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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#retechchat Mobile Marketing Archive and Wrap

#retechchat Mobile Marketing Archive and Wrap

For the second week in a row, the #retechchat Monday evening discussion was off-the-hook-awesome. This week, we tried to start an hour early at 6 PM PST to give east coasters a better chance to tune in, but ended up doing a full 2 hours…

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What Topic to Discuss for Next Week's #retechchat?

What Topic to Discuss for Next Week's #retechchat?

Wow, what an awesome 2 hour #retechchat discussion last night on Mobile Marketing. I’ll come back to this and post a short recap and link to the archive of the discussion, but for now, I wanted to post a short survey to see what we…

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dsSearchAgent Mobile is ALMOST Here

dsSearchAgent Mobile is ALMOST Here

Speaking of mobile marketing (the topic of tonight’s #retechchat 90 minutes from now), I just got the following email from Diverse Solutions: Diverse Solutions is excited to announce our new mobile IDX solution!  Combining the search and lead capture features of our IDX products into…

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#retechchat Today at 6 PM PST. Topics: Mobile Marketing & the Zillow IPO

#retechchat Today at 6 PM PST. Topics: Mobile Marketing & the Zillow IPO

Reminder to tune into tonight’s #retechchat — it will be at 6 PST instead of the previous time of 7 PST in order to give east coasters a little better opportunity to tune in before their bed time. The topic this week was supposed to…

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The SPAM Problem. And The "SPAM Dollars" Solution

The SPAM Problem. And The "SPAM Dollars" Solution

Warning: this is not specific to real estate technology, so if that’s what you’re looking for on this Monday morning, you can browse to the next article. Get to the top of the rankings or link exchange proposal or You have been rewarded with $12,500…

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Topic for #retechchat Week 2 – Mobile Marketing

Topic for #retechchat Week 2 – Mobile Marketing

The votes are in — and the topic for week 2’s #retechchat is going to be Mobile Marketing. The runner up was Analytics, so that will be our backup topic should there be a lack of discussion around mobile marketing. Otherwise, analytics will be the…

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Transcript for Week 1 of #retechchat – real estate blogging

Transcript for Week 1 of #retechchat – real estate blogging

For those who missed last night’s discussion, here is a Google spreadsheet with all tweets tagged with the #retechchat hashtag during yesterday’s discussion about real estate blogging. Enjoy, and see you next week (please vote for what you want to talk about)!

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Topic Options for Next Week's #retechchat

Topic Options for Next Week's #retechchat

The topic of the first #retechchat, which took place from about 7 pst to 8:30 pst last night, was real estate blogging strategies. I thought it was a great 90 minute discussion, and I’d guess there were about 30-40 people participating in the discussion and…

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Zillow Acquires Postlets

Zillow Acquires Postlets

Nothing like a bit of exciting news on an otherwise boring Monday to shake things up in the real estate industry. It was announced today that Zillow (my former employer) acquired Postlets, a free syndicator of real estate listings. The company was founded by Asher…

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Join #retechchat at 7 PM PST Tonight to Talk About Real Estate Blogging Strategies

Join #retechchat at 7 PM PST Tonight to Talk About Real Estate Blogging Strategies

Remember, the 1st edition of #retechchat (formerly #reblogchat for all of a few hours) is this evening at 7 PM PST. The topic of conversation is “real estate blogging” — so come with your questions blazing. How to join? There are a few options: Follow…

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