About Drew Meyers

Founder of GEM Diamond. Zillow Alum. Real estate tech geek. Travel addict & former co-founder of Horizon. Social entrepreneurship advocate. Fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Keller Williams Re-Brand

Keller Williams Re-Brand

Keller Williams has re-branded… A brand that stands behind our agents, not in front of them. I like the clean look of their new branding. KW is certainly doing something, including their recent app platform for agents. That said, branding isn’t pretty logos. It’s the values…

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Zillow Digs for iPhone

Zillow Digs for iPhone

We’ve covered Zillow Digs here before. I’ll be the first to say I think Zillow Digs is a brilliant strategic move by my former co-workers to repurpose the millions of photos they have collected over the years for an entirely different use case. As of…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Jon Sterling

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Jon Sterling

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, I’m talking to Jon Sterling of AgentFindr. I’ve known Jon a long, long time and I can confidently say he’s one of the most fun people to hang out with in the entire industry. If…

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Do You Have an Amazing Mission?

Do You Have an Amazing Mission?

Greg put me on a Seth Godin kick with his the long game post. One of the interviews I listened to this morning is this Eventual Millionaire interview. Listen to it. Do you and your business have an amazing mission? If not, there is no other…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Steven Szczur

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Steven Szczur

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, I’m talking to Steven Szczur of HomeCanvasr. Without wasting anymore time, here’s a bit more from him… What do you do? I am a real estate professional that just recently launched a real estate technology company…

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Zillow Nails Past Solds Feature

Zillow Nails Past Solds Feature

Zillow toyed with past sales branding/data back in 2008 with the Virtual Sold Sign program way back in 2008 (while I worked there). It took a backseat on the priority list for awhile, but it seems they have finally nailed the feature. Here’s a short video…

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Yammer and Open Collaboration

Yammer and Open Collaboration

Watch the following video about Yammer. It’s well done. Does anyone use Yammer in your real estate workplace? How are you collaborating with your colleagues? [via https://about.yammer.com/moments/]

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Kamal Shah

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Kamal Shah

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, I’m talking to Kamal Shah of FotoNotes. Without wasting anymore time, here’s a bit more from him… What do you do? I’m the Founder and CEO of FotoNotes – a technology company providing mobile-first solutions for the real…

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Get to Know Your Other Geek Estate Community Members

Get to Know Your Other Geek Estate Community Members

I’ve written several times about connecting with other Geek Estate community members (here and here) using Oh Hey World. A few of you took me up on the offer. Well, since then, we’ve redesigned the concept of “communities” on Oh Hey World. Part of what…

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Do Good Real Estate

Do Good Real Estate

I’ve been promoting socially conscious agents/brokerages recently (& here), and here is another one (referenced in Brian’s post yesterday). Do Good Real Estate, out of Wilmington… Wilmington NC Real Estate Company – Making an Impact! Do Good Real Estate is a homegrown, socially minded realty company…

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