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Deborah M Raiter
Deborah M. Raiter is a Minnesota-native and a U.S. Navy Veteran, who has 20+ years of experience in real estate sales, management and ownership. She has supervised and witnessed 1000+ purchase, escrow and loan signings in her career.
As a former Air Traffic Control Specialist at one of the nation’s busiest airports, she was trained on some of the most advanced technical systems, requiring exact attention to detail, communication & follow-thru.
As a result, Deborah has developed a unique passion for absorbing highly complicated, puzzling and mind boggling situations, and breaking them down to simple, straightforward and easy to follow steps. Her expertise is hyper-systemizing applications through empathy and applied structure.
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Notary Public Resources
Below is a list of Notary Public resources that will help you get set up, or add to your existing office. I have divided the list into 3 parts:
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Training / Education
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For Your Office
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Web Design, Hosting & SEO
By the way, a few of the products listed on this page are affiliate links, meaning I make a little extra money if you purchase through those. However, the only reason I am providing you the resources is because they work…I am trying to save you time 🙂
Training / Education
For Your Office
Bill Soroka – Sign – Thrive Notary Training Course & Community
Bill provides Notary Signing Agent and Reverse Mortgage Courses, coaching and mentoring. He is a breath of fresh air in the profession, vey honest, transparent, available and so likable.
The education and training he provides is of the highest quality and industry recognized. His monthly subscriptions rates are nominal, as well.
https://www.notarycoach.com/course
Notary2pro – Professional Signing Agent Training
Carol Ray is the founder of Notary2pro. She and Bill Saroko will often team up to provide weekly live online training and questions/answers. She and her team offer basic and advanced Notary Signing Agent and Reverse Mortgage Courses, coaching and mentoring.
https://www.notary2pro.com/
Notary Public Quick Start Guide
General Notary / Loan Signing Agent
National Notary Association – The nation’s leader in providing Notary information, products, services, classes, bonds, stamps, applications and more.
www.nationalnotary.org
American Society of Notaries – A great source for notary education, notary stamp and notary seal packages, notary journals, and all other notary public supplies.
https://www.asnnotary.org/
Notary Coach – Sign & Thrive Notary Training & Networking Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1914281122120600/about/
This group is specifically designed to collaborate on ideas, training, business and personal development. Bill Saroko fosters an incredible online community of caring notaries, where information, tips and resources are mutually exchanged.
You must be a Sign and Thrive member of Bill Soroka’s coaching membership.
Notary Reviews, The Good, Bad and the Ugly
https://www.facebook.com/groups/notaryreviews/about/
FB group for notaries public who currently work as Notary Signing Agents.
Here is a list of laser printers that are industry recommended.
I personally use the Brother monochrome laser printer HL-L5200DW (see below). It is super fast, has dual trays, wireless and mobile ready. It is the one below priced at $265.99.
I am a MAC fan, so that would be my first choice. However, I have added another fairly inexpensive laptop to the list, in case you love PCs’.
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Here is a list of software that many notary publics use to make their lives a little easier.
General Business
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WAVE Accounting Software – Small business services & invoicing.
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PAGE SEPARATOR – Print letter / legal size documents with single tray printer
E-Sign / Document Preparation Software
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HelloSign – www.hellosign.com – E-Sign software
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Docusign – www.docusign.com –
Customer Relations Management (CRM)
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HubSpot – www.hubspot.com
Digital Thank You Cards
These are available at iTunes.com.
Travel
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Google Maps
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MapQuest
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GasBuddy
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MileIQ
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Audible.com (Audio Books)
Business
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Document Reader
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Intuit GoPayment
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Square Credit Card Reader
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Google Drive / Docs
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FEDEX Mobile
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Google Calendar
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Genius Scan (Document Scanning App)
Social
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Facebook
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Linkedin
Notary Public
Web Design, Development & Hosting Solutions
I offer semi-custom web design & development for less than $350 & in most cases, delivered within 10 days.
- Beautifully Designed & Crafted
- Fully Customizable Homepage
- Lead Capture & generation
- Fully Responsive Mobile Design
- 5-Page Content
If you are looking for a custom solution, please contact me for a quote 🙂
Basic Hosting – $49 / Month
- Domain registration and setup
- Website & email hosting
- On-going monthly maintenance, security & updates
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Technical Optimization
- Content Marketing
- Local / National SEO
- Link Building
- Social
- Channel Synergy
Call for a quote.