🧠 A Mobile Notary Side Hustle
Build & Sell a Bootstrapped Business and Accomplish Your Goals in 3-Steps
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1. Business idea of the Week: Mobile Notary Side Hustle
Do you wanna quit your job this year?
And need a side hustle to replace a six-figure salary?
Well, you’ve come to the right place.
Today’s idea cost’s a few $100 bucks to get started and gives you the opportunity to make $10K+/month.
The idea: Create a Mobile Notary business.
What is a mobile notary? A mobile notary is a person that travels to homes or offices to “notarize” documents for their clients.
They verify that the person signing this doc is who they say they are.
In reality, it goes something like this:
They show up → check the ID of the person signing → watch them sign the doc → put their “notarized” stamp on the paper → collect their payment.
How to get started: This business requires a license, so that's step 1.
To get licensed in your state, google “how to become a notary in your state”.
This will give you all the information you need to get your license.
Once you’ve got your license, it’s time to find your clients.
To succeed in this business, you need to build relationships to find repeat and new customers.
But, when you’re first starting out you can sign up for a notary signing service like nssnotary.com. These signing services build large databases of notaries (like you). So when a customer needs a notary, they can search the database to find one near them.
Signing services are a great way to get your first few clients, but you’ll make much more money finding clients on your own since these services take a cut of the fees.
When starting out you can expect to make $50-$100 per appointment.
As you gain more experience you can make closer to $150-$200 per appointment.
With 4 appointments a day at $100 a pop - You’ve got yourself a $100K+ yearly income!
Looking for more info on this side hustle? Check out this article for a full breakdown of starting a mobile notary business How to Become a Mobile Notary.
2. Build & Sell a Bootstrapped Business
Do you want to build, grow, and sell a bootstrapped online business this year?
Every Friday, the Bootstrapped Founder Newsletter sends you proven tactics to help you launch, build, and grow your business.
Arvid Kahl is the founder of FeedbackPanda and author of Zero to Sold and is sharing everything he’s learned!
You’ll learn how to build an engaged audience, monetize it, and leverage “building in public” to become an expert in your field.
3. Accomplish Your Goals in 3-Steps
It’s new years day, so you know what that means!
Gyms are packed like a can of sardines. And it’s time to set your goals for 2023.
Goals are great, but they mean nothing unless you do the work to accomplish them.
So let’s take a look at 4 real & actionable steps to get what you want in 2023:
Decide what you actually want. You need to be crystal clear on what you actually want! “I want to make more money this year…” - great, but how much? Why that amount? What do you need that money for?
Write this so a 1st grader can read it. “I want to make $25K extra this year to buy a rental property that will increase my monthly income by at least $300” - better.
Figure out how to get it. I know this isn’t easy, but it’s not complicated. Find people that have done it before, and do what they did. Find a way to make that extra $25K. Maybe it’s starting a service business side hustle? Maybe it’s starting a mobile notary business …😉? Figure out exactly what you need to do to reach that goal.
Get to work. This may seem obvious, but it’s the most important step. Put down the books, stop researching, and get to work!
The last step is to check in and make adjustments. Make sure you’re making progress toward your goal, and if not → make adjustments.
If you follow this framework there’s no reason you can’t accomplish anything you want in 2023.