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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Quick Tip – Converting .wmv to .wmp (Necessary to Upload a Video to Realtor.com)

Quick Tip – Converting .wmv to .wmp (Necessary to Upload a Video to Realtor.com)

Update: My friend Dustin Luther, who works for Move, has chimed in both on the original thread and commented on this post — Realtor.com DOES support .wmv files. Sorry for the confusion. Relating to using video to market yourself or your listings, I came across…

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Top 10 Widgets for Your Real Estate Blog

Top 10 Widgets for Your Real Estate Blog

There are a wealth of blog widgets out there that can help you satisfy your readers’ desire for real estate information — some of which are excellent, some which aren’t. Here’s 10 widgets that I’ve seen that provide value to consumers: Criteo Auto Roll –…

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Carnival of Real Estate #54

Carnival of Real Estate #54

The 54th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at Realty Thoughts — take a look!

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Findability – It’s Important!

Findability – It’s Important!

Many home buyers — 70% according to the California Association of Realtors study — use the internet as an integral part of the home-buying process. They aren’t just looking for homes, they are looking for agents too. In an age where buyers and sellers are…

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Announcing a New Regular Contributor – Jay Thompson

Announcing a New Regular Contributor – Jay Thompson

I’m very pleased to announce that GeekEstate Blog has added another regular contributor — Jay Thompson, a Realtor(R) for Century 21 Aware Realty in Phoenix, who maintains the popular PhoenixRealEstateGuy blog. In the announcement post, we mentioned that “we’re certainly interested in finding several “geeky”…

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Real Estate Technology Advancements

Real Estate Technology Advancements

I had a superb time at Real Estate Connect last week in San Francisco. It was great to put a real human face to the names I have only read, e-mailed, and spoken with over the phone over the past year. Anyway, enough rambling from…

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Welcome to GeekEstate Blog

Welcome to GeekEstate Blog

Welcome to GeekEstate Blog! The goal of this blog is to bring together real estate professionals and tech enthusiasts who are interested in learning how technology can increase their business. Are you a geeky real estate fanatic, or interested in becoming one? Please make yourself…

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