Steph is also hosting a giveaway for a free Allie pink laptop bag. Head over to her blog, watch the video and then enter to win! Update (7/12): congrats to Nicole @wordforteens for winning our giveaway.

While your on Steph’s blog, take a look at her debut novel “Girl Saves Boy” and pick up a copy for yourself in September.

We’ll be tweeting out “Hello’s” to cities, states, and countries around the world.
Each time we tweet “Hello” to a location, if you live there you can save or win!

Our tweets may be for huge discounts, a free bag, or just something else we’re in the mood to give out.

A few example tweets:

• “Hello Dallas! … 50% Off for 2 hours. #rainebrooke”

If you see this tweet and you live in Dallas you’ll get 50% off your entire order if you order anytime within 2 hours of the tweet. Use the coupon code Dallas to get your discount.

• “Hello New York! … 30% Off an Emily Tote for 4 hours. #rainebrooke”

If you see this tweet and you live in New York you’ll get 30% off an Emily laptop tote if you order anytime within 4 hours of the tweet. Use the coupon code New York to get your discount.

The key to getting the discount is using the name of the city, state or country as a coupon code. The discounts will not be applied automatically; you must insert the location in the coupon code field during checkout. e.g. Dallas, New York, California, Canada, Australia, etc.

If the tweet is for a giveaway, the details on winning will be provided in the tweet.

Follow Rainebrooke on Twitter, it’s the only way you’ll get the deals. Retweet our deals so your friends can get in on the specials too.

Don’t want to wait for your city, state or country? No problem. If you tweet the following “I want a pink laptop bag from @rainebrooke! http://tinyurl.com/y8mm4jn #rainebrooke”, we’ll have a special discount for you too …keep an eye on your Twitter Direct Messages (you must be following us to receive our direct message).

Follow us today!

Lindsey’s name was randomly drawn by my daughter Brooke (pictured holding the winning name). Her sister Raine helped out by holding the pink Allie laptop bag which held all the names of our Facebook fans.

Keep an eye on our Facebook page, blog and follow us on Twitter. We’ll be giving away more laptop bags, special deals for our followers and other cool stuff.

Check out our current giveaway going on now @Born2impress … details here.

When you’re a fan of Rainebrooke’s on Facebook, you’ll be automatically entered into our giveaway contests. You could be the next winner of one of our laptop bags. Our next drawing is when we reach 100 fans… we’ll be giving away a blue Metro-Traveler laptop bag.

If you’re looking for the latest special deals and news from Rainebrooke, follow us on Twitter. Not only do we tweet about our deals and news, but you’ll find helpful tweets on topics like technology, entertainment, shopping, business, marketing and the occasional completely off topic tweet

Our contest was held on the popular laptop bag review site Funchico.com where visitors and customers could submit names in round one and then we picked 5 finalists which were voted on last week in round two.

The name Black Candy won the popular vote with 62% of the votes.

Here’s the final vote (Name, % of vote):

• Black Candy (62%)
• Roxy (17%)
• Soda Shoppe (12%)
• Cityglide (7%)
• Patent Plush (3%)

Thanks to everyone who submitted names, voted and to Kate at Funchico.com (@funchico on Twitter) for hosting the contest.

Stop by and visit Kate’s other sites:

• Funchico.com
• Funky, Chic and Cool Laptop Bags
• Funky, Chic and Cool Laptop Sleeves
• Funky, Chic and Cool Laptop Backpacks
• Cool and Stylish Laptop Bags for Men
• Funky, Chic and Cool Knitting Bags
• My Name is Kate
• LintBucket Media

Our new Black Candy laptop bag will be available soon, so check back here, visit our site or sign up for our newsletter and you’ll be the first to know when it’s available.

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The 5 finalists’ names for our new laptop bag are:

• Black Candy from Shannon (Shannon’s blog, @zchamu on twitter)
• Cityglide from Iris
• Patent Plush from Jennie
• Roxy from Karyn
• Soda Shoppe from Karen

Vote for your favorite name by visiting this page at Funchico.com

Voting ends on Friday 4/24/09, so vote today!

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Rainebrooke wants your help in finding the perfect name for our new laptop bag.  If your suggestion is chosen, you’ll get one of these new laptop bags for free as soon as they become available. The contest if being held at the popular laptop bag review site, Funchico.com. Take a look at our new bag and then head over to Funchico to enter your suggestion.

The new bag offers a modern and stylish look while also being functional. It’s made of a beautiful shiny patent vinyl, available in pink or red, and durable black nylon. The bag has a two compartment design with one side of the bag for the laptop and the other side for everything else.

The laptop compartment has a removable laptop sleeve that can be taken through airport security x-ray machines without having to completely remove the laptop. The sleeve fits laptops up to 15.4″, but since the bag itself is padded, a 17″ laptop can be placed in the bag without the sleeve and still have protection.

The second compartment has pockets in several sizes for items like USB drives, PDA’s, makeup, cords, notebooks and folders. An outside pocket is on the back of the bag for quick access to frequently used things like a phone, iPod or keys. The bottom of the bag has four metal feet to protect the bag from wetness and dirt.

Since features of this new bag were designed around suggestions we received from customers, we thought the customers should also get to name the bag. The contest allows Funchico.com readers to submit name suggestions for the new laptop bag. Once the first round of suggestions is in, readers will then vote on a subset chosen by Rainebrooke.  The most popular name will become the name of the bag and the reader who submitted the name will win one.

Name contest page @ Funchico.com

Product photos @ Rainebrooke

Social Media Press Release

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Here’s an excerpt from Ilissa’s review…

“Steve offered to send me one of Rainebrooke’s newest bags: the Metro-Travelers Laptop Bag. Because I wanted something unique and girly, I decided to go with the hot pink bag. After taking some time to use this bag and examine all its features, I am happy to report this is a fabulous bag!

My favorite thing about the Metro-Travelers bag is how much storage space there is….” Read the full review here.

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Kate’s name was drawn at random by my daughter Raine (pictured holding the winning name), along with the help of her sister Brooke (holding the hat full of names). You can view the laptop bag Kate won by going here.

Our next giveaway will be for one of our new blue Metro-Traveler laptop bags. Be sure to keep an eye out for the winner… you could be next. We’ll be drawing the winner as soon as our Facebook fan base reaches 100. Keep telling your friends about Rainebrooke and get them to join up as a fan. The sooner we reach 100 fans, the sooner you can win a free laptop bag.

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Until then, there’s a company I became aware of that’s putting out some really nice laptop sleeves. CoverBee, located in South Holland produces some great looking laptop sleeves in a wide variety of fabrics.  All of their BeeSleeves are made of soft fabrics designed to protect your laptop from scratches. They are open on one end so they function much like a pocket for your laptop.  All of their products are produced locally in Holland, but they do offer free international shipping to anywhere in the world. CoverBee sleeves are priced at € 24,99.

Be sure to check out the CoverBee Facebook page. Become a fan of theirs and you’ll be entered to win a free sleeve.

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