{"id":308,"date":"2011-02-10T10:38:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T17:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2021-08-13T03:05:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T10:05:05","slug":"tweet-for-a-free-year-of-backblaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/tweet-for-a-free-year-of-backblaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweet for a Free Year of Backblaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-560x319.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">I bought one extra license to our unlimited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/solutions\/backup-and-archive\">backup service<\/a> as a gift. Since practically everyone I know already uses Backblaze, I&#8217;m going to give it away.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tweet why you love Backblaze<\/em> by noon tomorrow (Feb 11, 2011 California time) and include this link <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fFTYR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fFTYR<\/a> and we will randomly pick someone to get the license. (And, Tweet them to let them know they won.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anyone is eligible.<\/li>\n<li>License is good for one year.<\/li>\n<li>Can be used for you or a friend.<\/li>\n<li>Can&#8217;t be used for a computer that is already licensed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you love Backblaze because it backs up your external drives? Keeps your business safe? Keeps your hair from growing gray? Keeps your cat alive when it knocks over your computer?<\/p>\n<p>For me&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/budmang\/statuses\/35750453710954496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I love Backblaze because I know my friends&#8217; and families&#8217; photos are safe. http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fFTYR<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why do you love Backblaze? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/backblaze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet about it now&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought one extra license to our unlimited backup service as a gift. Since practically everyone I know already uses Backblaze, I&#8217;m going to give it away. Tweet why you love Backblaze by noon tomorrow (Feb 11, 2011 California time) and include this link http:\/\/bit.ly\/2fFTYR and we will randomly pick someone to get the license.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/tweet-for-a-free-year-of-backblaze\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tweet for a Free Year of Backblaze<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-backblaze-fun","category-offers","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tweet for a Free Year of Backblaze<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I bought one extra license to our unlimited backup service as a gift. 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