Material Requirements

This document is designed to help guide you through the process of gathering materials for your website design. Collecting materials can be a difficult process but we can not stress the importance of good materials strongly enough. The effectiveness of your website hinges on the impact it has on the perspective client. Old, small, or low-quality images will all create a negative effect and your clients will be less likely to book. Help Blizzard design a spectacular website for you by providing them with good quality images and ideas to get started.  It is also very important to complete the Design Checklist and return it to us, either electronically or via Fax. 

Submission - Please submit your materials via the following channels:

  • Please submit your electronic materials to design@blizzardinternet.com
  • Mail your materials to:
        Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc.
        Attn: Design Manager
        1001 Grand Ave., Suite 203
        Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

Ideas - Please provide us with some idea of what you would like to see in your design:

  • An idea of the look that best fits your property (Elegant, rustic, Victorian, contemporary, etc.).
  • Colors, color schemes or design styles you would like for the site.
  • Any notes you may have on the over all look you want for your site.
  • A list of website address for sites that you do and do not like with a description of why you liked or disliked each.

Images - Please provide us with the following materials to get started:

  • Good quality photos
    • Your home page will require at least one large image for the header and possibly another small image within the text. Please send us all of the images that you have so that our designers can choose the best image(s) for the design.
    • Please remember that photos from magazines and other copyrighted materials cannot be used without permission.
    • Digital photos are acceptable. Please submit images larger than 640x480 in .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .psd, or .tif formats.
    • Images from magazines, rack cards, and other print materials are not suitable for digital reproduction. Our scanners will read any/all flaws in the print and they will be highly visible on the screen. Please send us originals.
    • Print photos and slides are highly recommended.
      • We use high-quality flat-bed and slide scanners, their quality is excellent.
      • Please do not write on the back of prints because the scanner will read through the image and see your writing.
      • Let us know if you would like any/all of your prints returned to you.
  • Your existing logo
    • If you have an existing logo, we require a digital copy of the image or we will need to re-create the logo.
    • Logos on business cards are not acceptable.

Content - This information may be supplied during the process as it isn't as appropriate at the start but will be required later:

  • Text for body of website (in digital format)
  • Current rates, room descriptions and policies.
  • Area attractions that you would like to show.
  • While we advise against odd fonts we will follow your wishes. If you have a particular font you wish to use, you must provide us with that font in the event we do not already have it. (Fonts must be provided in Windows format)

Additional Features - Additional site features that you may be thinking of we should know about before we begin. We may not begin work on these items until farther into the process but it helps to know the technical level of a website before we begin:

  • Flash slide shows or other animation
  • Maps (static or zoomable?)
  • Reservation or secure order forms
  • Online availability service
  • Virtual tours
  • A client-edit specials program (This is probably included in your deluxe hosting plan. We need to know how you would like to use the program.)

Odds and Ends - There are some unforeseen items that may incur additional costs during the design phase and they are as follows:

  • Communication and consultation with your 3rd party marketing consultants. (Consultants are under your employ and we must bill for any communication with them. We suggest you work directly with your consultants and submit the resultant direction to us directly.)
  • Difficulties with virtual tours
  • Extensive animation
  • Any major graphic work over and above the estimate
  • Late changes in background colors or graphic elements
  • Designers will do their best to follow the customer’s design specifications and ideas. However, repeated revisions of either design elements or text do to a lack of design materials and/or constructive design ideas will incur additional charges.

Questions - Feel free to contact our Design Department with any questions:

Craig Davis
craig@blizzardinternet.com
Design Department Manager

Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc.
1001 Grand Ave., Suite 203
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Toll-free: 888-840-5893, ext. 134
Tel: 970-928-7875, ext. 134
Fax: 970-928-7874
www.blizzardinternet.com

 

 

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