If you want to expand into fingerprinting, there are a few things we need to START talking about and a few things we need to STOP talking about. 

Let’s stop talking about equipment.

Let’s stop talking about state contracts.

Let’s stop talking about whether your market is “open” or “closed.” 

The real question is this:

Can you execute seven simple things consistently?

Because nothing else matters if you’re not willing to do the work to make it work. 

Fingerprinting is not complicated, but like any service-based business, it is disciplined.

And if you can commit to these seven moves for 90 days, you will create momentum in any state (Yes, every state!!).

Here’s what that looks like…

#1: Build a Real Prospect List (Your Fab 100)

Before you send a single message, you build the list. And not just random businesses. But of organizations that are legally required to fingerprint people.

Think: 

• Healthcare

• Schools

• Staffing agencies

• Security companies

• Licensi

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You are not stuck…

You are distracted.

Every yes in your business comes with a hidden cost, and most notaries are paying that cost every single day without realizing it.

If your income isn’t where you want it to be, it’s not because there aren’t opportunities, it’s because you keep choosing the wrong ones.

Let’s start with a concept most notary entrepreneurs have never been taught: 

Opportunity cost.

Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative you give up when you make a decision to do something.

In plain English: when you say yes to one thing, you automatically say no to something else.

There is no neutral decision. There is always a trade-off. 

The problem is, the trade is invisible. There’s no invoice. No alert from the heavens. No warning at all. 

But the bill shows up anyway.

It shows up when the phone doesn’t ring.

It shows up when revenue stalls out.

It shows up when you say, “I’ve been working so hard, why isn’t this moving?”

Your Most Valuable Asse...

Every notary eventually asks the same question, whether they say it out loud or not:

Is this really it?

For many, that question shows up after the excitement of loan signings wears off. For others, it appears when the work starts to feel rushed, transactional, or disconnected from the reason they became a notary in the first place.

That’s why I want to talk about a book that says something important about where this profession is heading.

I recently read From Trust to Transfer by Dean Eason-Williams, and I gave it five stars because it’s practical, honest, and grounded in real work at real signing tables.

 It’s a book about doing the work well.

A Different Kind of Notary Appointment

Estate planning appointments are not like loan signings. They move at a different pace. They carry a different emotional weight. And they demand something different from the notary in the room.

In From Trust to Transfer, Dean doesn’t romanticize this work, but he doesn’t minimize it either. He makes...

One of the most common questions I hear from new notaries and seasoned notary entrepreneurs alike is this:

“How do I make more money?”

It’s a fair question.

It’s also usually answered the wrong way.

The “Right” Answer for Business Growth

Most of the answers focus on the what.

Do loan signings.

Add fingerprinting.

Offer apostilles.

Work with medical facilities.

Perform weddings.

And while all of those can absolutely make money, none of them actually answer the deeper question.

The real difference between notaries who struggle and notaries who grow has far less to do with what they offer and far more to do with how they operate.

The “how” is the engine.

With the right how, you can make almost any what work.

Without it, even the best opportunities fall flat.

That’s exactly why I created the High Performance Notary community on the Skool platform.

Not to push one specialty over another, but to get down to the core question most people never slow down to ask:

“How do I con...

I love a good alliteration so much, I am willing to annoy you with that abomination. I just can’t help myself! 

Okay, okay, So the proper title of this letter really is: 

The Perfect Pivot for a Notary Public. Sigh… 

It’s still true, but not nearly as clever. As a Notary Public and entrepreneur, one of the gifts we enjoy is that the service we provide is often required.  

• Want to buy that house? Get notarized!

• Want to sell that car? Get notarized?

• Want to send your kid to Timbuktu without you? Better get notarized!

But guess what… 

Your notary services aren’t the only ones required for commerce to ensue.  

Fingerprinting is another essential service of our modern economy. 

The enormous increase in remote employees, virtual businesses, and increased security/safety checks, has created a high demand for convenient  fingerprinting services. 

• Want that new job? Get fingerprinted!

• Want to volunteer with those children or seniors? Get fingerprinted!

• W

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Let me introduce you to an idea that’s both simple and surprisingly powerful.

It starts with one text message a day.

Before I explain, a quick bit of context.

Over the past three years, I’ve been working closely with a company called My Life & Wishes, the creators of a digital Legacy Vault, which is a secure place where people can organize everything their loved ones would need if something unexpected happens.

Think:

• Important documents

• Account information

• Passwords

• Final wishes

• Instructions for family

This has traditionally been something offered by estate planning attorneys and financial advisors.

Now, notaries have access to it too as Legacy Vault Partners.

That means, notaries can sell lifetime access to the vault to anyone they’d like and keep 100% of the revenue. These retail for $495 each. 

Here’s where it gets interesting.

Let’s run a simple thought experiment.

What if you sold one Legacy Vault per week?

Just one.

That’s $495 a week, or ...

When you step into a medical facility, you’re not walking into a routine appointment. You’re walking into real life, often at one of its most vulnerable moments. The documents are serious. The people are stressed. The margin for error is slim. And in many cases, you don’t get a second chance.

That’s exactly why The Compassionate Notary by Laura Biewer matters so much.

This book isn’t just a “how-to.” It’s a standard-setter.

I wrote a public review shortly after reading it, and I meant every word:

This book is so much more than a field guide. It’s a masterclass in presence, professionalism, and compassion.

I’ve been a mobile notary for years. I’ve walked into hospitals, hospices, rehab centers, and care facilities more times than I can count. And still, I found myself dog-earing pages, highlighting sections, and thinking, I wish I’d had this fifteen years ago.

That alone should tell you something.

Why Medical Facility Notarizations Are Different

Hospital and hospice n...

One of the biggest mindset shifts I ever made as a notary entrepreneur was this:

I stopped waiting to be needed, and I started creating the need.

What do I mean by that?

Well, in the beginning, I used to sit around hoping someone would need a notary. I was at the mercy of someone else’s timeline, someone else’s emergency, someone else’s lack of preparation.

But then I discovered something powerful: When I started having conversations about estate planning, about protecting legacies, about getting important documents in place, I stopped being a reactive service provider and became a proactive resource (I did the same thing with real estate clients too).

That shift not only brought in more business, it brought in more purpose.

That’s one of the reasons I’m so excited to announce a new partner in our 3-Tier Estate Planning Referral System: AmeriEstate Legal Plan.

AmeriEstate has been helping families with comprehensive, custom, attorney-prepared estate plans since 1998. They’ve ser...

There’s a reality about the notary profession that most people outside of it never see....

A huge percentage of notarial work happens behind the scenes, privately, and without any real oversight.

And here's the thing, there's an estimated one billion notarized documents every year.  

No public database of notarizations.

No centralized quality control.

No routine audit of whether the work was done correctly.

And, frankly, most of the time, that’s fine…

Until it isn’t.

And here's part of the problem:

In many states, the threshold to become a notary is exceptionally low. 

A short application. 

A modest fee. 

Maybe a basic exam (Sometimes not even that). 

And once commissioned, a notary can practice for years, even decades, without anyone ever reviewing their work. 

That means a notary can be doing things incorrectly or non-compliantly for a very long time…

And no one ever knows.

It’s not a problem…

Until it’s a problem.

Until a document is contested in court.

Until a pr...

Each month, thanks to NotaryAssist, we’re giving away one of their professional fashion backpacks to members who are active inside our free Skool community. 

If the winner is also a paid NotaryAssist user, they get $100 cash on top of it!

The way to win is to show up, participate, and use the tools we provide to help you reach your goals in 2026.

That’s it.

Now, here’s why this matters enough for me to lead with it as we head into the new year.

Bookkeeping is where too many notary businesses stall out because there’s no system in place.

So we see the same problems over and over:

• Not knowing how much you actually made

• Scrambling at tax time (Or year end…Just saying!)

• Forgetting mileage

• Storing receipts in shoeboxes

• Invoices going out late (Or not at all)

• Having no idea who has paid you and who has not

• Avoiding your numbers

This is considered “normal” in small business ownership, so it’s not just you. You aren’t flawed. 

It’s just a systems ...