Naples,
FL – November 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / A real estate industry veteran
with over 14 years experience in Collier County has been named Sales and
Marketing Account Manager for furnishings retailer and design powerhouse
Clive
Daniel Home. In her new role, Fern Schmidt will also lead the company’s
Realtor® Benefit Program.
Commented
President and CEO Daniel Lubner, “Fern’s existing relationships and experience
in the local real estate arena are instrumental in supporting our business
development efforts and forging new relationships with Realtors® within
our community.”
Clive
Daniel Home’s Realtor program focuses on developing mutually beneficial
relationships between the store’s interior designers, Realtors and new
homeowners. After the Realtor becomes a program member, Schmidt sends a
complimentary gift card to member’s buyers who have an executed sales contract.
She also matches an interior designer with the new homebuyer to help them
select furnishings that fit their preferred design style and visualize
what may be done with unique spaces, such as a bonus room.
Says
Schmidt, “Our goal is to give our CDH Realtor members an edge in this competitive
industry by providing additional services to their new homeowners, even
after the sale, resulting in having satisfied and happy homeowners. I am
proud to be a part of CDH because of its many charity sponsorships and
its heavy involvement in this community. It’s a supportive company that
thinks outside the box.”
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With
24 total years in the real estate industry, Fern Schmidt most recently
served as assistant manager and listing administrator in the rentals division
of Royal Shell Real Estate in Naples. For over a dozen years she was an
award-winning Realtor with Bluebill Properties Realty & Sun Realty,
also of Naples. At Bluebill, she was named Rookie of the Year in her first
year with the company, followed by over one- and five-million-dollars in
sales volume for most of her time with the company. Earlier experience
included commercial and retail property management with two major firms
in Atlanta, Georgia.
Schmidt
will work closely with Jo Carter, Director of Business Development, in
also reaching out to area builders, hospitality properties and commercial
businesses that will benefit from design renovations and improvements.
She will also work with the Collier Building Industry Association (CBIA),
the Naples Area Board of Realtors and the Women’s Council of Realtors.
Originally
from Danville, Illinois, she attended Eastern Illinois University with
a major in Business Management. She can be reached at 239-213-7874.
The
85,000 square-foot flagship Clive Daniel Home (www.CliveDaniel.com)
showroom, located on U.S. 41 in Naples, opened in November 2011 by innovative
retailers Clive and Daniel Lubner. During that time, the company has won
over 60 awards for design excellence. Clive
Daniel Hospitality is internationally respected for its hospitality
and commercial design work, providing purchasing and design services for
commercial and shared-use properties such as timeshare resorts, hotels,
private residence clubs and developers of high-rise condominiums and single-family
communities in North America and abroad. Contact Daniel Lubner at 239-292-3717.
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