Some of you seem to be way too bent out of shape that you are not “cool”, or whatever the hell that means. Your goal in here should not simply be to be popular. However, if that is all you are here for, here is a step by step guide to becoming a respected member of the War Room, and an honorary member of the Coors Knights***.

1) Offer good, actionable advice. One word replies on serious posts ain’t it. Serious replies on sarcastic posts also ain’t it, idk... there is a time and place for everything - see #3

2) Have a burning hatred of everyone not in sales, especially interns. @paddy can give you some torture tips.

3) Have a better than average understanding of social norms and how to not be a goober in social situations. Read the room. No, she’s not hitting on you. Know how to "talk good".

4) have a thick skin. We all get made fun of, disagreements are fine. Don’t get too butt hurt if someone calls you out in the comment section or downvotes you - its the internet. Who cares?

5) Post thoughtful content - if it takes you less than 3 minutes to come up with a post, it’s average at best. @poweredbycaffeine and @CuriousFox have phenomenal examples of good posts AND how to properly engage in the comments.

6) Understand your opinions will differ from others in here, so if you make a post don't attack people in the comment section countering what you said. Now if someone gets hostile for no reason then sure, go to war and call in the cavalry. But simply having a differing point of view is totally normal. So if you post something and get mad at the replies, you will have a significant drop off of people engaging with you in the future. We are all elephants, we remember.

7) Search bar is your best friend

8) Be active - if you come in here once in a blue moon and bitch about something and then retreat back into your swamp for the next month, you won't attract too much attention.

9) Defend the Coors Light Kingdom with your life.

10) Finally, you get out what you put in. You put in shit? You are going to get a flaming bag full back out. Put in some gold nuggets? Well you might just get one of @WCK 's gold spoons hand forged in Asgard as the return.

Those of us that have cultivated a following here simply did it by being helpful and being active. We try to engage and help those posting serious questions to the best of our ability. Do we occasionally go off the rails and post something stupid? Hell yeah. But there is a fine balance. Basically, just do you and be helpful and people will start to "follow" you.

If you don't like what you see in here, be a part of the solution rather than complaining. If you just want to complain in the comment section, go become friends with Marketing. Have a learning experience? Post it. Have a tip you picked up that you think others can benefit from? Post it. See a question about something you have gone through? Comment and answer. See someone struggling with a topic? Help out.

Coors Knights look after one another. Sales is hard, but we are all in it together.

"Be the change you want to see in the world. If the mountains are not blue, don't despair simply travel to find a refrigerator. A beer for a beer makes the whole word happy" - Sir Enema in the Book of Refreshment, Chapter 1, Verse 7.

*** (full fledged membership is granted on merit only and requires ceremonial knighting from the King)

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