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Name: Amanda Wilson
Date registered: July 7, 2010

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  1. The Architectural Concepts Door Collection Advantage — May 7, 2025
  2. Three Tips to Navigate Shifting Market Conditions — May 5, 2025
  3. Opening the Door to a Rep Career — April 28, 2025
  4. Sliding Doors: An Enduring Choice — June 24, 2024
  5. Hotel Fire Door Violations: A Concern for Family Safety During Travel Season — June 10, 2024

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Oct 11

Food for Thought

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How many sales people still bring goodies with them when they walk into their customer’s offices?  It is a personal choice and one I have decided to do.  Bagels if I have a morning appointment, sandwiches at lunchtime and cookies if it is afternoon.  This was a practice that happened often during the “good times”.  …

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Oct 07

Fail!

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OK, so now we know…I Fail at Blogging while traveling! After a week in Chicago for the DHI Convention, then a week being sick (I was home but in a fog), followed by a few days traveling my South Georgia territory I am now back in my home office ready to re-connect. Chicago was love …

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Sep 20

Chi Town Here we come

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I am heading to Chicago this week for the DHI 35th Annual Conference & Exposition @ Navy Pier in Chicago.  Join me and the Mesker Door & Design Hardware crew at Booth #1610. Not only will we have information and samples of our innovative products, we promise to bring the fun.  Ever thought you’d be playing …

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Sep 16

Are you Flexible?

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Locksets

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Design Hardware is! FleXibility  with Design Hardware’s X Series Grade 2 Heavy Duty Cylindrical Leversets Not just your “L” shaped lever in US26D Dull Chrome Finish but 5 Lever Designs in 6 Finishes All in Stock, Ready to Ship Design Hardware presents the X Series lockset.  Available in various different styles and  finishes.  It provides …

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Sep 14

Do you believe in MAGIC

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NAWIC

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Mentoring a Girl in Construction (MAGIC) Summer Camp is a free one week, day camp designed to introduce high-school girls to exciting careers in the construction industry.  MAGIC has grown exponentially since it’s first camp in 2007. Two NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction)  members began discussing the details for MAGIC Camp in 2006, …

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Sep 11

Beautiful Doors of Savannah

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Last week I traveled to the beautiful historic city of Savannah, Ga.  It was a productive business trip as I left with promising opportunities but I also managed to fit in some pleasure.  Savannah has gorgeous architecture and it didn’t take me long to find some awesome doors. I really wanted to show how incredibly …

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Sep 07

Woman in a man’s world!

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I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend.  If feels good to be at the office after a long week of traveling. With Labor Day behind us, a new season has begun. That season is definitely Football!  We were hardly in a customer’s office for two minutes before talk of football began.  I’d better …

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Aug 31

Happy Trails

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I’m off on another week of wild traveling, this time through North Florida including the panhandle.  Plan to meet a lot of great customers and find out how I can best help them in growing their business. It promises to be a great week, as I love meeting people and traveling! I will tweet often …

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Aug 30

Women of Influence

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NAWIC

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I attended a great seminar on Friday put on by Women of Influence, a local organization in Gainesville, founded by Jill Nash.  The seminar was entitled The Power of One.  From the title you can guess that the seminar was about the difference that one person can make. It was truly inspiring to hear speakers …

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Aug 26

Put an end to your replacement closer woes

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Door Closers, Facility Maintenance

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316R Replacement Door Closer The 316R Replacement Closer is packaged with a Patent-Pending Retrofit/Replacement Mounting Plate.  It provides the ability to replace 33 of the most popular door closers in the market.  http://www.replacementdoorcloser.com • Includes Patent Pending Mounting Plate  • Mounting Plate can be used to replace a wide variety of the    most popular door …

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Aug 23

Back to School

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Life Safety

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Hope everyone had a great weekend.  Many families across the nation are adjusting to the demands of a new school year.  It seems like just yesterday my children were starting kindergarten but this year my three are going to college! Boy, how time flies.  It is sad to me that while I was walking the …

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Aug 19

Keeping up with the…well, Mesker!

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Hollow Metal Doors

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The newest innovations in hollow metal, from the oldest hollow metal company in America. Their NVS Door, Slidelock Door, and Mesker Paint-state of the art prefinished hollow metal are all evidence that Mesker Door is serious about new innovations. The weakest part of a hollow metal door is often the seam. – FACT. The seam …

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