Membernet

MemberNet Content Policies

Website Content Sections

Please be sure your content is submitted to the correct targeted section. Once submitted, you are able to re-write content and submit to other sections as appropriate.

• Visitors - Content for the travelers.
• Media - Content for the public relations community.
• Meeting Planners - Contact for meeting planners.
• Travel Trade - Content for travel agents.
• Members - Content for other ConVis members.

Events

Event Definition: Something that is regarded as happening or occurrence of some importance that does not span more than a three month period. Events should be published with the intent of promoting a date specific function. Events by nature should have a start and end date and should promote exclusive things to do while visiting San Diego.

What an event is: A festival, a concert, a play or opera that does not span more than a 3-month period, a temporary museum exhibit, a holiday celebration, a grand opening, fashion show, parade, reading or lecture, or sporting event.

What an event is not: A tour, a weekly or monthly happy hour or promotion, an installment. These should be published as articles.

Event Guidelines:

• Only one submission per event (No multiple listings for one event)
• Summary and Description must not be the same content; Summary should provide a 1-2 sentence general idea of the full Description content.
• Summary - 40 character minimum, 150 character maximum
• Description - 60 character minimum, 250 character maximum
• Events must be submitted into MemberNet with the correct start and end dates. Dates listed in the event, summary, and description should be identical.

Coupons

Coupon Definition: An offer that entitles the coupon holder to a discount or free gift.

Coupon Guidelines:

• Coupons may be only be submitted to Member category if specifically targeted to Members
• Coupons must provide an offer of either % off, $ off or free item with purchase.
• Coupons must clearly explain what the offer entails. For instance, a coupon cannot say "Entitles you to receive anywhere between 20-40% off merchandise". Instead, coupon should say "Entitles user to 20% off entire purchase," or "Entitles user to 20% off clearance items".

Articles

Article Definition: Describes a new feature of your business, an on-going event, exhibit, tour, or attraction.

Article Guidelines:

• General Press Releases about internal changes within a company will only be accepted for the member category
• Article end dates should be the date when the exhibit, tour, or attraction installation ends, and no longer to ensure relevant content for the traveler for that time. Articles that are listed on the site longer than the article subject is occurring will be suspended.
• Articles should be at least 200 words and no longer than 800 words.
• Copying and pasting of copyrighted materials is prohibited.

Profiles

Profile Address should represent the address you are communicating to promote your organization. To change your address of record for your membership account, please contact the member opportunities department at members@sdcvb.org or call 619-557-2867.

Photos

• Photo Size - Optimum photo size is 200 pixels wide and 125 pixels tall. (You may use http://www.shrinkpictures.com to reduce image size prior to submission.)
• Photos must be optimized for web view.
• Photos which are unrecognizable or too large will be rejected.
• Photos that are protected by copyright will be rejected unless permission to reproduce photos is provided.

General

• No HTML is allowed in content submitted by members.
• Members claiming superiority i.e. "# 1," "the best," "most," "only," in a category must be rejected to be edited unless the claim is referenced by a third party source.
• Any changes in contact information (address, phone, URL, email, etc) should also be reported to Membership Coordinator to update database.
• All entries must be checked for correct spelling, grammar and typos - entries with incorrect spelling, grammar on typos will be rejected.
• Content may not begin with a number.
• No content may contain titles or content in all capital letters.
• No listings related to guns, violence, drugs, or illegal activities
• No exclamations points may exist in titles
• ConVis staff has the right to modify all content to comply with website standards
• Content may only be submitted to one section (ex. Visitors, Media, Members, etc.) at a time. You may re-word the content appropriately and submit to another target group's section.
• Questions - Call MemberNet Support at 619-557-2867, or bhilemon@sdcvb.org