Audience Feedback

From my questionnaire, i received much feedback on how people felt about my magazine.

The first question I asked was 'what genre do you think my magazine is?'. A majority of the people I asked understood the topic and just stated 'festivals' which was the answer I was looking for. However, some were unsure, which I completely understand as there is not actually a set genre. Festivals involve a range of genres. I probably should of worded the question differently to clarify this misunderstanding, although most of the people questioned did response which the answer I was looking for.

'Who do you think the target audience is?'. A majority of the people said teenagers, but specifically teenage girls. Therefore, I guess they kind of understood as the primary audience is teenage girls, and the secondary is teenage boys. This suggests that there is a possible improvement to make; to make it more available for teenage boys to read.

The next interrogative was about the colours. There were two questions in this. Firstly, did they like the colours, everyone that answered did in fact like the colours I used and thought they suited the audience. Some also said that because they were bright it capture the attention to the eye. This kind of answers the second question asked, and as I asked do you think they fit in with the audience. However, some suggested to make the colour more suitable for the secondary audience.

The fourth question asked 'do you think the price is reasonable?'. They all said that it was definitely reasonable price, which is good as this would mean that if it actually existed then it would be purchased. It was even said that I could raise the price because of the standard, this is something I will take into consideration as this will mean higher profits, which would benefit me in the long run.

Next I asked if they main image on the front cover was suitable. They thought it was suited as it is actually from a festival. Some said that perhaps using an image would direct mode of address would be better to engage with the audience. However, I disagree as I still feel that a focus is made, which does in fact engage with the reader.

The sixth question I asked was if they agreed that the articles linked in well with the genre. Personally I feel that they do as each one is in relation to festivals. Others said that I could maybe just base it on actual festival events, but a majority agreed with my thought.

The following question asked for suggestions of what to include. Majority of the people said there is not anything else that they can think of, for me to include. Furthermore there was suggestions of a audience review page, and audience contributions. This is something I could definitely include as this would build a greater relationship with the reader.

Next was 'do you like the layout of the contents page?'. Everyone that was asked said they did, as the positioning of the images, allowed the text to be formatted nicely. They said that it was clear, direct and easy to find where things are. They liked the little preview, as it gave them an insight of the full article.

The ninth question asked what they thought of the double page spread. They said that it contains a lot of information, some said it was too much which is something I should take into consideration. It was stated that it was good as it gives clear guidance to the reader of V festival. They particularly liked the creativity of the headline, as it included the V logo. The colours fitted in well with the house style ad liked the layout.

The final question was suggestions of improvements. The people asked said that I could cut down on the word limit of the double page spread, which I agree with. I could possibly separate the things into two. However, I do not feel that there would be enough information for each topic to fulfil this. Not many gave me advice of what to improve which I suppose shows that my product was rather successful.