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Article by Trent Blizzard - Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc.


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Design: Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc.

Have you ever stopped to really consider the reasons for the current success level of your business, and, more importantly, where you can improve? Of course you have - stupid question, right? These questions really are not as simple as they may appear, though. Obviously, a successful small business owner is going to expend a great deal of thought and energy to properly position their business for success. Certainly every lodging property owner has carefully thought out an overall business strategy. Many, however, still have not finely tuned their presence on the Internet. These days, just “having a website” isn’t nearly enough. Your website isn’t worth a dime to your bottom line if your competitor’s website performs better than yours. Right now, your successful competitors are out there paving over the Internet Superhighway with websites that win the search engine wars and book
rooms.

You simply must have an “optimized” website – one that not only looks terrific, but performs well in search engines - if you hope to compete in the ever-cluttered World Wide Web.


Design: Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc.

Website Design

Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc. has designed websites for hundreds of lodging properties. They offer professional design for innkeepers with no website, as well as for those needing redesign of an existing
website.

While it’s true that a website must be appealing and professional looking in order to stand out to a viewer, it must also include certain elements and be structured to help prospective guests find the information they need; ideally this will encourage them to make a reservation.

Blizzard focuses on designing websites that will perform well in search engines, and appeal those who find the website. They know what it takes to attract viewers and turn website lookers into bookers.

Website Promotion

Even the best design is useless if people can’t find the website. Blizzard’s philosophy is simple - it is not enough to simply build a quality website; it must be effectively promoted in order to generate significant traffic.

Search engines like Google and Yahoo won’t do you the favor of finding your website and placing it on top of the list. A concerted marketing effort must be made to put your website at the head of the class.


Design: Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc>

Blizzard Internet Marketing provides bed and breakfast, hotel and resort owners with a variety of customized promotion services that focus on current trends and conditions on the Internet. They can work with your budget to provide the most effective Internet marketing services for your dollar.

Website Hosting

Do you have a way to broadcast your website on the Internet?

To date, over 1000 innkeepers and 50 B&B associations have hired Blizzard Internet Marketing to host their websites. Blizzard can host your website for as little as $200 per year, and offers a variety of
additional hosting services such as e-mail addresses and anti-spam and anti-virus filtering of e-mail.

Blizzard Internet Marketing has provided website design, hosting, and promotion to more than 1,500 national and international lodging industry clients for over five years. 95% of Blizzard clients are independently owned lodging properties: bed and breakfasts, hotels, country inns, motels, vacation rentals, cottages and spas. Blizzard is the Internet marketing leader in the B&B industry.


Design: Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc.

Visit www.blizzardinternet.com/portfolio
for recent design examples.

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Contact:

Blizzard Internet Marketing, Inc.
1001 Grand Ave., Suite 203 - Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Toll-free: 888-840-5893 - Tel: 970-928-7875 ext. 101
Email: trent@blizzardinternet.com
Website: http://www.blizzardinternet.com

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