Attracting Audience

When making any product you need to take into consideration the target audience and how you are going to appeal to them. So when creating my magazine target audience is vital, as the more it appeals to them the bigger the target audience which means a bigger income from the product. To appeal to my target audience i must take into account their interests and opinions this way they will be interested in the magazine.

New Artists
Many teens are interested in the new artists around and are keen to know what they are like, and so the fact that i am advertising new bands on my front cover is a an advantage to appeal to my target audience, to match this i will also be doing a double page spread on the new band with information and pictures and maybe even some tips for aspiring artists to help them to become successful themselves.

Reviews of albums and singles
I think that it is quite important to include this aspect because before anyone buys any sort of music we want to know whether its going to be worth it, and so reviewing music will make them depend on us for good reviews, also by doing this i will be advertising certain artists, making the genre more popular as a whole.

Concerts and festivals
Rock artists do tend to perform at many concerts and my target audience being late teens are usually very interested in live performances and so this is a massive appeal to them. I will include information such as previous reviews, line ups, ticket prices, dates and venues.

Rock Sub-genres
I will be including many different aspects of rock because some people may have one typical view of rock music and so i will be talking about different rock artists that come under different sub-genres, in order to show the differences within the rock genre. I believe that this will appeal more to the audience as there will be more variation in rock artists the rock artists that will appeal to more people.

Awards
In my magazine i think i will be mentioning things about the Brit awards, this can then involve a lot of information that will appeal to different people and therefore increasing target audience, for example it can include fashion, up 's and down's, who won and even give information about how to become successful like the stars.

Competition
Competitions within magazines makes it more interesting and allows the reader to become more involved. I think it is very important to have at least one competition section and so i will be including this in my magazine, the prize can be something like concert tickets or backstage passes, these kind of prizes instantly increase target audience appeal.

Free Promotional Gift
A lot of people like the idea of free gifts and it is another convention of magazines in general to include one. To fit in with my genre and to appeal to my target audience i could include things such as posters, t-shirts or vouchers for shops, i-tunes etc.