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	<title>Jay Strickland &#187; WingSwept</title>
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		<title>Why do some commit when others don&#8217;t?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I was talking with one of our staff members in our vertical markets division.  She&#8217;s been with us now for more than a year and has her name on the sales leader board 12 of the last 13 months.  By all accounts she&#8217;s very good at her role in the company which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs of Economic Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 18:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I got to spend time in Dallas, Texas for our quarterly HTG peer group meetings.  This particular meeting was the annual HTG Summit where all of the partners (approximately 240 companies) get together.  In our separate HTG groups (of approximately 10-12 companies) we share financials, what&#8217;s working, what&#8217;s not working and overall best practices regarding their businesses.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ever stop to question what you&#8217;re doing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video:  Canadian Police Chase Watch the video.  It&#8217;s funny, but are you doing something equally as stupid in your business? Tweet This Post]]></description>
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		<title>Are you adjusting the sails or hoping for the wind to change?</title>
		<link>http://www.jaystrickland.com/wordpress/2009/12/are-you-adjusting-the-sails-or-hoping-for-the-wind-to-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.&#8221; &#8211; John Maxwell The Triangle Business Journal is doing a poll right now to capture readers thoughts on &#8220;Will 2010 be a better year for you financially than 2009 was?&#8221;.  I took the survey last night and got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did you learn how to sail better this year?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Smooth seas do not make a skillful sailor.&#8221; &#8211; African proverb I believe that this year will make a lot of business owners better for the experience.  In order for that to occur you have to have your eyes and mind open to learn the lessons that are before us this year.  At WingSweptwe&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WingSwept is Hiring for Sales and Customer Service</title>
		<link>http://www.jaystrickland.com/wordpress/2009/08/wingswept-is-hiring-for-sales-and-customer-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WingSwept currently has openings for one customer service representative and multiple inside sales reps in our Vertical Markets division.  Candidates interested in applying should apply on-line at Careerbuilder.com.  We feel very blessed to be in position to be hiring this year. Tweet This Post]]></description>
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		<title>WingSwept Migrates to Managed Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the purpose of this blog is not to plug WingSwept, it&#8217;s hard not to be proud of the company that you founded.  Having said that I&#8217;ll keep the editorial to a minimum.  Read more here:  http://nctechnews.com/?p=580 Tweet This Post]]></description>
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		<title>How well can you pitch?</title>
		<link>http://www.jaystrickland.com/wordpress/2009/07/how-well-can-you-pitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to watch something interesting on Monday  (July 6th 2009) at 1pm?  Several of our staff members will be holding a pitching contest to see who can throw out the first pitch a the Mudcats baseball game on July 18th.  The event will take place at Garner Senior High School&#8217;s baseball field.  WingSwept will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you too connected?</title>
		<link>http://www.jaystrickland.com/wordpress/2009/05/are-you-too-connected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At WingSwept we setup customers all of the time with new mobile devices that provide them with access to email, contacts and calendars away from the office. In all our years of setting up clients I can&#8217;t think of one who has ever been willing to give up such a tool once they&#8217;ve had it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HTG Peer Groups</title>
		<link>http://www.jaystrickland.com/wordpress/2009/05/htg-peer-groups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Strickland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in my last post we use a peer group model to help achieve phenomenal results at WingSwept. While peer groups are plentiful for a wide variety of businesses we&#8217;ve found a home with Heartland Technology Groups (HTG). HTG was founded by an information technology services company for information technology services companies. You [...]]]></description>
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