--- title: World Backup Day Reminder at the Barbershop description: With World Backup Day coming up soon, Gary Dietz from Acronis explains 3 lessons he learned about the importance of backup while at the local barbershop. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/world-backup-day-reminder-barbershop/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) # World Backup Day Reminder at the Barbershop Gary Dietz, from Acronis here again. Lots of exciting stuff coming up in the next 30 days at Acronis to celebrate World Backup Day. But before I tell you about them, I want to show you something I saw at my small-town New Hampshire barber shop a few weeks back. I took this image on my smartphone. Only the shop name and phone number has been blurred: [Try Now](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cloud/trial/) [![Image 2: Acronis Editorial Team](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/d85707ae91461544212d39836dc32b42.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/ "Acronis Editorial Team") [Acronis Editorial Team](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/) 2 min read Last updated 20 November 2022 Gary Dietz, from Acronis here again. Lots of exciting stuff coming up in the next 30 days at Acronis to celebrate World Backup Day. But before I tell you about them, I want to show you something I saw at my small-town New Hampshire barber shop a few weeks back. I took this image on my smartphone. Only the shop name and phone number has been blurred: This local business flyer teaches us many things. Lesson #1: Even a busy product marketing manager who is mostly bald should take time for a buzz and a shave once in a while. Lesson #2: Ignoring [backup](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/business/backup/) can have a measureable dollar cost for post-loss services, whether you’re running a business or protecting your family’s documents. If you ignore simple preventative stuff like virus protection and [computer backup](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/computer-backup/), there is direct economic impact that probably costs a lot more than the prevention would have. But what if even the geekiest tech service can’t recover your data? Lesson #3: The data on your computer is worth more than the computer itself. It can in fact be priceless. Family photos. Huge music libraries. Scanned tax forms. Email folders and attachments. Hours and hours of computer setup and customization of both operating system and applications. Family videos. Can you even imagine losing some of it, or all of it? Babies first steps? Tax records when you are about to be audited? Scanned medical records and bills? Dozens of hours of 8mm film you had transferred to digital? Think about it. And what better time to think about it than leading up to [World Backup Day](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/lp/personal/worldbackupday/) on March 31, 2016. Here’s what else Acronis has store for you to celebrate World Backup Day this month? 1. Super specials in your geographic regions that include a FREE bonus license of Acronis True Image 2016 with purchase. [Click here for details](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/lp/personal/semwin/). 2, Would you like a little extra cash? Then enter the Acronis World Backup Day Twitter contest (if you are a US resident) and maybe win a $500 American Express Gift Card as grand prize. [Click here for details](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/lp/personal/semwin/). 3. Check out our [Youtube videos about World Backup Day](https://www.youtube.com/user/Acronis/search?query=%22world+backup+day%22) and learn how simple and fast it is to use Acronis to have effective backup to protect your priceless family data. [Cybersecurity](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/tags/cybersecurity/) [Cyber protection](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/tags/cyber-protection/) ## Written by ![Image 3: Acronis Editorial Team](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/d85707ae91461544212d39836dc32b42.png) Acronis Editorial Team Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT departments. 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