2. GENRE
Question one helped me to
discover that 54.5% of participants
think that pop magazines will be the
most successful; secondly is indie
with 27.3% therefore I will choose
Indie for my magazine.
3. MAGAZINE TITLE
Question two clearly portrayed that a
simple word would be the best
magazine title, in the majority of
participants opinion with 50% in
contrast to a pun which received
31.8%. I will likely use a simple word
as most people will prefer this and it
clearly signifies what the magazine
will be about unlike the other ideas.
4. TYPE OF ARTIST
This question emphasized that the participants would
like to hear news and interviews about both upcoming
and popular artists, with half of the applicants selecting
upcoming and half popular. I am going to feature both
type of artists so that it branches out on a wider scale in
terms of my audience as the magazine aims to cater to
all within the indie genre. Indie magazines typically
feature new bands anyways, with few popular artists
however I want to signify both and this is one of my
unique selling points.
5. FEATURES
The majority of participants in this
question represented that 31.8% would
like to see striking make up as a mean
feature of the image on the front cover.
Both eye contact and unique props
received 22.7%, so I am going to use
striking make up combined with unique
props to make the magazine attract the
audience to the best of its ability.
6. INTERACTION
Twitter was the most popular factor
within this query, taking a whooping
72.7% of this question. Social
networking is vital within this
generation as is the new media (eg.
Apps). I am going to use social
networking to a great extent to attract
more of the audience as it gives the
audience a more personal relationship
with the magazine.
7. RELEASE
This question gave the participants the
opportunity to type in how often they read
magazines instead of selecting like in prior
answers. The majority of my participants
said they read magazines ‘not often’, ‘once
a month’ followed by a few ‘weekly’ results.
This supports my decision of making my
magazine a monthly edition as it will contain
more features and give the audience more
time to read the magazine as they have a
month, in contrast to if it was a weekly
magazine which is more based upon gossip
and people who have time to generally keep
up with magazines, which contradicts my
target audience as they are generally very
busy and have little time to read magazines
on a weekly basis.
8. FREEBIES
The majority of participants in my survey
said that they prefer to receive freebies
with magazines, a mighty 77.3% which
contrasts to 22.7% for no freebies. I will
feature freebies like MP3 downloads and
posters to attract my audience into
purchasing the magazine.
9. COMPETITIONS
The majority of participants in my survey said
that they prefer to participate in competitions in
a magazine, a mighty 76.2% which contrasts to
23.8% for no competitions. I will feature
competitions like tickets to festivals and meeting
favoured bands to attract my audience into
purchasing the magazine, and give them a
personal relationship with the magazine.
10. WHY PEOPLE READ
MAGAZINES
This question gave the participants the
opportunity to type in why they read
magazines instead of selecting like in prior
answers. The majority of participants said
they like to read magazines to gain
information and because they are
entertaining. They also like to learn about
what songs are in the charts and to find out
about new artists. They enjoy reading
articles and seeing events and reviews.
This supports my choice of creating an Indie
magazine because these fit within all of the
aims that I aim to make.
11. PURPOSE
The vast majority of participants said
they like to read magazines to be
entertained and informed, both with a
68.2%. This supports my decision of
choosing an indie magazine as they both
meet these requirements and back up
what the audience want, which is
portrayed in the previous answer.
Participants also enjoy to be inspired and
like to learn things, with 50% for being
inspired and learning 31.8%.
