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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Congrats on a Successful Inman Website Launch

Congrats on a Successful Inman Website Launch

Congrats to the Inman crew for getting their new and improved website up and running!

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A Normal Morning, then Open Up MyBlogLog and…Lifestreaming

A Normal Morning, then Open Up MyBlogLog and…Lifestreaming

MyBlogLog is now in the lifestreaming category with their most recent announcement! MBL previously announced their “new with me” feature, which is the main new feature they’ve added to member profile pages. “New with me” looks and acts similar to Facebook’s Newsfeed — it streams…

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A Lesson in How NOT to Market A Website

A Lesson in How NOT to Market A Website

I thought this is a great example of how to NOT market a website. Note: I’ve removed all references to the person’s name and website because I don’t think calling the person out by name is the right thing to do. Subject: Reminder: Link exchange…

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Introducing Thompson's Realty in Phoenix, AZ

Introducing Thompson's Realty in Phoenix, AZ

A huge congratulations has to go to Jay and Francy for getting all the paperwork done and unveiling the newest Phoenix area brokerage — Thompson’s Realty!   If Jay isn’t the definition of a “Broker Blogger,” I don’t know who is.

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Q&A with Morgan Carey at Real Estate Webmasters

Q&A with Morgan Carey at Real Estate Webmasters

There are many real estate technology vendors that build agent websites, with Real Estate Webmasters (REW) being one of the companies in the mix. If you’ve heard about REW before, chances are you’ve also heard about their superb ability to optimize their websites for search…

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Carnival of Real Estate #79

Carnival of Real Estate #79

The 79th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is live over at Overseas Property Investment Blog.

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Welcome Erion Shehaj from Signature Real Estate in Houston

Welcome Erion Shehaj from Signature Real Estate in Houston

Please welcome me in joining Erion Shehaj to the list of contributors here at Geek Estate Blog. Erion is a real estate entrepreneur and Chief Executive of Signature Real Estate, a Houston based real estate brokerage specializing in investment properties. He also maintains the In…

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Q & A With Darris Cassidy at RealEstateEcards.com

Q & A With Darris Cassidy at RealEstateEcards.com

Darris Cassidy reached out to me a couple weeks ago for some feedback on his new site — RealEstateEcards.com. The eCards include background music, professional looking photographs of the home with captions, along with details about the listing agent (click “view” on the lower left…

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MyMarketWare Launches Single Property Sites & How-to Blog

MyMarketWare Launches Single Property Sites & How-to Blog

Congrats to NikNik and Reggie at MyTechOpinion for getting MyMarketWare out the door with their new single property website solution. Here is an example of what you can get for $39. Press Release While you might think I got this tip from Dustin, it actually…

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TurnHere Raises $7.5 Million in VC Investment

TurnHere Raises $7.5 Million in VC Investment

I just stumbled across a story in the East Bay Business Time that some of you might find interesting — TurnHere has raised $7.5 million in VC funding – Online video publisher TurnHere Inc. will use $7.5 million in venture funding from Venrock and Hearst…

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