Monday, January 31, 2022

Content Research



The majority vote was to have the title be "The Wave". I think this Is because it is more on the simplistic side and it still gets the point across that the magazine is based around the beach.




People preferred to see a location on the cover instead of a model, however there was still a lot of support for the model, so I will combine them both. I will use a model in one of the locations I would potentially talk about in my double page spread. 




The votes for what gender the cover model should be were in favor of a female, however only by 7.3%. I will include both a male and female model since a lot of people did still want to see both and that way a female is still included regardless. 



A simple white font won for text options. I really think this choice will be a good fit for my magazine because it goes will with the minimalist feel I am hoping to give off to the readers. A white font will also fit better with whatever image is on the cover and won't distract as much, as opposed to a hot pink or purple one. 



People really wanted to see adds for bikinis in the magazine. However if I cannot find a cool way to create an advertisement for them, I will instead made an add for sunscreen. In addition I could make a monthly beach essentials kit to advertise as well and include an item from each of the categories since all of them did still get votes. 



The "Whats in my beach bag" and "Best spots to visit in South Florida" won which I was very excited about because I already had a lot of ideas for content under those topics. I think I will also include an advertisement event though it placed last because a lot of people did seem excited about it in the advertisement poll and I think it will be relatively easy to create. 



Audience Profile

 

   
                     







Thursday, January 20, 2022

Preliminary Research Blog Post

 For my magazine I am considering doing a travel/lifestyle magazine. 

Magazine would be beach centered/ things to do in South Florida


Types of things you can find in the magazine: 

-Quiz's (Which bikini brand are you? What type of beach go-er are you?)

-Articles (Best beaches to go in South Florida…Best spots to visit in South Florida)

-Adds (Sunscreen…Tanning Oil…Bikinis…Surfboard)

-Celebrities (Madison Bailey, Bethany Hamilton, Ariana Grande)


Distributed:

-Local beach hotels

-Florida rest stops

-Beach shops (ex: Island Water Sports)


SAMPLE #1-

-White Letting 

-Skinny Font (Times New Roman?)

-Pops of color (Pink,Yellow,Green)

-Background beach picture or ocean picture


Buy Coastal Living's 2021-03-05 - Coastal Living Spring 2021 Issue


SAMPLE #2-

-Uses pops of color (yellow)

-Background beach picture

-"5 most spectacular snorkel spots" -> places in south Florida to snorkel

The Best Beach and Coastal Magazines - Beach Bliss Living


EXAMPLES-

World Travel Magazine

Luxury Travel Magazine - Spring 2018 Subscriptions | Pocketmags

Delray Beach Magazine July/August 2015 by JES Media - Issuu

2011 Florida Insider Magazine Offers Travel Tips for Floridians by  Floridians — Sunshine Matters

Florida Travel And Life Back Issue Jan-Feb-12 (Digital) - DiscountMags.com



Final Project

 Below is my final Magazine-