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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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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RnD – "Sports Talk Radio" for Real Estate

RnD – "Sports Talk Radio" for Real Estate

Congrats to Dustin and Rob for launching RnD this week! If you are a geeky real estate enthusiast, this new “sports talk radio for real estate” is definitely for you. From Dustin’s announcement post: Are you curious what the show is going to be like?…

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NAR Responds in DC

NAR Responds in DC

This “Google is a scraper” issue has been all the rage the past week since it hit Agent Genius (370 comments now and coverage on a variety of blogs and forums). The issue was discussed at NAR midyear (Jay Thompson’s coverage), and the MLS Committee…

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Finally, a Techmeme for Real Estate. TheClozing.com

Finally, a Techmeme for Real Estate. TheClozing.com

It’s no secret that I’ve been wanting a “Techmeme for Real Estate” for over a year now. I hoped 2009 would be the year — and, last week, my wish was granted! The idea became a reality when TheClozing was launched by Anthony Barba &…

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How NOT to Attract Clients — A Lesson for Trannsen Information Technologies

How NOT to Attract Clients — A Lesson for Trannsen Information Technologies

There are no shortage of web design and SEO firms that rely on spamming people to find clients. Here’s a hint — spamming is NOT the way to attract clients, especially if you are a technology company. I’ve received the following e-mail from Don at…

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