Notary Resumes, Listing Sites & Databases After the Pandemic

During the Pandemic, things were just different for us Loan Signing Agents. For the past two years, we've been so busy we let a lot of things slide- like regularly updating our Notary Listing Resources. Hiring parties didn't mind so much during the Pandemic because they were busy but now that things are returning to normal- some of them are deciding to narrow down their hiring list. This is why we wanted to send out this friendly reminder for some things we all can do now that we have a little more time on our hands in order to continue building healthy relationships with existing and potential clients and make sure we aren't discarded as a Pandemic Notary.

Here are a few tips for things you should be doing now that things have slowed down that will ensure that you get brushed off as no longer active.

#1)Update Your Websites and Business Listings- Freshen up your websites with your new working hours and during the holidays find ways to add non-offensive seasonal artwork to let people know you are still working. As the "seasonal" Signing Agents make their way back into full-time work you will find that keeping yourself marked as working will work wonders for you! And yes, we are hearing nearly every day Notaries stating that they are going back to their full-time jobs as things are slowing down for them. This will mean an uptick in files for everyone else who works full-time as a Signing Agent. And it will level out!

Note: July, September, October, November, and December are great times to add some extra clip art to your website or to your photos. If you aren't great with photo editing- try Canva! It makes it so easy. Or simply just use text on your website. Little things like this can show you are still active without seeming desperate for work.

#2)Update Your Biographies on all Major Notary Platforms- Make sure to update your biographies with your new order counts. For those of you who were here for the full two years of the Pandemic, you might have really raked in some higher order counts on a single platform but it may not be showing on all of them. Most sites only calculate their own order counts so direct people to where you were working and how many orders you've now done. SigningOrder, Snapdocs, ZigSig, BancServ, and Signature Closers are a few places you may want to update your bio. If you took additional training courses- make sure those stand out in your profile as well.

And if you are taking time down (or reducing your own hours now) make sure to adjust your hours or use the vacation settings for the sites that have them. Now that things are slowing down you could easily get dumped from a lot of list if you aren't responding when you say you are available. This is a fact!

#3) Don't Forget The Usual Suspects!NotaryRotary.com, 123Notary.com, NotaryStars.com, OnlineNotariesPublic.com, NotaryCafe.com, Yelp, and Google My Business all should get an update as well. Updating resources like these help you get picked more often. You never know who might have passed you up before when you only had a few orders. If you haven't updated your listing in two years (because you were really busy) people might now be thinking you gave up.

Here's our final tip: Start adding "LAST UPDATED ON XX/XX/XXXX for the next little bit when updating your profile and schedule time to come back and update every month or so. It is tedious but as we return to a normal flow of business you don't want to get marked as inactive whilst some abandon their listings.

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