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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 cannot stress strongly enough the importance of good materials. The effectiveness of your website hinges on the impact it has on the perspective client. Old, small, or low-quality images will create a negative effect; clients will be less likely to book. Help Blizzard design a spectacular website for you by providing good quality images and ideas to get started.
Submission - please submit your materials via the following channels:

• Please submit your electronic materials to design@blizzardinternet.com
• Mail 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 overall look you want for your site.
• A list of website addresses for sites you do and do not like; include details about what you do and do not like in each.

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

• Good quality photos.
• At least one large image for the homepage header and possibly another small image to be placed within the text on that page. Please send us all relevant images you have so our designers can choose the best image(s) for the design.
• Digital photos are acceptable. Please submit images larger than 640×480 in .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .psd, or .tif format.
• 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 logo. If you have an existing logo, we require a digital copy of the image or we will need to re-create it. Logos on business cards are not acceptable for this purpose.
• Please remember that copyrighted photographs/images and other such materials cannot be used without permission.
• Stock Photography Use Agreement

Content - this information may be supplied at a later date, as it isn’t as appropriate or necessary at the start:

• Text for body of website (in digital format).
• Current rates, room descriptions and policies.
• Information about area attractions you would like to highlight.
• While we advise against using odd fonts on websites, if you have a particular font you wish to use, you must provide us with the font in the event we do not already have it. (Fonts must be provided in Windows format.)

Additional Features - we should know about any additional site features you might be thinking about, such as those listed below, before we begin. Though we may not begin work on these items until later in the process, it helps to know the technical level of a website before we begin:

• Flash slide shows or other animation.
• Maps (static or zoom-able).
• Reservation or secure order forms.
• Online availability service.
• Virtual tours.

Odds and Ends - some unforeseen items may incur additional costs during the design phase. They include:

• Communication and consultation with third-party marketing consultants. We must bill for any communication with them. We suggest you work directly with your consultants, and then submit the resultant direction to us directly.
• Difficulties with virtual tours.
• Extensive animation.
• Any major graphic work over and above the estimate.
• Changes in background colors or graphic elements submitted late in the design process.
• Repeated revisions of either design elements or text. Our designers will do their best to follow each customer’s design specifications and ideas, but these types of revisions, due to a lack of design materials and/or constructive design ideas, will incur additional charges.

Questions? - feel free to contact our Design Department at design@blizzardinternet.com with any questions you have regarding our design material requirements.

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