Name of your website?SUPERSTITION NOTARY SERVICE
Your name?
Guy Baier
Your Location (city, etc)
Mesa
Please give us a short summary of your website?
Notary Public functions; Adult and children fingerprinting services to promote security for job applicants, medical personnel, child day care services. etc.; Description of Bankruptcy processing service.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Expand notary services and add fingerprinting and bankruptcy services.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
Current site - this year (2008)
How did you decide on a name for your website?
Picked a local landmark - Superstition Mountain - to identify with Arizona and a local business.
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
Professionally prepared, succint, colorful, direct and to the point - trying to put relevant information in readable form for needed services. I am trying to reach segments of the public needing new fingerprint services (required by recent legislation), as well as reaching out to other groups needing fingerprint services..
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
Keep it and promote a long term business
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
Still in the first year - building slowly. Not building business as quickly as expected.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Separate into three sites, each for a separate function.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Would probably add people to provide necessary service.
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
New licensing/fee requirements for security related issues and new technology being introduced in the notarial field related to enotarization for loan documents. Will also need further education with the technology and new computers for enotarization. Bankruptcy service is difficult, probably because of the fraud issue that is concerning the public.
What has been your biggest challenge?
Reaching the target audience for fingerprint customers.
Concern by the public about computer security dealing with financial information, even though the submissions are secure.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
don't have a good answer for that - new product.
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
Has been as expected - though my response has been lower than expected.
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
Started early in 2008, and plan to maintain it for the foreseeable future.
What is your website address?
SUPERSTITION NOTARY SERVICE
