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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Search Engine Marketing for Realtors

Search Engine Marketing for Realtors

I was at the California Realtor Expo last week in Anaheim (though only for Thursday) and ran into Kris Hutchinson, the CEO of Magnifi Online. Magnifi Online is a company that provides a range of services relating to search engine marketing, including: search engine optimization…

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Real Estate Developers — Get Ready for iPhone Development in 2008

Real Estate Developers — Get Ready for iPhone Development in 2008

After having shut down hacked iPhones, it turns out Apple is focused on creating an open platform for the iPhone afterall — Third Party Applications on the iPhone Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan…

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Podcasts of Top 12 Women Real Estate Bloggers

Podcasts of Top 12 Women Real Estate Bloggers

GeekEstate Blog’s newest contributor, Oliver Muoto, has just published 12 podcasts with top women bloggers from the RE.net. Oliver summarized his findings from the podcasts with a “part 2” of the post. If I had to highlight ONE (and only one) of his findings as…

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Carnival of Real Estate #63

Carnival of Real Estate #63

The 63rd edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at the Agent Genius.

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Google StreetView Expands

Google StreetView Expands

Google has added additional street views in 6 cities today — Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Tucson. There’s no real real estate tie-in yet, but I’m guessing Google is thinking about integrating it into Google Base as a way to provide buyers a way…

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Zolve – a Whole New Real Estate Marketplace for Professionals

Zolve – a Whole New Real Estate Marketplace for Professionals

Fellow GeekEstate Blog contributor Brian Wilson’s start-up, Zolve.com, is set to be up and running for everyone as of tomorrow morning. I was going to hold this until tomorrow morning, but given that TechCrunch already covered the site, I figured I would too. What opportunity…

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Carnival of Real Estate #62

Carnival of Real Estate #62

The 62nd edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at the vFlyer Blog. Congrats to fellow GeekEstate Blog contributor Michael Price for winning the carnival with a post on his personal blog — Real Estate and The Social Network Effect. Update: Being a…

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Links for Geeks

Links for Geeks

Here’s a couple links for geeks worth reading (or watching): Website analytics has been a topic I’ve meant to write about for some time on GeekEstate, but Erik Hersman at Future of Real Estate Marketing beat me to it — Statistics and Analytics: Tools The…

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Fantastic Way to Build a Brand – Produce an Online TV Show

Fantastic Way to Build a Brand – Produce an Online TV Show

True Gotham has built a fantastic brand as a valuable resource for anyone interested in the Manhattan real estate market. Doug Heddings, a Senior Vice President and associate real estate broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman, is the man behind the blog and covers topics ranging…

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List of Best Real Estate Website Technology Providers

List of Best Real Estate Website Technology Providers

[Update from editor March, 2017: I recommend contacting Caffeine Interactive if you’re looking for a semi-custom or full custom. Here’s one site they did for a client of mine.] I think it’s essential that every real estate professional have their own website. I did some research…

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