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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Real Estate Tech Podcasts

Real Estate Tech Podcasts

Here are a couple podcasts you should consider listening to (you can even listen to them in iTunes): Mike Price with Todd Carpenter on the topic of REBlogWorld Mike Price with Chris Koehler, CEO of Applied Real Estate Technology

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Do You Link to External Sites?

Do You Link to External Sites?

When it comes to your linking strategy, are you in the “Don’t Link to External Sites” camp? If so, Rand at SEOmoz has some points you might want to consider. And if that post doesn’t convince you that not linking out is a bad strategy,…

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Real Estate Blogs on the iPhone

Real Estate Blogs on the iPhone

Do you have an iPhone and read real estate blogs? If so, Dennis McGuire coded up a “blog reader” for the iPhone — http://www.irealtyblogs.com. The site pulls feeds from all Dennis’ favorite blogs from the RE.net into one. Currently, the feeds from the following blogs…

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Video from RE Bar Camp

Video from RE Bar Camp

Head on over to Zillow Blog for more background from David.

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MyBlogLog Makes a Bigger Push into Real Estate

MyBlogLog Makes a Bigger Push into Real Estate

MyBlogLog has integrated updates from Trulia and Zillow profile pages into their New With Me feed.

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Closing Business With A Blog

Closing Business With A Blog

Jay Thompson is moderating one of the morning panels at Bloggers Connect. The panelists all certainly know how to use blogging as a client acquisition mechanism, and closing business with those clients: Linda Davis, Broker/Owner, Broker/Owner, RE/MAX Realty Group – http://blog.ctrelocation.com/ Laurie Manny, Realtor, Long…

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Notes from RE Bar Camp

Notes from RE Bar Camp

I’ve met many of the real estate bloggers I read on a daily basis at prior conferences, but there were still a few that alluded me — until yesterday. Andy, Brad, Maureen, Benn and Lani, and Magnus (who is now a guest author here on…

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The Carnival of Real Estate Turns 100!

The Carnival of Real Estate Turns 100!

Head on over to the CoRE blog to check out the 100th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate!

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Geek Estate Blog Gets a Facelift!

Geek Estate Blog Gets a Facelift!

Zillow launched the Geek Estate Blog roughly a year ago and we thought it was about time to give the blog a fresh new look to make it feel a bit more “techy”. If you find anything buggy that needs to be fixed, have a…

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Blogging Allows Creativity to Flourish

Blogging Allows Creativity to Flourish

For example, check out this post titled “Make Your Blog Irresistably Sticky” by Lani at Agent Genius — it’s the most creative post I’ve seen in quite some time.

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