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You are replying to this message: | | Posted by BrendaTx on 6/13/05 9:32pm
As a new NSA..here is my perspective Posted by Nicole_NCali on 6/13/05 12:13pm Msg #44273 from logged in user After reading alot of the posts below and from the past, I do have to agree that the questions are redundant at best. Most of the knowledge that I have gleaned has been from reading the posts on here, gomobilenotary and the signing registry. I also pick out messages by Paw, sylviafl, Brendatx, calinotary, shoshana, hishughness, etc..
What the newbies fail to realize is, this is business, nothing personal, but business. I have worked for private industry for a couple of years, and I have never seen my company ask it's competitor for mentoring and vice versa. That is stupid, what you can do is look at how the other company functions and incorporate their ideas into yours.
As a business, you must be able to deliver a better product, at a competitive price, after studying your market. Once you understand your market, that is when you start the marketing. If you don't have a solid business plan, then you will not be successful, no matter how much mentoring you request. Essentially, you must find your niche and research you endeavor for yourself. Go to the market that you want to attain business from and find out what they require, not your competition. (Ever heard of focus groups)
I was a new SA, but not a new notary. I have notarized documents aside from Loan documents for over 5 years now. I came to this board for the loan document perspective. I did take the NNA Signing Agent certification, but it was incomplete at best. The best information that I have attained and retained has been from researching the information for myself.
As an aside, this trend of newbies is also prevalent on the appraiser forums too. I signed up with this website to understand exactly what is expected from appraisers and to understand the market. I have been reading their forum for over 4 months and I have not posted a question yet. The idea is to glean as much information using my own sweat, without posting silly questions..
This is just from a newbie's perspective
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