Posted by bhatla1971 on 1/22/07 1:46pm
Msg #172052

NNA talking about new oppotunities -

NNA is talking about some new opportunities like - Foreclosure Sticker Poster, Phantom Mystery Shopper and Business Inspector. I am looking for some more info in these areas. Any clues. Thanks

Reply by Mung/CA on 1/22/07 2:53pm
Msg #172056

how bout "birddoonthewindshieldcleanerguy?" n/m

Reply by LisaWI on 1/22/07 2:58pm
Msg #172057

Re: how bout "birddoonthewindshieldcleanerguy?"

Good One!!! Still laughing!

Reply by Genkichan on 1/22/07 3:52pm
Msg #172060

Re: How about "got poop?"

There's one such sign down the street on the corner from my house. They're offering to collect your doggie doo-doo in your yard for a fee...

Reply by MikeC/NY on 1/22/07 4:07pm
Msg #172063

Don't laugh...

There's a guy in this area who started a business like that - I think it's called "Poop Patrol". He used to be a landscaper and got tired of dodging the "land mines" while on the job, so he started offering cleanup as a service. He's got enough business now that he had to hire 3 or 4 people, and he's making a decent enough living at it that he doesn't do landscaping anymore. Apparently, there was a crying need for the service in this area - either we've got a lot of dogs, or a lot of lazy people with too much disposable income (no pun intended)...

Reply by cara on 1/22/07 4:16pm
Msg #172064

Re: Don't laugh...

Once when I was a yuppie and lived in Colorado, I used the services of a company named Poop van Scoop. They advertised that they "picked up where your dog left off" and they helped eliminate "gross encounters of the turd kind". I must say that there are very few commercial slogans that I can recall so easily. However, with NNA business opportunities, I guess that they are poised to collect the cash while we collect the........

Reply by MikeC/NY on 1/22/07 4:22pm
Msg #172067

Re: Don't laugh...

I like that - "we pick up where your dog left off"... I smell a real opportunity here...

Reply by Susan Fischer on 1/22/07 5:43pm
Msg #172084

In Idaho, he was the Super Duper Pooper Scooper...made a ton n/m

Reply by Leon_CO on 1/22/07 3:09pm
Msg #172058

** NNA is talking about some new opportunities **

Create your own opportunities.

These are not opportunities for you. These are opportunities for the NNA.

Good luck.

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/22/07 5:55pm
Msg #172085

Re: NNA talking about new oppotunities - I am all a-titter

at the prospects of alllllll the opportunities that the XXX will come up with...not.

Leon is correct. Seek your own opportunities. What they are trying to do is to get into the inspection/field agent business, if you ask me. Oh boy...another fee to rake off of their membership?

I can see it now...

Phantom Shopper Section - $25 a year
Business inspections - $50 a year

Become a Certified Foreclosure Notice Poster - Buy our course and you'll be earning in no time - Only $99.95.

Reply by BrendaTx on 1/22/07 5:56pm
Msg #172086

Re: NNA talking about new oppotunities - I am all a-titter

Actually, this kind of tickles me for some reason. Finally they are no longer just looking for notaries. Maybe people will wake up? ???? Naw. LOL

Reply by MikeC/NY on 1/22/07 6:38pm
Msg #172088

Re: NNA talking about new oppotunities - I am all a-titter

There may be a way to figure out how some of these things need notarizations... I can see how the business inspections and foreclosure notice poster (is that a real job??) might warrant a notary, if you spin it right.

Actually, you can spin any job to require a notary if you try hard enough. If they get into that dog poop business, however, I would highly recommend not using a seal...

Reply by Stuart Posner on 1/22/07 6:44pm
Msg #172089

Re: NNA talking about new opportunities proposed cert...

"This is to certify that the poop contained in this here parcel (scooped or pooped on _____________(date), belongs to one Fi Doe, who by identification (dog tags, rabies shots AKC paper etc) I have inspected and do hereby certify that the enclosed remains belong to same.

Signed_________________________________
(name of Certified Bolus Sweeper (CBS)
(A division of the XYZ)

Place seal here)

Reply by TitleGalCA on 1/22/07 8:41pm
Msg #172118

Re: NNA talking about new oppotunities - I am all a-titter

***Become a Certified Foreclosure Notice Poster***

Hey! That's something I could do. Thanks Brenda!

Reply by Mary/VA on 1/22/07 7:13pm
Msg #172093

Ashok,

I would be interested in futher information as well. Anyone in this forum have any REAL information about these services?

Reply by CaliNotary on 1/23/07 1:00pm
Msg #172162

Here's an idea

If you guys want the information that the NNA is offering, why don't you get it from the NNA instead of asking about it here?

Reply by Becca_FL on 1/22/07 7:22pm
Msg #172094

The only real, new opportunity the XYZ is interested in is..

discovering new opportunities to part you from your hard earned money.

Think about it...1 out of every 4 persons in the USA is a Notary. The XYZ was successful in the SA campaign and now needs to find other revenue streams weather it be from BGC, Identity theft or other avenues. This way of thinking and doing business will only continue if "we" continue to support an organization that forget about its members long ago.

I choose not to support the bastardization of my profession.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 1/22/07 7:40pm
Msg #172098

Re: The only real, new opportunity the XYZ is interested in

"Think about it...1 out of every 4 persons in the USA is a Notary."

Really?? Where did you get that number?

Reply by Becca_FL on 1/22/07 7:44pm
Msg #172099

Re: The only real, new opportunity the XYZ is interested in

The tounament of Roses Parade...Bob Eubanks and his cute sidekick when they introduced the XYZ float.

If you do a search you will find the link to the video.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 1/22/07 8:09pm
Msg #172105

Bob Eubanks only knows what he reads on cue cards...

Seriously - 25% of the people in America are notaries? Do you really believe that? OK, California seems to have a heck of a lot of notaries and that might skew the numbers, but I would think that less than 25% of the American public even know what a notary does...

Reply by christiSocal on 1/22/07 8:21pm
Msg #172107

Unfortunately Mike, I think you are correct

less than 25% of the American public knows what a notary does. That includes a lot of "trained" notaries!

Reply by John_NorCal on 1/22/07 8:23pm
Msg #172108

Re: Let's see according to 2205 US Census Bureau figures..

the population of California is 36,132,147. Per the state handbook there are more than 260,000 commisioned notaries public in the state. Dividing that figure into the census numbers, that comes up to about 1%. I guess the NNA needs new cue cards.

Reply by John_NorCal on 1/22/07 8:24pm
Msg #172109

Should be 2005 US Census Bureau figures.. n/m

Reply by Becca_FL on 1/22/07 8:27pm
Msg #172110

I found the posts

Re: NNA Float: Video available...Anyone else notice...Posted by Becca_FL of FL on 1/2/07 12:42pm Msg #168675 that the announcer (was that what's his name from the Newlywed game?) said "The National Rotary Association"?

What's his name then says "there are 4.5 million Notaries nationwide" and the chipper side kick chick says, "That seems like every other person."

Way to spend other people's money NNA. I sure am glad I did not contribute jack to the NNA.

BTW, loved the Notary-Rabbit reference...Too funny!

NNA Float: Video availablePosted by Ernest__CT of CT on 1/2/07 5:44am Msg #168625 Use http://ktla.trb.com/extras/ktla/roseparade2007/video.htm and select Part 8 (you may have to scroll down to see Part 8). The NNA Float comes into view at about 1:25 and lasts until about 2:44.

Are there still photos available? There isn't much detail visible in the video....

Reply by Lee/AR on 1/22/07 8:38pm
Msg #172115

Right on, Becca!

Who cares how many notaries there are? All that organization cares about is coming up with new schemes to lighten our wallets. Period.

Reply by BobbiCT on 1/23/07 9:35am
Msg #172143

1 out of every 66 people in US is a notary ...

I believe the most recent data collection comes from the U.S. Notary Association,
which recently published that 1 of every 66 people in the U.S. is a notary.

Good thing not all of them are signing agents.

(I don't have the lastest newsletter in front of me, so my number may not be exact.)