Facebook evaluation

Facebook is a popular social networking site that is also used my major corporations’ to market and collect research about their product. I have applied this to my magazine by creating a Facebook profile for it. My aim is to gather feedback about my magazine through comments posted on the page. This should enable me to decide what aspects have worked well on my magazine and what could be done in the future issues to improve it. This should give me a better idea of if my magazine has been a success in appealing to my target market and roughly if it would gain a percentage of the music magazine market if it was published.

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Evaluation

Evaluation from jesscolclough

Final Magazine Cover

cover 12th draft

cover 11th draft

After getting feedback on my last draft i decided to make the 'Twin Atlantic .' heading bigger , bolder and with a background to make it easier to read and make it standout on the page more. I did this after comments about it being previously being to small to read and not standing out on the page. Furthermore after looking at existing magazine covers that are the same genera i decided to make a banner across the bottom informing the reader what other bands and featured inside. This should help to increase its appeal to my target market as it shows the variety of bands featured and hopefully thus will appeal to fans of various bands.

cover 10th draft

cover 9th draft

i have added a off white scribble effect background behind my strap line so that not only is it easier to read but it also emphasizes it as its more bold and eye-catching. I chose to use a scribble effect over a block of colour as the band has a flamboyant energetic style which i think the scribble expresses better. Also it gives the cover a more personal feel and look as the scribble is intended to look as though it has been hand done.

Music Magazine Cover 7th draft

cover 8th draft

Final Contents Page

contents page 16th draft

 After asking for feedback from members of my target audience i decided to change the sub heading colours from red to white aswell as the textured effect lines dividing the page into its grid layout. As the page was said to be 'to overwhelming' with to much red being used it made the page look to busy and the order between what was most important to least important lost. So i changed it so the most important information was in red with the subheadings and captions in a bright white which still stands out against the background and light grey text. I chose white as it follows my colour scheme and compliments the other colours used on the contents page.

contents page 15th draft

 I have decided to change the colour scheme of the contents page so that it matches the front cover and double page spread of the magazine. To do this i have just replaced the blue for red as the black gray and white are used in the colour schemes of the rest of my magazine.

Contents page 14th draft

Music Magazine Cover 6th draft

Final Double Page Spread

Double Page Spread 5th draft

Double page spread 4th draft

contents page 13th draft

contents page 12th draft

contents page 11th draft

contents page 10th draft

contents page 9th draft

Existing contents page

I like the clear house style which automaticly tells the reader what magazine it is, thus the logo doesnt need to be as big and gives more room for everything els. I also like the positioning and inclusion of the magazines website which is on the banner with the heading making it clear though the subtal colour means it doesnt overpower the heading.

contents page 8th draft

 I have decided to add the issue no. date and website to my contents page after looking at a existing contents page (posted above).

contents page 7th draft

Contents page 6th draft

Contents page 5th draft

Contents page 4th draft

Existing contents page

 The 'hot shots poster special' plug is very eyecatching and shows the customer what els they are buying aswell as a magazine. This helps to give the impression of value for money.

Existing magazine cover

 I like the colour scheme for this magazine cover. I think the red grey and black help to potray the genera of the magazine and gives it a strong house style.

Existing magazine cover

Music Magazine 5th draft

Music Magazine cover (4th draft)