The Case-Mate Blog: Make A Statement

Yep, you heard us right. We’re about to give away 1,000 case-mate cases! What’s the catch? Just become a fan, “like” us on Facebook and get 10 of your friends to “like” us too. Pretty easy for a free case! Not a Facebook wiz? Follow along with the video below and we’ll show you how to claim your free case step by step!

Click here to see the cases you can win!

We’ve been giving away cases in spirit of launch week and today we’re giving away $200 for case-mate.com! How can you win? Simply Retweet @casemate IP4 $200 spree #cmspree.

With only 4 days left ’til the debut of the infamous iPhone 4, it’s like Christmas in Santa’s factory over here at case-mate. We’re getting ready to ship you the latest and greatest from the case-mate product development vault this week and if you’ve spent your last dollar on your upgrade to the iPhone 4, we’re planning on giving away cases and a $200 shopping spree all week. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook to find out how you can win one of these awesome prizes!

We’re extending our latest newsletter offer to all of you! Simply follow the instructions on the newsletter below:

**To sign up for the case-mate official newsletter for exclusive offers and information, click here.**

Help us come up with a 5-word acceptance speech for this year’s Webby’s!

Our CEO, Shashi Reddy, will be accepting the Webby award for IMakeMyCase.com, and he needs your help on the acceptance speech. Check out videos from last year’s Webby awards for inspiration.

Need a little inspiration? Here are some of our ideas so far:

“Bringing sexy back in cases”
“I’m only here for cake”
“Do you have any food”
“I just want to say…”
“You had me at hello”
“A witty saying proves nothing”

…And the list goes on! The person with the winning line will get an I Make My Case shopping spree in honor of our Webby Award. To enter you idea just post it on our Facebook Wall!

Thanks to all who participated in the I Make My Case design contest we held over the past week!

We asked case-mate fans to design and upload designs using our custom case creator: I Make My Case and rack up the most “likes” on Facebook to win case-mate shopping sprees.

Congratulations to our winners!

1st Place: Max Agress – 151 Votes

2nd Place: Gianpy Belaunde – 144 Votes

3rd Place: Shivam Choudhary – 90 Votes

Our first place winner will be receiving a $100 case-mate shopping spree and our 2nd and 3rd place winners will each receive $50 case-mate shopping sprees.

We recently held a 3-day giveaway contest leading up to the launch of the iPad on April 3rd. Here’s what one of our lucky winners, Nick Frollini, has to say about the Traveler Case he won!

I was pleased to be selected as the winner of the new “The Traveler” iPad case from Case-Mate. I’ve owned several products from the company over the years and have always been pleased with their quality and customer service. I should start by noting that I am generally a fan of either a sleeve style case or a ‘shell’ case, so this was my first foray into a portfolio style case. After spending a few days with the case, I can say that it will definitely be a winner for folks looking to bring their iPad into the office or to a meeting, but is probably not the case you’ll have your iPad “hanging out” in around the house.

The good:
- Amazing quality; beautiful felt, gorgeous leather accents, tight stiching
- Secure; the iPad is a snug fit and is definitely not going anywhere, small magnets secure the cover
- Storage; just enough space for business cards and a few pieces of paper
- Comfortable; it feels great in your hands and is perfect for reading a book

The not-so-good:
- Vertical only; using the case in horizontal mode just felt a little weird
- Access; while the volume and home buttons are easily accessible through the leather, the headphone jack and dock connector are covered… simple cut-outs here would make the case more useful (as you could charge your iPad in the case); hopefully they will consider this in a future revision.**

Overall: this is a lovely, well-made case. If you are looking for something classy to use in a meeting, but want something less pretentious than a black leather portfolio, this may be the case for you.

-@nickfro

**Editor’s Note: We have already made plans for the next version of the iPad Traveler Case to include access to ports.

Just in case you need a little more proof, we’re not the only ones that think I Make My Case is one of the coolest websites around! Check out what Business Week had to say today!

Now that you have confirmation on just how cool designing your own case is, don’t forget to upload your design to our Facebook fan page in our design contest  and rally for the most votes to win a $100 case-mate.com gift card!!!

Ready to show off your design talent?

Starting now, upload your I Make My Case designs to our Facebook Fan page and get the most “like” votes to win a $100 case-mate gift card! Be sure to spread the word to all your friends so you can rack up the votes!  Second and third place winners will win $50 gift cards.

To upload your design, click “download” on the I Make My Case site; then simply upload your photo to the fan page wall!

Contest closes at 11:59:59 a.m. April 26, 2010. Winners will be selected and announced on Monday, April 26.

General Rules:

• Sponsor and its agencies are not responsible for lost, late, damaged, delayed, incomplete, corrupted or misdirected entries, whether caused by electronic, network, software or computer failures and malfunctions of any kind or by human error. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for undeliverable e-mails resulting from any form of active or passive e-mail filtering by a user’s Internet service provider and/or e-mail client, insufficient space in user’s e-mail account to receive e-mail, or for any other technical reason.
• Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or terminate the Promotion (or any portion thereof) if fraud, misconduct or technical failures, including computer virus, bug, or other technical problems, destroy or threaten to destroy the integrity of the Promotion. Sponsor may elect, if feasible and in its sole discretion, to choose winners from among all eligible entries received prior to the time of such a forced termination.
• In the event a dispute arises regarding specific winner entitled to receive prize, entry will be deemed made by the “authorized e-mail account holder,” which shall mean the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
• Any damage made to the Website will also be the responsibility of the authorized e-mail account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. Any attempt by an individual to damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from and to prosecute any such individual to the full extent of the law.
• By participating in this Promotion, entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the judges, which are final. Entrants must click to “accept” the terms of use listed at the point of entry, which will include very broad permission for case-mate and its agents to post any entered photo on websites and to use it anywhere in any context, including advertising, without additional compensation. The terms of use are incorporated by reference and made part of these rules.
• Upon a finding on non-compliance with these Official Rules and requirements, or if prize/prize notification is returned as non-deliverable, or if a winner is found to be ineligible, such prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate winner selected by Sponsor’s judges.
• The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. It is void where prohibited by law. Winner is responsible for any tax due on winning amount.
• Entrants who participate in this Promotion hereby waive and release, and agree to hold harmless the Sponsors, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, licensors, advertising and promotion agencies and all of their respective officers, directors, employees and representatives and agents, from and against, any and all rights, claims and causes of action of any kind whatsoever that may arise from their participation in this promotion and/or their acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any good obtained with the prize gift card.

Didn’t win an Express iPad case Thursday or a Traveler case yesterday? Keep tweetin’! Today we’re giving away 3 Walkabout iPad cases! All you have to do to win today is follow us on Facebook and Twitter and retweet the daily message!

Today’s message: “RT @casemate 3-day iPad case giveaway #ipad #walkabout and become a fan on FB to win!”

The Walkabout

Here are the contest rules:

• Winners must tweet the phrase of the day and will be randomly selected and announced throughout the day.
• Winners must be following case-mate on Facebook and Twitter to be eligible.
• Winners may only win one case throughout the contest.
• Prizes hold no monetary value and may not be exchanged for another product.