Drew's Blog

Some good thoughts by Zillow's COOPrepping for my CNBC appearance tonight forced me to dig into the housing bailout plan in a way that I might not otherwise have found time to do. I find this stuff really fascinating because it's at this beautiful intersection of several of my favorite discipline...

I thought this post from my colleague Sara Bonert might be of interest to some of you:The audio file is now available for the Zillow vs Trulia call that went down last week.  It was a great call and definitely worth listening to if you want more information about both sites.  You'll hear us talk ...

There are some details on the $15,000 tax credit over at Zillow Blog for those interested. What do you think -- will this have a positive impact on turning the housing market around?

Looking forward to seeing a good crowd in Seattle in February!RE BarCamp Seattle has a time and a date.  From Todd Carpenter: Rich Jacobson and Brad Andersohn from Active Rain, along with Drew Meyers from Zillow have established the basics. A date and venue. February 13 at Zillow Headquarters.  T...

Here's my bookworm meme...which Elvis brought upon me.

I've been thinking about writing this story for awhile, but the latest news that NAR is looking for a social media manager finally got me to put my fingers to the keyboard. The list of bloggers from the RE.net finding corporate jobs in the real estate industry seems to be getting longer by the da...

For those who haven't heard of REBarCamp (where have you been??), you must have missed the San Francisco REBarCamp in July. As background for this post, I suppose it would help to explain what "RE" BarCamp is: BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory...

As an agent, SEO should certainly be on your radar. Here's a post (written by my boss) that should shed some light on how your listings can help, or hurt in some cases, your own SEO.Syndicating listings to 3rd party websites should be part of your SEO (search engine optimization) strategy. It's a...

I guess I'll continue to give Sara free Active Rain points by re-blogging her content here on Active Rain rather than write my own. In any event, the new Mortgages Unzipped blog should be a great consumer resource for those looking to be smarter about shopping for a new loan or refinancing their ...

I thought this blog post by my colleague Sara Bonert was worth re-blogging (my first experience with reblogging):Anyone in advertising will tell you that is in important to track where your leads are coming from- a task that is sometimes easier said then done.  ListHub recently commissioned a whi...