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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Who is NAR's Social Media Manager Going to Be?

Who is NAR's Social Media Manager Going to Be?

real/diaBlog is reporting that the NAR social media manager position is filled, but the final hire hasn’t been announced yet. My hunch is Todd Carpenter, but I honestly have no idea. Any guesses as to who is going to get the nod? What’s the first…

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Enormo Re-Launches

Enormo Re-Launches

For those interested in technology developments in the international real estate scene, Enormo re-launched their site today, according to FoREM and Property Portal Watch. I’m a fan of Enormo, but I have to wonder if they’ve bitten off more than they can chew with their…

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Want to Add Mass Transit Directions to Your Website?

Want to Add Mass Transit Directions to Your Website?

I think there’s a strong case to be made that help figuring out how to get from point A to point B is something that home buyers would appreciate during their home selection process. It’s likely some buyers wonder how to get to their current…

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Geek Estate Hits 1,000…

Geek Estate Hits 1,000…

If you look in the upper right corner, you’ll see we hit a milestone here at Geek Estate today — 1,000 RSS subscribers!! Thank you to all the great contributors, commentors, and readers that have made it all possible.

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More Learnings from a Real Estate Website Redesign Project

More Learnings from a Real Estate Website Redesign Project

About a month ago, I shared some thoughts from Seth Siegler regarding the website redesign project he was undertaking. In that post, I said that anyone working on a  redesign or planning to in the near future willing to share their thoughts could e-mail me…

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If You Have Thoughts Regarding the Future of Real Estate Search…

If You Have Thoughts Regarding the Future of Real Estate Search…

…you can win $500 for writing about it! Onboard Informatics announced the Lifestyle Search Essay Contest earlier this week. The topic? Imagine the real estate search of the future and tell us about it. The winner gets a $500 American Express giftcard, so what do…

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More on Abyaf, that Virtual Brokerage…

More on Abyaf, that Virtual Brokerage…

Rob has a follow up post to the virtual brokerage post I mentioned earlier this week — check it out.

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A New Virtual Brokerage?

A New Virtual Brokerage?

The Notorious R.O.B. has a hot tip regarding “Aybaf“…

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Want a Link from an Official Google Blog?

Want a Link from an Official Google Blog?

I do too!! Unfortunately I can’t participate in the little promotion Zoltan at RealBird has put together, so I thought I’d share it with all of you. The prerequisites are: Be a real estate agent/broker – residential or commercial Be the listing agent/broker of the…

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Onboard and the Lifestyle Listings Engine

Onboard and the Lifestyle Listings Engine

Onboard announced their new Lifestyle Listings Engine yesterday — you can see the overview here. Onboard’s Lifestyle Listings Engine provides the first Human Centered Search (HCS) experience in real estate. Our flexible Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) combine technology and data in an easy-to-implement package that…

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