Tim G. (timgatewood) -
The Notary Signing Agent field needs a good book about marketing, especially since the mortgage lending field collapsed in the 2008 meltdown and never really recovered.
Unfortunately, this is not such a good book. It is mediocre at best.
First, it is very basic information - very little of this is stuff anyone intelligent enough to be a Notary Signing Agent would not know or be able to figure out on their own.
Second, at least 30 pages of the book are blank other than the page numbers. Most of the bits of advice are only one page, with the back side of that page blank. I got the impression these are the author's notes for seminars she may have presented, as there is no overall organizing principle to how the articles are arranged.
Third, she mentions having hired a proof-reader in one place, but that proof-reader needs to do a much better job of looking for unneeded commas and missing words, as the book is full of them.
Fourth, she has a website where she sells other books and training and supplies. She manages to work mention of that website in far too often for what is supposed to be a book of advice.
Fifth, the last page lists a very few websites of interest to Notaries, only all but one of them no longer exists -- and she left off all of the major sites that should be there.
If you can find a copy of this at a low price and if you are a Notary Signing Agent, it is worth having for the one or two ideas it may give you. Otherwise, skip it.
Unfortunately, this is not such a good book. It is mediocre at best.
First, it is very basic information - very little of this is stuff anyone intelligent enough to be a Notary Signing Agent would not know or be able to figure out on their own.
Second, at least 30 pages of the book are blank other than the page numbers. Most of the bits of advice are only one page, with the back side of that page blank. I got the impression these are the author's notes for seminars she may have presented, as there is no overall organizing principle to how the articles are arranged.
Third, she mentions having hired a proof-reader in one place, but that proof-reader needs to do a much better job of looking for unneeded commas and missing words, as the book is full of them.
Fourth, she has a website where she sells other books and training and supplies. She manages to work mention of that website in far too often for what is supposed to be a book of advice.
Fifth, the last page lists a very few websites of interest to Notaries, only all but one of them no longer exists -- and she left off all of the major sites that should be there.
If you can find a copy of this at a low price and if you are a Notary Signing Agent, it is worth having for the one or two ideas it may give you. Otherwise, skip it.
