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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Icicle Creek Real Estate SEO Review

Icicle Creek Real Estate SEO Review

I first met Geordie Romer at RE BarCamp Seattle a few months ago. During our SEO session, he volunteered his Icicle Creek site as a website to critique during the session, but we got a bit off topic and we didn’t really get to looking…

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Links for Geeks – July 2nd

Links for Geeks – July 2nd

Here are a few links worth checking out: Redfin adds free-text search and better neighborhood statistics Marc Davison has a two part series I’d recommend – Part 1: New brokerage model & Part 2: Repositioning for the future AgentWorx iPhone App- Your Real Estate Business…

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Using and Installing UberTwitter on your Blackberry

Using and Installing UberTwitter on your Blackberry

For you Blackberry users who want to get Twitter up and running on your BB, Matt Dollinger at @properties (who I met at RE Barcamp Chicago) has put together a video explaining how to install and use UberTwitter. Using and Installing UberTwitter on your Blackberry…

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Links for Geeks – June 24th

Links for Geeks – June 24th

Here are a few links I thought worthy of sharing: Looking for Hyperlocal Content? — Outside.in has a new product for publishers to add hyperlocal news to your website Posting to the Stream in Real Time with the Live Stream Box — Facebook pages can…

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2009 Inman Innovator Awards Finalists

2009 Inman Innovator Awards Finalists

Head over to Inman to check the finalists for this year’s Innovator Awards…

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Links for Geeks – June 10th

Links for Geeks – June 10th

Here are a few links I think many of you will find interesting: Tweetlister Promotes Properties Over Twitter John L. Scott’s (Mis-)Adventures in Social Networking AutoStitch – My New Favorite iPhone Panorama App An Example Of Cleveland Area Realtor Using PAP It bears repeating: MLS…

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Is Your Agent or Broker Website "Social" and/or Personalized?

Is Your Agent or Broker Website "Social" and/or Personalized?

There was a list of the Top Twenty Open APIs and Mashup Resources for Web Developers (which i Tweeted about yesterday) published two days ago that the web developers reading this blog might find useful. Not all the APIs mentioned are specific to real estate; in…

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Personal Business, Business Personality, and Social Media

Personal Business, Business Personality, and Social Media

There is an interesting post by Rob Hahn, AKA Notorious Rob, that touches close to home for me — Personal Business, Business Personality, and Social Media: An Interview with Todd Carpenter, NAR. The issue at hand is whether people should maintain two separate personalities online…

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Goomzee Enables Text Message Chat Conversations Between Buyer and Seller

Goomzee Enables Text Message Chat Conversations Between Buyer and Seller

Goomzee just announced a new next messaging marketing product called InterAct. The technology enables text message chat conversation between buyer and seller: When enabled, the InterAct feature will record additional text messages received during a specific time period and link them to the initial buyer…

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Are You Syndicating Your Listings?

Are You Syndicating Your Listings?

Here is a video with Greg Afarian’s take on those who say “I’ll pass on syndicating MY Listings”. I think most of you will agree it was worth sharing to a broader audience 🙂 More details available at ZIPVO.com. If you are not currently syndicating…

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