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 YOU
can help us spread the news about
the ski resorts of the Southeast and
Mid Atlantic!
There's no better way of telling
people how the conditions are at our
many ski areas than to get the
message out STRAIGHT from the people
on the mountain - YOU!
Want to know what an On-Snow
Reporter is...click to see more
information below and what our goals
are.
We're giving away TEN SEASON PASSES
and another $500 monthly for the
volunteer reporters who do the best
"job" of sending us the coolest or
best ski, snowboarding or snow pics,
videos and first-hand reports from
the ski areas of our region.
What are we looking for? If you can
answer "YES" to any of the questions
below, then WE WANT YOU!
1. Will you be skiing, riding or
visiting ANY of the 17 ski areas
this season and simply would like to
share your thoughts, photos or
videos with our readers?
2. Will you be skiing, riding or
visiting the ski areas often and
could use $500 for your best
efforts?
3. Are you a fan of one, two or more
ski areas in the region and would
simply like to spread the word of
how cool our ski resorts are?
4. Will you be visiting the ski
areas of West Virginia about once or
more weekly and could use a FREE
SEASON PASS to Snowshoe Mountain in
return for simply taking a camera
along with you and sending us some
photos and videos when you go?
5. Are you a novice-to-professional
photographer or videographer who
could use a venue to show off how
good you are with some great name
recognition and wouldn't mind it if
you were chosen as top reporter for
a month or so along the way and
collect $500 for your efforts?
6. Would you simply like to - for
the love of the sport, your favorite
ski resort or this website - help us
promote the region's ski areas and
perhaps collect some cash or
occasional free lift passes for your
efforts?
IF
YOU ANSWERED "YES" TO ANY OF THE
QUESTIONS ABOVE...JOIN US!
In addition to helping us spread the
word about how great the ski areas
are within our region, you have the
opportunity to pick up some free
skiing or snowboarding from time to
time. We'll also give you special
recognition at our SKI SUMMITS!
We're looking for good photos,
videos and first-hand reports. We'll
provide all reporters with stickers
and login access to our server so
that you can upload your camera
photos and videos directly to us.
To join our "SkiSoutheast.com Army" simply fill in
the form below and we'll contact you
with the details.
Who knows, if you're really
into it and do a good enough job, we
may throw in a SkiSoutheast, North
Face Ski Jacket complete with "SkiSoutheast.com
Media" emblazed on it. (Only
the most dedicated reporters who send photos
or videos consistently throughout
the season will be considered for a
free ski jacket.)
 GOING TO BE SKIING
OR RIDING AT SNOWSHOE THIS SEASON?
If you'd like to be considered for
the FREE SEASON PASSES FOR SNOWSHOE,
we're only asking that you have the
ability to hit the mountains of WV
at least a time or two weekly. You
can detail your interest via the
link above or email:
sarah.davis@skisoutheast.com
or Mike personally at
mike@skisoutheast.com
We will be giving away the FREE
SNOWSHOE SEASON PASSES PRIOR TO December 22nd and
they will be good for this full ski
season until Snowshoe Mountain
closes in late March or early April.
So email us (me) or sign up today!
WE NEED YOU!!! EMAIL OR SUBMIT YOUR
DESIRE TO JOIN OUR SKISOUTHEAST.COM
ARMY TODAY!
What is an On-Snow Reporter?
SkiNC
and SkiSoutheast.com has been around
since 1996. For the most part over
the first several seasons we relied
upon only a few resort staffers here
and there to send us photos. Then
several years ago we asked for
volunteers to simply share their on
snow experiences via photos and
videos. By the second year we
enjoyed more than 100 volunteers who
periodically sent us photos and
reports. There were a dozen of so
dedicated reporters who began
sending hundreds of photos that kept
is knee-deep in great content. We
actually held a reporter of the year
contest and gave away $1000, a Free
Vacation Getaway and more.
 Truthfully we were overwhelmed with
photos and our staff was so small
that we simply could not post all of
the images that our volunteers sent
and the program kind of waned. Our
messageboard drew has done a great
job of posting "Trip Reports" to
that section of the website however
only about 8% of our audience hits
the messageboard forums.
Fast forward to 2010 and we're
staffed better to handle the
"snowfall" of photos, videos and
reports that you guys and gals could
send. What we're basically asking
you to do is to - BE A PART of the
effort to educate people who rarely
or have NEVER skied or snowboarded
in the region JUST HOW GREAT our
mountains are. The best way we know
to do that is to recruit as many of
YOU as possible to network together
and spread the word.
While we're looking for a few,
dedicated reporters that we might
integrate into something more
full-time, we're also simply looking
for anyone that hits the slopes each
season - whether a few times or
dozens of times - to send us content
that basically provides readers with
a review of your experiences at the
resorts of the region.
So
an ON-SNOW REPORTER is simply a
person who loves the snow, snow
skiing, snowboarding and pretty much
"all things snow" as much as we do -
and would like to help us spread the
word!
You guys are VERY important to us.
Without your insightful reports and
photographs we'd be...well, like all
other websites out there. What makes
us so special is YOU!
We basically have TWO
reporting options:
- Join our team of On-Snow Reporters by SIGNING UP with the form below. You can send us ONE report during the year or several times a week! We only ask that you send reliable, straightforward, honest reports. Most of our reporters submit photos as well. Note: SkiNC.com and SkiSoutheast.com will place your photos and reports RIGHT ON THE FRONT PAGE and credit you for all subsequent visitors to see—particularly for as long as the photo runs that day and then all images and reports are archived for anyone to see all season long!
- You DO NOT have to sign up to be an On-Snow Reporter to send us images. Send as many as possible, as often as you like.
Here's how we're working things this season:
- Please use mail@skisoutheast.com to send your reports, photos and videos. If you send photos and videos often enough, we would be happy to provide you with a different means of providing us your reports. We can setup an FTP username and password that will enable you to more quickly send larger images and videos.
- When sending photos please send AT LEAST 800 pixels wide...and in TIF or JPG format.
- Whenever possible, give us a bit of information for captioning as to who or what the image pertains to and be sure to let us know the DATE and RESORT it is referencing.
- When submitting reports, PLEASE take the time to check for spelling errors, capitalization where needed, etc.
Fill out the form below to sign up for this season!
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