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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Want to View the Front Page of a Newspaper?

Want to View the Front Page of a Newspaper?

There’s been lots of commentary on future of the the newspaper business over the past couple weeks. But, the point of this post is not to throw my thoughts on the subject out there — it’s just to highlight a cool web site involving newspapers…

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Using Video to Make a Point

Using Video to Make a Point

Check out Daniel Rothamel’s video — episode #1 of “Real Estate in Black and White”. After watching this, I hope you get the message. [via FoREM & Agent Genius]

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9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design

9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design

Here’s another link for you geeks out there — particularly if you’re trying to design a user-friendly real estate web page that appeals to consumers. While a bare-bones, data driven site might get the job done — in my opinion, good web design is essential…

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Top 50 Real Estate Marketing Blogs

Top 50 Real Estate Marketing Blogs

Are you an agent looking for marketing advice? If so, International Listings has put out a list of the “Top 50 Real Estate Marketing Bloggers” worth checking out. It breaks out marketing blogs by type — general marketing, internet marketing, coaches, development properties, and marketing…

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Carnival of Real Estate #71

Carnival of Real Estate #71

The 71st edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is live at the Laguna Niguel Real Estate Blog.

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What Kind of Geek Are You?

What Kind of Geek Are You?

According to Scott Johnson, there are 56 types of geeks — what kind of geek are you? You can view the Flickr slideshow here or buy prints here. [via White African]

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Michael Price on Inman TV – Some Insights into Online Video Syndication

Michael Price on Inman TV – Some Insights into Online Video Syndication

Fellow GeekEstate contributor Michael Price , the CEO of ML Broadcast, was the latest guest on Inman TV. Among other things, he discusses the importance of reaching consumers in the places they are already consuming content online. Real Estate Video by – Real Estate Blogger

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Cool Technology on an Agent Website

Cool Technology on an Agent Website

I agree with Marc Davison — THIS intro on Darren James’ website is catchy! Additionally, once you get past the intro and into the actual site, there is some cool AJAX (I think) technology behind the scenes that gives the site a web 2.0 feel….

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Welcome Kurtis Holsapple to GeekEstate

Welcome Kurtis Holsapple to GeekEstate

I’m pleased to add another geeky author to the GeekEstate mix of regular contributors — Kurtis Holsapple. If you’re a regular reader, you’ve likely seen some of Kurtis’ writing already. Kurtis specializes in real estate & small business websites and Open Source Software like GNU/Linux,…

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New Cities Added to Google StreetView

New Cities Added to Google StreetView

Early this morning, Google announced they’ve added Street View imagery for 8 cities (23 totaly cities currently covered). The 8 new cities are Boston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Detroit, and Providence. The pace at which cities are being added is pretty impressive…

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