Brand Rep Wrap-Up: July 2023

chad-spiceworks · 2023-08-04T13:34:12.000Z

Hi, y’all - Chad here. We’re officially into August, which is “National Back to School Month” here in the States. As someone with no kids, what that means for me is basically being able to do things in public during the day again, in peace. I know…your kids are great. Really, they’re great. This is awkward…hey, look over there at that wrap-up!

July was busy - we closed out Q2 with an overall increase in Community activity, and that was in no small part due to our fantasmical Brand Reps. We’re also ramping up our #SpiceWorld2023 promos & such, so be sure to check out all the related posts over in the SpiceWorld forum!

Some Top-Performing Posts by Brand Reps

These are some* posts from brand reps with the most engagement/best stats. Doesn’t matter the topic or category, this is just good-old-fashioned communication. In no particular order, here are some of their most-engaged-with posts.

Contests

We actually had so many great contests this month that @kelly-spiceworks decided to let you all know in one post! A lot of them end today, so get in there. You can see them all by clicking on these words . Also - should we do a “Contests Wrap-Up” like that every month/do y’all find that helpful?

General Hardware

It’s all about PCs! In a post that made me think about my own habits, @juwan-for-hp asked a pretty easy yet impossible question: “ What are some of your PC/laptop care tips? ” Turns out, my main care tip is “never touch your computer, ever!” And, @tamara-for-intel asked, " are you involved in shaping user PC purchases? , while @jack-intel asked, " what do you think about when purchasing laptops for your fleet ?".

General Software

@justin-for-eaton also asked the Community a good question about systemic software/hardware issues dealt with recently. Hopefully, not many of you experience systemic issues like that in your environments, but that’s wishful thinking…I know.

General IT Security

@roger-knowbe4 intrigued our interest with his post on " Recosider Best Securing Admins First ", and @tiffany-for-cobalt provoked us to wonder… has your org utilize or considered pentesting in security risk assessments ? Well… Do ya?!

SpiceWorld

IT’S ONLY 33 DAYS UNTIL SPICEWORLD 2023!! I’m starting to get excited about it, as I’ve only been once, as a vendor. My comfy shoes are clean and my train tickets are booked! @bailey-comptia are excited too - in this post , they’re looking for your input about SpiceWorld, so don’t be shy.

Movies & TV Shows

Over in entertainment news, @dave-exclaimer got us all into a “Barbenheimer” mood, with a fun post to see how far the Community dove into this odd little phenomenon. Y’all…”Oppenheimer” alone is 3hrs long…if you did both in a day, please tell us all how!

Water Cooler

Over near the water cooler, @tiffany-for-hpe asked “ How do you combat sedentary habits on the job? ” which got me thinking - do I combat those habits? I feel like I sort of lean into them at my age. I didn’t buy a 3-billion dollar chair for nothing, after all. But I also work from home and have an absolutely ridiculous ~2yr old dog who keeps me busy. So I guess my answer is, “Raymond”.

And with another absolutely impossible question, @tamara-for-scale-computing threw down a dang gauntlet: “ If you had to pick one decade of music to listen to for life… ” For those of you who know me, you know that’s just the kind of question to send me over the edge of rabbit-holing the day away. My answer changes hourly. Right now it’s “1970s”, but that’s mostly just because of “Exile on Main Street”.

So many Best Answers!

** @jay-eaton ** made 3 Best Answers here , here , and here
@priyal-stellar-info-tech made 3 Best Answers here , here , and here
@supaplex-starwind made 3 Best Answers here , here , and here
@andrew-pdq made 2 Best Answers here and here
@aleks-nakivo made 2 Best Answers here and here
@brad-mdaemon-technologies made one in the DNS group, here
@calvin-hpe made one in the Data Storage group, here
@mark-splashtop made one in the Remote Support group, here
@mike-action1 made one in the Spiceworks Cloud Tools Support section, here
And, @roger-knowbe4 made one in the Active Directory & GPO section, here

Hey, Brand Reps: Did I miss anything that you enjoyed posting or want to share? Be sure to let us know in the comments!!

tamara-for-scale-computing · 2023-08-04T15:52:35.000Z

Chad (SWZD):

And with another absolutely impossible question, Tamara for Scale Computing threw down a dang gauntlet: “ If you had to pick one decade of music to listen to for life… ” For those of you who know me, you know that’s just the kind of question to send me over the edge of rabbit-holing the day away. My answer changes hourly. Right now it’s “1970s”, but that’s mostly just because of “Exile on Main Street”.

Thanks so much for the shout out @chad-spiceworks ! My answer changes every hour too! Still thinking about this question all the time as I found it incredibly difficult to choose!

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tiffany-for-hpe · 2023-08-07T16:16:29.000Z

Chad (SWZD):

Water Cooler

Over near the water cooler, Tiffany for HPE asked “ How do you combat sedentary habits on the job? ” which got me thinking - do I combat those habits? I feel like I sort of lean into them at my age. I didn’t buy a 3-billion dollar chair for nothing, after all. But I also work from home and have an absolutely ridiculous ~2yr old dog who keeps me busy. So I guess my answer is, “Raymond”.

Thanks for the shout-out!

Your Raymond answer was one I didn’t even think of when considering my own remote opportunities to remember to move around now and then! My dog is thrice the age, but will absolutely make good and sure I get up from my desk at least every hour. If I had answered just “Sourdough” though, I think people might have been confused (even though that’s my dog’s name haha)

@chad-spiceworks

juwan-for-hp · 2023-08-07T17:04:15.000Z

" Turns out, my main care tip is “never touch your computer, ever!”"

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