{"id":565,"date":"2011-11-23T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T22:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=565"},"modified":"2021-08-13T05:07:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:07:52","slug":"give-friends-peace-of-mind-for-the-holidays-and-get-a-hotel-night-or-free-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/give-friends-peace-of-mind-for-the-holidays-and-get-a-hotel-night-or-free-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Friends Peace of Mind for the Holidays\u2014and Get a Hotel Night or Free Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/blog-gift-2011.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-RQsav8Yz\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-566\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/blog-gift-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/blog-gift-2011.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/blog-gift-2011-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Peace of mind means different things to different people. It might be knowing you can <a href=\"\/blog\/backblaze-the-babysitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">get the song your baby falls asleep to when you&#8217;re traveling<\/a> or being able to <a href=\"\/blog\/lost-your-computer-get-it-back-backblaze-launches-locate-my-computer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">find your lost or stolen computer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At Backblaze, we believe that peace of mind comes from never having to worry about losing the video of your newborn&#8217;s first smile, the photo of your uncle passed out at Thanksgiving last year, or oops, that presentation you just deleted.<\/p>\n<p>This holiday season, <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.backblaze.com\/gift.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">give the gift of peace of mind<\/a> from Backblaze.<\/p>\n<p>And get rewarded for your generosity in return.<\/p>\n<p>Every gift license purchased between now and midnight this Cyber Monday, automatically enters you into a drawing for your choice of hotel or flight ($250 gift card) for a little extra peace of mind of your own.<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t decide who to bestow with your generosity? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/backblaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follow us on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backblaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like us on Facebook<\/a> to be entered into a drawing for a free year of Backblaze.<\/p>\n<p>So kick up your feet and relax, we&#8217;ve got you and your friends covered.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anyone is eligible.<\/li>\n<li>Licenses can be used for new accounts only<\/li>\n<li>License is valid for one year of unlimited backup<\/li>\n<li>Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. PST on November 28, 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peace of mind means different things to different people. It might be knowing you can get the song your baby falls asleep to when you&#8217;re traveling or being able to find your lost or stolen computer. At Backblaze, we believe that peace of mind comes from never having to worry about losing the video of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/give-friends-peace-of-mind-for-the-holidays-and-get-a-hotel-night-or-free-flight\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Give Friends Peace of Mind for the Holidays\u2014and Get a Hotel Night or Free Flight<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[131,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565","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 v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Give Friends Peace of Mind for the Holidays\u2014and Get a Hotel Night or Free Flight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peace of mind means different things to different people. 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