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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The Launch of the Yahoo! Address Book API

The Launch of the Yahoo! Address Book API

I just saw the news over at Mashable regarding the new Yahoo Address Book API. According to Charles Wu, the product manager for the Yahoo! address book platform, here are a couple things you can do with the API: Obtain unique identifiers (i.e., email addresses)…

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Carnival Of Real Estate #93 — Mexican Style

Carnival Of Real Estate #93 — Mexican Style

Sorry, I just have to do it — link to fellow Geek Estate contributor Jay Thompson twice in the same day (prior link)! This week’s Carnival of Real Estate, posted at Phoenix Real Estate Guy, is just too good NOT to link to it.

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Are You Using Twitter to Connect with Local Buyers?

Are You Using Twitter to Connect with Local Buyers?

After reading Jay Thompson’s post about Marketing on Twitter, it’s looking like the answer should be “Yes”.

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What is Social Media?

What is Social Media?

Social Media in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo. [via Ubertor Real Estate Blog]

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Want to Integrate Google Earth into a Browser-Based Web App? Now You Can

Want to Integrate Google Earth into a Browser-Based Web App? Now You Can

Today, Paul Rademacher, a Technical Lead for Google Earth, announced the release of the Google Earth browser plug-in on the Google Lat Long Blog: Today, I’m happy to announce the release of the new Google Earth Browser Plug-in, which brings the full power of Google…

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Local Matters Purchases the Point2 Facebook Neighborhoods Application

Local Matters Purchases the Point2 Facebook Neighborhoods Application

Probably as a result of coming on a day where the NAR-DOJ agreement stole the headlines, there was an announcement today in the real estate tech world that went largely unnoticed — Local Matters and Point2 announced “an Agreement of Sale and Cooperation for Point2’s…

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A New Aggregator on the Scene — RealSeekr

A New Aggregator on the Scene — RealSeekr

In case you missed it, there is a new aggregator on the scene in the real estate industry — RealSeekr, which was announced early this week and was covered on Agent Genius yesterday (and there are already 30 comments). When I was in New York…

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Are You A Rookie with Social Media? No Worries — Social Media U to the Rescue

Are You A Rookie with Social Media? No Worries — Social Media U to the Rescue

Sarah Perez over at ReadWriteWeb has put together a great post for anyone looking for a crash course in social media. Here are the lessons in Social Media U: Personal branding (a topic I’ve written about before) Know what web 2.0 is and how to…

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Real Estate Listing Syndication Comparison for Technology Vendors and Brokerages

Real Estate Listing Syndication Comparison for Technology Vendors and Brokerages

I’m not sure how many people saw the news that Google Spreadsheets can now be edited by anyone, but the concept of a a wiki-style spreadsheet caught my attention. You now no longer have to “invite” people in order to have them contribute and edit…

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Point2 & RealtyTrac Enter Marketing Partnership

Point2 & RealtyTrac Enter Marketing Partnership

I thought the fact that Point2 and RealtyTrac announced a marketing partnership today might be of interest to some of you.

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