Bill Soroka is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and industry-leading mentor in the notary space. He is widely recognized for helping mobile notaries build thriving, profitable businesses.
Bill Soroka has authored four bestselling books with more than 1,400 five-star reviews and achieved multiple six- and seven-figure success through his work.
As the founder of Notary Coach, Bill Soroka has mentored over 2,500 notaries nationwide and serves as an instructor for the Sign & Thrive Notary Training Course and Community. A sought-after speaker and sponsor, he has presented at major industry events including the National Notary Association 2020 Conference and The Notary Symposium from 2018–2020, earning a reputation as one of the most trusted voices in the profession.
Book Title: Sign & Thrive: How to Make Six Figures as a Mobile Notary and Loan Signing Agent
Genre: Business Development
Website: Notary Coach
What is your story Bill?
If there is anything you should learn from me, it’s that you shouldn’t be afraid to fail. I failed at my business ideas 26 times. But that never stopped me. I’m something of a “personal development junkie.” I kept trying and learning and reading and attending seminars, and finally, it clicked.
I was able to take the results from all my experiences and create a system for success – a system that many others have found success through today.
Now, I is one of the leading notary trainers in the country.
When did you realize you wanted to write a book for your business?
I always wanted to write a book. Maybe I didn’t know it was for my business, but I knew the book was inside me.
I really got clear that I didn’t want to die with a story still inside me, even if it’s a notary book. I told myself when I was six years old, I was going to publish a book. That was important to me. I would regret that on my deathbed if I had not done it.
But in order to actually write a book, I needed to get over my own BS.
I am a collector of courses, programs, and books. I can sell myself on anything. I rarely meet an idea I don’t like. Many times, courses just sit on the shelf or in my internet somewhere, and I never take them. This was a significant investment to join this program. So, I had to have that conversation with myself like, ‘Are you really going to do this, Bill? Are you just BS’ing yourself again?’
Once I won the battle with myself, I put my thoughts and goals into perspective. I knew writing a book was something I had wanted to do for years, and that passion had never changed.
When I put it in that perspective, it was easy for me to make that decision, and and joining the program at selfpublishing.com is still among the best investments I’ve ever made
What the program has done for my life has been life changing. Not just income wise. I’ve been able to generate several hundreds of thousands of dollars in book royalties. It’s opened doors and partnerships that I never would’ve dreamed of.
What was your “why” for writing a book?
I take great pride in being the last line of defense against mortgage fraud and identity theft. After learning from my winding journey to success, I wanted to help others excel in this honorable field, too.
I was on a mission to help the most committed notaries in the country EACH serve another ONE THOUSAND customers in a year. Together that would impact MILLIONS of lives, helping people when they needed it most, on their best days and their worst days, and generate over $250,000,000 in revenue for notary entrepreneurs.
I wanted to help notaries (and aspiring notaries) to create the lifestyle, flexibility – and paycheck – that they had always wanted.
What did your writing transformation look like?
The actual course at selfpublishing.com itself with all the resources, that was a game changer for me. I still use that. I still go back in to look at the front matter, the back matter, and find out the strategy for the launch. They had launch calendars and everything for me, and it’s still what I use to this day. And that launch strategy has changed everything for me.
Of course, it wasn’t just the course material that made a difference for me. It was also the community and the incredible internal shift it helped me to achieve.
The support community, I still use it to this day. Even when I don’t actively participate, if I don’t comment on something, I see a post, I see other people publishing, I see their results, it really helps me stay engaged and like, ‘Hey, this is really possible.’ It has given me this peace of mind about life and confidence in myself again.
By sharing my fears and concerns with the selfpublishing.com community, I learned I wasn’t alone in my feelings. In fact. it seemed that every aspiring author had doubts about their book!
Confidence doesn’t come before you write the book. Confidence comes after. So, if you’re questioning, who would read this book, why would anyone read this book, who am I to write this book about this topic, those are all questions that most published authors go through, and you’ve got to overcome that.
Do whatever it takes to overcome that and write the book. Nothing else matters until you write the book. Just write it and somebody is going to read it, especially when you do it authentically and vulnerably.
Through the course at selfpublishing.com, I learned to hold myself accountable for my writing, plan ahead of time, and ignore the sneaky distractions that make it all too easy to give up on your dream project. Having someone to talk me through the process was priceless.
Sometimes I think when we don’t keep promises to ourselves, that inner critic comes out and says, ‘Yeah, right, Bill. You’re going to publish a book. Right.’ But now I believe in myself when I say that, and I can’t put a price tag on that.
On an existential level, having the support to make something like this happen is a dream. It was a dream to publish a book. Having the support to bring publishing a book to reality, has left a special place in my heart for selfpublishing.com, Chandler, and the entire team.
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