
LaTonya Johnson walks through setting up a notary business with Karen, Marilyn, and others. They cover naming your business, creating a Google business page, running Google Ads, and registering a DBA.
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Because I'm like, okay, as I started out, and I've only been doing this a year, and. And most of my clients have been parents. You know, the parent residency form and things as such. And I just stuck with that.
But I have an ein in that name.
So when I got your program and I started reading through it, I said, oh, I. I don't want to move further until I speak with her in terms of should I change the name and. Or should I keep it and just put it under the. In the dba? And what. I need her to walk me through this because I. To do this. I really want to stick with it. And. And I know I can grow in the business. I am a notary, but not the notary public loan signing agent, partner. I said, okay, I can deal with that because I'm still. I'm learning the other aspects of it. But in terms of. To be set up, the way you're talking, I'm like, okay, I need wisdom words from her to tell me what my next step should be. Even though I'm reading what you gave me, I want to.
No, I'm listening. I'm just trying to make sure this thing is doing what it needs. Oh, okay.
So.
So you mentioned the name. Let me get Ms. Claudia in.
So here's what I believe about the name. Where are you located?
I live in New York.
Okay. So I believe that your name needs to include.
Where you are and what you do versus. Because the goal of your name is for people to find you. It's not to sound cute. Right, Right. So when you pick a name, one of the main things that I want you to do is create a Google business page.
And that is right here.
And it talks about naming here.
Talks about naming somewhere in there. Anyway, so this is what we've been doing, and it's working. So I'm gonna go to Google Ads.
I was dreaming about this.
I was on the phone with a lady in my dream that was saying she could re. I go over this so much that she could repeat it.
And that's what I want y' all to be able to do. I want you to just notice like the back of your hand.
Okay, so when I go to Google Ads, I'm going to click down here on Keyword Planner.
I'mma sign in my account.
This is my demo account. I'm going sign in there. Dang, didn't he ask me?
Okay, so.
I want to discover new keywords. I'm going to type in notary, and right here where it says USA I'm going to click United States because I don't want to know the keywords all over the United States. I want to know the keywords in New York.
So are you New York, New York?
Yes.
So there's New York, New York, and then the New York dma. I'm going to click that one because New York's so small, it ain't like Texas. Okay, so I'm going to click save. So I have the word notary and then New York. And what I'm doing here is I want to see what people are searching for in order to find a notary.
Okay, so I'm scrolling down. So notary in New York gets 10,000 to 100,000 hits.
Notary near me gets 10,000 to 100,001. But year over year, change is 900%. Notary public near me gets the same. Notary public gets the same. What we've been doing is naming our Google business page. What's this one? Mobile Notary near Me. But see, it's only 100 to 1,000 monthly searches. You want the most monthly searches, and the most monthly searches is Notary near Me. Right. In New York, it gets 10,000 to a hundred. If 10,000 to a hundred thousand people are looking.
Every month on Google, then your name needs to be Notary near me, New York.
So go over here to namecheat.
That's where we get our URL. So I'm going to type in Notary near me.
New York.
I'd be amazed if this is available. It's taken. However, you can put Notary near me hyphen New York.
And that's available. Okay.
Now this is prime because once everybody starts figuring this out.
It ain't going to be there. So you can hesitate. I'll put this in the chat. So for your Google business page, your name needs to be Notary New York, Notary near me, New York.
And then you need to, when you purchase this, it's going to ask you, do you want to add a domain, a professional email address to it, A business email address, Add that. I mean, this is only $10 a year. The email address might be another 5 for the whole year.
Got it.
Then I can get the dba notary near me, notary near me, new york as well.
Okay.
And if that's not available, put a hyphen in it or something or call me. Okay, okay.
Okay.
That makes sense.
We'll figure it out.
But I mean.
You know, when you do that, when you're number one. So let me type in.
Notary.
Near Me.
New York.
New York.
It's not giving me the Google business pages. That's what I wanted. What's your zip code?
11369.
Okay.
So if you look at all of these, rlc, Notary. Look at the reviews. I want y' all to make sure that you get reviews. Queens Mobile notary, loan signing agent, Astoria Notary.
All of these people are getting reviews. This One has a 4.1, 4.9, 4.5. That's not really that great.
But if somebody is searching on here for Notary Near Me, who you think gonna come up first? The name Notary Near Me.
There's not another name on here that says Notary Near Me.
Got.
The next. I mean, I'm telling you, people gonna see this and be like, oh, that's genius. And they gonna do it, so don't hesitate.
But that's mine underneath that apostille.
That's mine underneath that apostille int Queens. That's me underneath it.
Okay, Ms. K.K. yes.
Okay.
That'S perfect. And you can change the name. See, what I'm going through is changing my name. Okay, okay.
Okay. So mine is.
I've already gone and purchased my names and all of that.
But.
You have to have.
For Google to switch your name. There are some things that you're going to need. Okay, so this is my. Dang darn it. Was I signed out or something.
This is my Google profile now. Greater Houston Mobile, Notary and Apostille. Okay, I'm changing that to Notary Near Me, Houston. So I went to Fiverr.
This may be pricey for some people, but I've been using this dude, and I really like him. He always does an amazing job, and I just don't be feeling like playing with people.
Your order is now in the works. So he's creating for me.
A logo.
He's creating a logo, a Facebook banner, and a Google business page banner. Because what they're going to ask for are three things. I'm gonna see if I can share a whiteboard.
On here. Well, maybe more, but I'm gonna see if I can. And where is the whiteboard?
Never mind.
No, it's a whiteboard somewhere on here. Okay, let's see if I can just do annotate. Forget it.
Okay, so there are a few things that they're going to be looking for. One, you got to prove and verify. When you're changing your name on Google, you got to prove to them that that's your new name. So the first thing that they're going to want is a DBA showing that that's legally your name. The second thing that they want, they want to see that your name is being marketed as that in other places other than Google. So I changed my name on Facebook.
And ig. That means I need a banner, right? If I need a banner, then that means that I need a doggone.
Logo.
Okay, so DBA marketing in other places. Facebook and ig.
And what else? There's something else.
For Google verification.
Dba, Facebook, IG.
For getting something.
Hold on, let me look at my notes.
No, that's not it. That gum. What is it? Okay, dba, the Facebook stuff.
That might be it.
Instagram or some other place.
Yeah, so I have Facebook and Instagram. I have the dba. But it seems like it was one other thing, didn't it?
Oh, my God.
So you show them your dba.
Let me see if I took.
You said you have to have an email, your business email address, Facebook page, and Instagram that. I had it in my notes.
Business email address that matches your business name.
Okay, so how did I screw up? I mean, so I did my DBA as the Florida Notary.
But my.
My website is for notary near me. You know, I have one that's notary near me. Zephyr Hills, Tampa and Florida.
So your DBA has to be the exact same. You got to get a dba. When did you do the dba?
You just did.
I just, I just did it because I thought you said that my DBA could be a different name like the Florida Notary.
DBA is strictly for Google. I'm telling you to get that. Strictly for Google. So whatever your Google business page is going to be named, that's what your DBA needs to be named.
So I'm going to have to get a different dba, right?
DBA matching email address, Facebook and ig. It still feel like I'm missing something, but.
So what is the Florida notary?
The Florida notary can be what you put on your postcards.
So instead of on your postcards, putting notary near me, you can put the Florida notary.
I wonder.
I'm going to see if I have to publish my DBA in a local newspaper.
And it's supposed to be published on Friday.
I'll have to see if you're doing anything in a newspaper. It needs to be notary near me. Any out facing.
Listen, the name that you're using to bring clients in needs to be notary near me.
So I have to have three of them because I have three websites. So I have to have three DBAs.
You don't have to have a DBA for the other one for the Zephyr Hills notary, unless you want to.
I'm telling you to get the DBA strictly for the purposes of Google.
All right?
That's your name.
Okay?
Because now they've started asking.
So. But I did need to have three of the websites. I needed to have a website called Notary Near Me, Hyphen Florida, Notary Near Me, Hyphen, Tampa, and Notary Near Me, Zephyr Hills. Right.
No. Remember we talked last time and I said you could pick one that covers the most?
I thought you said to do all three.
Well, so number one, a website is never what I say. I always say a Google business page.
But I thought we had to have a website in order to do the Google Business Page.
You don't.
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on, hold on, hold on.
I guess I'm just so confused.
Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Because I might be off. I haven't been traveling today. That was number four.
A website, because that's why you get the domain name.
Right.
Okay, I'm sorry. Get. Hey, close my door for me. The dog. In here. Everybody, in here.
My apologies.
They talking about. We wasn't even loud. Okay, so that's it. That was it. Dba, domain name website.
And I don't think you should have to. I mean, so what I would do if I was in your. How many people are in Zephyr Hills?
I don't know how many people are in Zephyr Hills, but now I've already paid for three domain names of Zephyr Hills, Hyphen, Tampa, and Hyphen.
Florida.
I have three domain names and I have three addresses. And then I just did my dba. I just did my DBA last week. I think I did it Friday. But they own the paper only comes out once a week, and I think you have to. You have to put in the request by like Wednesday or Wednesday for it to come out on Friday. So I got a notification today because of the holiday, that it was going to come out on November, on December 1st. But that's for. That's for the Florida. The Florida Notary.
And see, I thought when we spoke.
Because you have the opportunity to do, Ron, you wanted to remote online notarizations. You wanted to reach as many people as possible. So that would have been the Florida.
And I did Tampa also because I'm close to Tampa and I have a lot of contacts in Tampa.
I mean, so it's a matter of choice.
If I only. I would do Florida, I would at least start with Florida.
Okay.
So then I should go back and see if I can change my DBA to.
If I had to choose two, I do Florida and Zephyr Hills. How close are you to Tampa?
Close enough that I go there every weekend. I go there to get my hair done. Like 20 minutes.
Oh, 20 minutes. Okay. That's not bad.
I mean, it's. I'm in, like, I'm sort of in a suburb of Tampa. Do you know what I mean?
Yeah.
If I had to do two, I'd do Florida and Zephyr Hills. And I showed you the easy way to create a website.
Use different email addresses to create both.
Of those.
Google business pages. Don't let them be linked because they'll. They will ban it.
Yeah. So they don't want you to create.
A business with two different names. You know what I'm saying?
Right. But I do need to go back and do a DBA for. I need to see if I can cancel the dba. I did. And I need a DBA for Florida and Zephyr Hills. Right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
So I just put that in the chat, those four things.
Because I mentioned that to her. With the domain name, the email address, dba, Facebook, ig.
Okay. Yeah, that's it.
Somebody's tone. That's me.
I'm trying to.
I muted you. Ms. Yvonne.
Anybody else have any questions? Ms. Karen, did I answer your question? You did.
You answered my question. You showed me what to do. I'm gonna work on that tonight. Okay, so now I have to do the DBA under notary near me hyphen, New York.
Right.
And put the DBA in that name.
Yes.
So when I show.
So.
So then Ms. KK's notary stuff will come down and I put that name in its place.
Yes. Okay. Just making sure. Just making sure. Okay, so. So after mine comes down.
So that's what I was. I was showing you this. So here's my page.
I'm gonna click Edit Profile whenever it comes up.
Come on. Sweet baby Jesus. Okay, I'm gonna click Edit Profile.
And.
Then I'm going to click this to edit my name.
And then they're gonna verify it, and if they don't flag it, praise God. But if they do, I'm be ready. Okay. Because if they flag it, then you'll have to reinstate your. Your page, and that's when you'll have to provide the. All of the proof and emails and all of that stuff. Okay, okay.
Okay. Tj.
I tried to be a good person one day over the holiday and give you a review and I just tried one for Zello, but Zello wouldn't let me do it without giving an address of a property and things.
I was going to ask about that as well.
Okay.
Because I put mine. I actually did mine and I didn't attempt to. Well, going through that, I saw that they asked for that. But for the others as well, I put mine in the document form and I was going to send them to you. I just need an email to send them to. Every place I send them, it comes back to me for you to preview just to make sure. So that if I don't want them to flag anything of yours or mine.
Or not post them because they seem fraudulent.
Okay.
Okay.
I just didn't want you to. Just ignored you.
Oh, absolutely. Tj.solutions by tj.com you can send it there.
Okay, got it.
No, thank you, thank you, thank you. And I mean Google, of course. There's the Google one. That's the main one. Always. Google is always your main source, man, because Google is huge and it's amazing.
It is humongous.
We can use Chat GPT to build our web pages, right?
You can. Okay.
Yeah, you can use Chat GPT, but remember how we went behind the scenes and built it directly through the.
Directly from our Google business page. Make it easy, man. You, you, you, you getting complicated and it takes you longer when you get complicated. Get something up and get going.
Okay.
I did, I guess, you know.
I was, I was held up with my Google business page because I have to get the DBA first.
Which, which I, you know, like I said, you have to publish it in some paper and something.
Oh, no, I, Absolutely. I'm just saying if it's going to be harder to use Chat GPT. I mean, of course the wording is cool, but if you trying to build a whole elaborate website and all of that stuff, it's not necessary. Okay, you can, because there are places that have. I. I think I even did a video on an AI website creator and it's pretty cheap and they look pretty good. Go, go watch that video. Hold on, let me see.
Yeah, they're pretty. There's some pretty good ones, to be honest with you.
They don't cost a lot, so that's really up to you. But I gave you the option to create it directly from your Google business page because it's just easy.
And you can always do another page, you know, you can always.
Do another Create your website like you want it.
The goal here that I want y' all to do is to start making money.
Yeah, I really do need to do that.
And my reason for that is because, like I say all the time, I got to get y' all to the point of making money so you can start doing what you love to do.
So this is it. AI for nna. Unleash the power of AI Comprehensive Notary Signing guy. That's it. I believe this is it. If I'm not mistaken, it's doing a review of the.
Is doing a review of AI websites.
But, yeah, listen, I just want to put this in here while we're on this page. If anyone has not taking time to go through all of TJ and I haven't made it through all of them of her videos on YouTube, do it. Do it.
You think that's a good investment of one's time, huh?
Oh, yes.
Thank you for that.
Thank you.
I wish I would have knew that when I was on the break.
It's a lot of free information because I'm just talking, talking, talking and going through stuff.
Oh, I wish I would have known that if I was on the break, baby.
Miss Marilyn, you had a question?
Yes. I wanted to know, is there really still money being made in the notary here in Houston? I know you in Houston.
Absolutely.
I just made today.
Oh, Lord. 450. $450 plus. No, 425 plus. 350. $775 today.
And title companies. Is that who you're working with?
Nah.
I processed two apostille documents.
Just two.
Wow.
Wow.
Yeah.
That is good.
Is there an area where you're more likely to be able to do that, or is that, like a need? Everywhere.
So it's everywhere. It is especially prevalent where there are.
Foreigners located. So people who are not native.
Native, Like Florida?
Yeah.
Everywhere. I mean, everywhere.
To be honest with you.
Yeah. Do you know we have a lot of people here, especially in South Florida, but all over Florida, there are people that are not, you know.
From here.
Yep, yep, yep.
Let me make sure this guy paid me.
So you doing more apostilles than you are notaries?
I do both.
I do it all. I'm not. If the money comes up and the money makes sense for my time, I take the job. For instance, there is a job where.
It'S like 13 pages that I gotta print, and it's for Westlake Flooring, where they sell.
Floor plans for. For automobiles. It takes every bit of 10 minutes to do for 50 bucks. That's worth my time. Who makes 50 bucks on their job in an hour?
Nobody.
Not a lot of people that I know.
Not me.
As an engineer, I ain't made $50.
That's right.
So I didn't.
Are you willing to do a walk.
A ride alone or walk along? Yeah. Ride alone or. Absolutely.
I would love to do that so I can.
Really familiarize myself with the apostle. Do you go out or you just do everything over the phone?
No. So today.
Today I had to drive to the Secretary of State.
Okay.
That was one of them. For 425. It was a turnaround because he needs it. He needed it today.
Okay.
And the other one was he needs it next week. But I've been out there before.
And he didn't have his papers together.
Let's see. Okay.
All right.
Well, do you have my number?
Don't give it to me here. Before we get off tonight, I'm going to put my number up on the screen and you can text me. And I mean, so.
Yeah, I take these jobs. Like, sometimes at the last minute, I can definitely contact you. I mean, what I suggest for you to do is jump in the water. Miss Marilyn, are you a notary already?
Yes, I'm a notary and a realtor.
I'm a real estate agent as well.
Yeah, well, I do a little bit of all that.
Let me go in the back. But, yeah, I've had my notary license for 13 years and my real estate.
For.
This going into my 20th year.
Right. So.
I would say, listen, I would say advertise that you can do apostille that Apostille jobs and allow me to walk you through it. It's so simple. You gonna trip out and trust me, one of the people here, Johanna, she's not on here right now, but she did what I told her to do, and she was like, wow. And if you're in Houston, this goes for everywhere, really. But I tell you, I mean, it's. It's a fool. It's like this video gives you step by step where to park and everything in Texas.
Okay? I leave no stone unturned. But in which video I need to watch, huh?
Which video is that I need to watch?
I just put it in the chat, okay.
Because I did watch the. A pastel class with Ms. Rita. Was that her name? Is that her name?
I don't know. You took it with me, huh?
You got it in the group.
Okay. Okay. Look at this video.
Okay. 7:15.
Look at this video.
Okay?
I gotta figure out, because People really don't understand. I mean if people haven't watched that video, they crazy. I, I mean I give them stuff ain't nobody else giving away.
That's true. Guys attest to it. I've gone through them and they're not, they're to the point, they're not boring at all. I literally was prying my eyes open to finish it so I could get to the next one to see what else was out there. Did not want to go to sleep and that's the truth.
So I'm going to watch it tonight after the call and. Yeah, because really, basically I probably just need to start advertising.
Yeah. How's your real estate business going?
Well, I've been doing a lot of rentals and I'm getting ready to sell my sister house, but it needs a lot of work. I'm gonna have to do an investor on it and the prices are dropping.
I saw some stuff today where, shoot. They did some forty thousand dollar drops in real estate around Houston.
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. A lot of equity in it, but we'll probably have to end up settling for like 140,000 or something.
Where is it located?
Inwood North West. Inwood West.
So send it to me. Let me look at it. Because my cousins are in the process of investing and I might, you never know. Send it to me. We'll look at it.
And I haven't listed it yet.
Okay.
Yeah, yeah, but. And I probably won't if I get an investor to, to purchase because it's not livable in the sense that her, the pedal, the wiring to her pedal is. Needs to be rewired. And then she had a gas leak. So she's literally staying with me and we trying to get her something.
So she can either buy or rent or something.
Something.
But they selling for at least 225 over there.
Okay. How much you thinking about listing it for?
Well, of course I would list it for more than what it's worth. Like I would do 175. But I know I'm not going to get that. So just give me enough room to, for people to lowball me, you know what I'm saying?
Yeah.
So I can get what I, what we want.
Okay. Yeah. Okay. I'm a. All my YouTube folks. I hope y' all got something out of that. If you have any comments, please put them in the comments.
But we are signing off of YouTube. This is the Success Circle mastermind. So I just wanted to give you all an opportunity to see what we do behind the scenes, but I'm gonna continue talking to my people.
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