image Become an Ohio Notary - Education & Training available 24/7 at Ohio Notary ServicesBecome an Ohio Notary - Education & Training available 24/7 at Ohio Notary Services

Have an idea for a blog topic? Submit your idea here.

Ohio Notary Services Blog


11 Posts found
Page 1 of 2 • Next

One of the hardest questions to answer as a notary public, or as a self-starting notary-with an established company receiving an inquiry, is the Apostille Section.  This is by far, the hardest question notaries answer all across the U.S - and as a RON (Remote Online Notary) -  It is very complicated, and something that one needs to be specifically trained on to confidently respond to an Apostille request.  Today, we examine this - and everything that goes into conducting one properly. 

There are a variety of ways to make money as a notary public. You can make yourself known to your audience by becoming a well-recognized brand in your field by offering specific services. Here's a brief list of services you can offer to help you make money as a notary public.

Posted by: Theodore Dahmus on Feb 21, 2022

We have had many inquire as to how one markets themselves as a Notary Public Ohio, Remote Online Notary, but primarily as a loan signing agent.  This post should help answer those questions as this is a very confusing topic once one becomes licensed.  

Step 1:  After completing your back ground check, your insurance policy, and your housekeeping items it is now time to market your work.  

  • Identify your coverage area
    • What counties will you cover?  Will you cover multiple counties?  You will want to have this already decided prior to signing up with any of the services listed below.

Step 2:  Identify your strengths and weaknesses- all loan documents are different, and you want to be sure you are competent enough to conduct the closing if and when a signing agency contacts you.

  • Reverse Mortgage 
  • Refinance
  • Seller Side
  • Buyer Side
  • VA Loan

Step 3:  Create your CRM model

  • Snapdocs.com offers a CRM tool for mobile notaries and signing agents to use.  This unique utility captures your drive time, mileage, customers, and your schedule for the week.  By using this utility, which we strongly recommend, you will be able to properly track your expenses and your income.  An added benefit in using Snapdocs is the ability to market your services to the data base of clients they already have.  Once a client sends out an order- if it matches your geography and category you can reply by hitting "accept" or "decline" to the signing opportunity.  

A list of many other resources for signing agents looking to market their services can be found here below;

www.signingorder.com

www.zigsigs.com

www.notarycafe.com

www.notaryrotary.com

www.inspireclosings.com

www.mortageconnect.com

www.snapdocs.com

Go ahead now and visit these sites, update your profile to reflect your skill set and accreditations, and start signing some orders!

Posted by: C Allen Nichols on Sep 9, 2021

Thank you to Brenda Stone from StoneDigital.me for graciously allowing Ohio Notary Services to reprint this post from her blog!


Gain Confidence with the Right RON Platform

Back up your skills with SIGNiX’s Remote Online Notarization platform. Designed to be secure, simple, and compliant, SIGNiX helps new online notaries perform with confidence from their very first appointment.


Hello RON colleagues!  I hope you are having a great day.  

Today, I want to provide you a list of tips that can help you be more confident as you move forward  to become an active online notary.  Hopefully, these tips will help make things easier while you are new at handling Remote Online Notary (RON) transactions.  

I use SIGNiX as my online notary platform.  ...

We are often asked a question similar to "As an Ohio notary public, may I notarize a document for my son-in-law, who is in South Dakota?

Posted by: C Allen Nichols on Nov 16, 2020

Interested in learning how remote online notarization works? 

Posted by: C Allen Nichols on Oct 27, 2020

We've been asked many times for a recommendation for a remote online notary platform. We're excited to announce that we are now able to make a recommendation that we believe will help Ohio's online notaries.

Ohio Notary Services, LLC (ONS) today announced its selection of SIGNiX as its exclusive remote online notarization (RON) partner. ONS is the Ohio Secretary of State’s sole authorized provider for RON education and testing to over 130,000 notaries in the State of Ohio.

 

Posted by: C Allen Nichols on Jun 2, 2020

Ohio Notary Services welcomes Ted Dahmus to our Blog! Ted is an Ohio Notary Public and is authorized as an Ohio Online Notary. Over the next few days Ted will share his experience selecting and using an online notary platform...this is his second post.

How the ID dual process verification works for remote online notary acts

Posted by: C Allen Nichols on May 6, 2020

Ohio notaries may not charge fees on a per-signature basis, but instead the fees should be calculated per...

A 9 step guide to become an Ohio notary


Page 1 of 2 • Next
  • SIGNiX Remote Online Notary Platform
  • Ohio Notary Store
  •  

Thanks To Our Sponsors