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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What Bloggers Do You Follow That Have an Incredible "Voice"?

What Bloggers Do You Follow That Have an Incredible "Voice"?

Those who know me know that I’m a big fan of a strong voice when blogging. As I’ve told many people, I can find information anywhere so what I really gravitate towards are people who are personal and passionate in their writing. I’m working on…

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WordPress 3.0 has Finally Arrived

WordPress 3.0 has Finally Arrived

It’s HERE!! WordPress 3.0 is now available in its final version for download! https://videopress.com/v/wp-content/plugins/video/flvplayer.swf?ver=1.21 [via Zengy]

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WordPress 3.0 is Getting Closer – Release Candidate 1 Is Available

WordPress 3.0 is Getting Closer – Release Candidate 1 Is Available

It was just announced that WordPress 3.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download. I’ve been anxiously awaiting WordPress 3.0 for awhile due to the possibilities it will enable for real estate sites and it’s nice to see that they are nearing completion of…

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How I Go About Building my Sphere of Influence

How I Go About Building my Sphere of Influence

I’ve now touched on the importance of building trust and the most important factor to keep in mind when building your sphere. With this post (my 3rd and final post on “sphere building”), I wanted to explain HOW I go about networking/sphere building/relationship building on…

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The Most Important Factor to Building a Large Sphere of Influence

The Most Important Factor to Building a Large Sphere of Influence

Okay, I guess I lied yesterday when I said this was a two part post — I’m splitting the topic of “sphere building” into three posts because it’s such a large and important topic. Yesterday, I posted about the importance of building trust as a…

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The Importance of Building Your Sphere by Building Trust

The Importance of Building Your Sphere by Building Trust

I always hear people telling agents that “building their sphere” is the most important thing they can do for their business. I certainly agree and often tell agents the same thing myself. Particularly for those in the real estate business, the amount of money you…

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Two Possibilities for Agent and Broker WordPress Web Sites with WordPress 3.0

Two Possibilities for Agent and Broker WordPress Web Sites with WordPress 3.0

I’m hoping the final version of WordPress 3.0 is close to completion (the Beta came out a few weeks ago) and I wanted to take a few minutes to touch on two of the cooler possibilities for agent and broker sites opened up by the…

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A Real Estate Web Marketing Auction Worth $11,000+ that Benefits Charity

A Real Estate Web Marketing Auction Worth $11,000+ that Benefits Charity

For the real estate professionals reading this looking to get a leg up on the competition and put together a complete website and social media strategy (& get it implemented), this blog post is for you. A broad range of companies and individuals servicing the…

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For the WordPress Geeks…WordPress 3.0 is Here (in BETA)

For the WordPress Geeks…WordPress 3.0 is Here (in BETA)

For the WordPress developers, I think you’ll be happy to hear the long awaited WordPress 3.0 has been released in BETA form. The most notable component of the 3.0 upgrade is clearly WordPress and WordPress MU now sharing one code base (instructions for those who…

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How Are You Using Facebook Pages As Part of Your Real Estate Business?

How Are You Using Facebook Pages As Part of Your Real Estate Business?

I agree with Joel that Facebook is kind of a big deal and I wanted to get some feedback from the Geek Estate audience. It’s now a given you should have a Facebook strategy. For the agents and brokers reading this, how are you using…

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