Task 7- Audience Feedback From Magazine Presentation

From the comments I have received, my magazine presentation was really good as I included colour scheme possibilities as well as masthead possibilities. This seems positive, as my audience gather an understanding of the stages it took for me to choose which possibilities will suit my magazine. I gave them an understanding as to why the title ‘UpBeat’ was chosen. I felt like the research to find my magazine publishers was efficient, as I made sure what other music magazine my chosen publishers published and where they were based. I also included the main things that will be in my magazine, through the contents page. My house style that has been set up is an idea of how my real magazine’s front cover, contents page and DPS layout will look like. Unfortunately, I did not include my flat plan, which let me down, but as I continue to progress with it, I know where my adverts will be placed, what adverts will be placed inside my magazine and what other articles will be placed in my magazine apart form the main DPS I will be creating.

One question that was given to me was; what is the reason for my magazine to cost £2.49. From my research, I had seen that some music magazines cost £1.99. Furthermore, I have also seen magazines that have cost £2.99 and above. This gave me the initiative to pick the middle price that was in between £1.99 - £2.99. I didn’t want to choose any higher than £2.99, (picking prices such as £3.49 or £3.99), which is the reason why I chose £2.49 as the price of my magazine. This isn’t a proper example of psychological pricing as £2.49 doesn’t make the audience think that they are paying £2 instead of a penny off £3. But it still seems like it is psychological pricing as it makes you think that you are not paying £2.50, but you are actually paying a penny less.

Another question that was asked was if there will be an E-Zine version of my magazine. There will not be an E-Zine version of my magazine. Although my magazine is aimed at young teenagers, I still want to see how many ‘Loyal’ readers would actually pay £2.49 for my magazine. Again, I know that young people use the internet but I am also thinking about profit, and in this society, there are many ways to pass-by payments of things, which wouldn’t be an advantage to my magazine as well as the publishers profit. Overall, from my knowledge and the comments I have received about my presentation, I believe it was of a good standard.