - 08/13/2007 : 11:48:53 AM
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Hi Debbie, I'm not Carmen but I read your post. I get those E-mails all the time as well and I thought it was a great question and I have an opinion that I thought I could share.
Hi Carmen!
Debbie, I have some experience forming sales oriented business's and I am almost certain that I have seen this MO before. Let me change that. I am certain I have seen this MO before. The people who are doing this are wannabe signing agencies. It's either a notary and his or her notary buddy or a couple who have managed to find a Title Co. that they can sub-contract signings for and job them out and pay us less than what they get. A lot of these people have delusions of grandeur to become big BIG BIG, by tapping into sites like this one and send out those mass solicitations. But they don't. It's sooo sad. I'm pretty sure they just don't get enough work even for themselves; so they don't call you. Now don't get me wrong there are plenty of wonderful people out there who are doing a great job and some are Mom & Pop operations but they are excellent people and run a good business. Plenty. I think it's more a matter of putting in the time and doing good work for the folks who find you and developing some kind of rapport so that either you're memorable or they put you in their own data base ( which is the best ) and do little things to market yourself like having nice business cards go back to a Title Co. when they hire you directly as opposed to a signing agency where you would not want to do that so they trust you wont steal their client. Send out letters with all your invoices that thank them for the business and that talk about your qualifications. I have impressed many a Title Co. just by catching a mistake and alerting them to it. That makes them all warm and fuzzy inside.
In my opinion there are 3 good sites to spend your money or your time with. This one of course, Notary Rotary & Notary Cafe.
Other wise it's pretty much Trial & Error unless you take my approach and call them and try to feel them out. I just got one yesterday and I picked up the phone and asked to speak with the owner. He told me he got a good contract with Country Wide and is paying 150 or 175, I forgot which. I have gotten that Country Wide Line before but either one is good money so I will send him my info but won't keep my hopes up. I have spoke with the majority and most are the wannabes and I generally delete them. This one was different. They put all there contact info in their E-mail which most do not and I could see they have an office in a Bank Building in an area I am familiar with ( for all I know it could be a virtual office ) and lastly it was written extremely well and that impressed me. It's little things like that, that allow me to pick out who I want to respond to.
They are few.
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Edited by - radonotary on 08/13/2007 11:54:37 AM |
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pritchettmom
Virginia
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Posted - 08/13/2007 : 04:05:00 AM
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I am so tired of getting emails from companies that I have never heard of, asking me to send them my information and then they may possibly hire me. I have sent in my information to several of these companies, and haven't received any calls from any of them. It is a huge waste of my time to do this, or is it? Will it pay off ever? Or should I just stick with the companies who call me and hire me?
Thanks,
Debbie Pritchett
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