Dan Emmerson
- Senior Sales and Marketing Representative
- Ryan homes
School Information
School: Temple University
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2009 to 2011
Career Information
Working For: Ryan homes
Title: Senior Sales and Marketing Representative
Industry: Real estate
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
I am the sales and marketing manager for a community in Cheltenham PA. My responsibility is to be the CEO in this community and drive sales to hit our quota per month. I take clients through the entire process from first meeting to selling the home and I am with them through the construction. The process is typically 6 months long and I am responsible for selling 3-5 homes a month.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?My job currently. I sell families their dream homes. It’s a challenge, but nothing is better then seeing their face after the new home is built.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting taught me the value of persistence
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
Immediately after, College Works Painting gave me the confidence to walk into any interview with knowledge that the employer needed me and I would add value. Now, I don’t walk clients around their old homes anymore, but I do walk clients through their brand new homes and the principals are the same. Show value, solve a problem, act professional. All the skills from College Works Painting are transferable.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
Swarthmore PA – you were tough! Expectations were high and I’m glad they were. Good work goes a long way
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
If it was easy then everyone would do it. Some days can be rough, but celebrate small accomplishments.
How have the friendships and networks you built during CW affected you?
Joe young was always a friend. But we share that bond now also. He will be in my wedding too. I talk to Tom Heiler from College Works Painting a lot and we have done many business deals together.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
If your going to do it, go full speed. Money will come (and go) the experience was worth 10 times what I made (and I’d say I did well). You’re part of an elite group
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
My field demands you to constantly think outside the box. You don’t learn that from taking 1 road. College Works Painting makes you problem solve. Those skills are transferable anywhere.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Cancun and eating the fish we caught deep sea fishing with my boys.
Last words of wisdom?
Summers are hot. Ladders are heavy. Paint gets everywhere. But it’s worth it. I owe a lot of myself now to that experience.