AGBeat Columnist: Matt Stigliano
Matt is a former PA-based rockstar turned real estate agent with RE/MAX Access in San Antonio, TX. He was asked to join AgentGenius to provide a look at the successes and trials of being a newer agent. His consumer-based outlook on the real estate business has helped him see things from both sides. He is married to a wonderful woman from England who makes him use the word "rubbish."
Start Spreading The News Noise.
The day the earth didn’t stand still. There was an earthquake near Washington, D.C. this morning – nothing earth shattering, but a bit of surprise for those in the area I would guess. I woke up and saw the news on Twitter, which is where I get a lot of my news in the early part of the day. Twitter ...
Advanced SEO? Or just plain logic? 5 things you can do today.
I am not an SEO genius… …but, between the articles here and my own experiences, I’ve figured out a few things that work for me. My RErockstar.com blog isn’t the highest ranked site, but it garners enough traffic that I consider it to be a successful real estate blog. AgentGenius has plenty of great writers (ever read Jack Leblond’s SEO ...
Knock, Knock. Who’s there? RErockstar. RErockstar who?
Did you miss me? I did. I missed me a lot. Last time we spoke via AgentGenius, I had just temporarily let my real estate license expire in order to take care of some personal family-type stuff. It sucked being without a license. Simple as that. The whole time, I was itching to dive back in, but I wanted to ...
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Anything I put in this title will sound too dramatic.
Titles can be the hardest part. I wrote the title to this post about 100 times. Each time, I thought it sounded too dramatic. This post isn’t meant to be dramatic, but rather a simple statement of fact and some words wrapped around it. It could be a lengthy post or I could keep it rather simple (something I am ...
ActiveRain experiences growing pains, users consider leaving
ActiveRain’s Recent Troubles Recently ActiveRain has been plagued by server trouble. Anyone who uses or visits the site should know the verbiage of the “bad gateway” and “proxy error” messages by heart. It’s been annoying, frustrating, and down right excruciating. There is nothing worse then heading over there and not being able to get on the site – even worse, ...
Falling off the wagon – scraped knees and ice cream
WHAM! There was a rock sticking out of the ground on the hill you were speeding down. You tried to jump the wagon on a homemade ramp at your neighbors. Your big sister whipped you around a corner at high speed knowing full well that the wagon would tip over, spilling it’s contents – namely, you. I’m sure we all ...
Building a plan based on the “Why”
Soul searching and plan building. Two weeks ago, I wrote “Why? Finding real estate career motivation in down times,” as I was on a bit of a soul searching quest. The idea behind the post was not “poor me, I don’t know why I am a real estate agent,” rather it was an attempt for me to find that magic ...
Speak to me as if I’m the only one in the room.
I’m listening. Last week’s post, “Why? Finding real estate career motivation in down times.,” was a introspective piece, meant to show the reader that we all need some motivations in our life and to do my usual of opening up myself to allow me to grow (and you to watch, interject, and perhaps learn a thing or two). The following ...
Why? Finding real estate career motivation in down times
Can you meet with me? I had a meeting with my broker a few days ago. No, I didn’t get called into the principal’s office… I actually asked her to take some time to sit with me. I’ve had a lot going on in the last few months. One of the things I haven’t had enough of was business. I ...
Two Weeks of Social Media Hell
A lot can happen in two weeks. I didn’t post last week. It happens. “Don’t cry for me ArgentGenius” (ok, not so funny Evita reference, but it was stuck in my head and I had to use it). I’m back with twice the thought of one of my normal posts. Are you ready? In the last two weeks, two events ...
Breaking News: Finding a Trusted Source
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! In today’s world of real estate blogging, we’ve become more than just agents with a penchant for writing. We’ve become mini-local news stations. Our focus may be housing markets and the latest listings, but think about how many times you’ve blogged about local politics, grand openings, events, and major news events that affect your ...
Why Can’t We Be Friends? The Lost Art Of Acquaintances.
Straddling generational lines. I’m going to be thirty-eight years old in a few months. I come from a generation that knows what a pong set-top box is, remembers life before VCRs (let alone DVRs), and knows that a PS/2 is both a video game console by Sony and the third generation of PCs made by IBM. I played tag outside ...
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