Milking Spiceworks for all IT’s worth

Sean “the LoLz” DahlbergCommunity Manager, Spiceworks

Jeff “Rico Suave” GrettlerWindows System Administrator, Spiceworks

Session Overview

What’s techy, spicy, bacon-lovin’ and orange all over? Why, the Spiceworks Community, of course! Not only are there over 4M IT pros using the Community to do their jobs, research products, and talk shop with vendors, they’re also having some jolly good fun! Hear from one of Spiceworks’ very own IT pros as he highlights Spiceworks humour, shows how you can take the Community goodness offline, and shows you how easy it is to spread the spice to other IT pros and tech vendors near and far.

The Real Spiceworks Community

Sorry for the Accent

Who are you and why should we care?

http://community.spiceworks.com/people/sean-dahlberg

SpiceHeads, Green Guys, and OGs, oh my!

This is the name chosen by the community to refer to Spiceworks users. Because who wants to be called a “user”?

Spiceworks Partners are official brand representatives more commonly known as Green Guys, Green Gals, or lately “GG”.

Spiceworkers are often referred to as “OGs” but not because we’re pretty gangsta, but because we’re Orange Gals and Guys.

SpiceRex

Getting help from your peers

Navigating the Community

Quick Search & Navigation

• CategoryTop Level Navigation that is a collection of discussion groups

• GroupWhere all the action happens and is a collection of conversations

• TopicThe actual conversation where SpiceHeads are talking

Categories, Groups, and Topics, Oh My!

• PostAn individual contribution to a conversation

Inline Tagging

Product Pages

Vendor Pages

IT Service Providers

SpiceCorps

Keeping in the Know

Have Fun

Voice of IT

What makes the Community?

Speaking of the Community…

#SpiceWorldLondon

#WilsonBear