My reader profile

Here is my reader profile that I made for my magazine:

What is a reader profile?

A reader profile is often used in magazines wich portrays what the readers of that magazine are like and what they are interested in. They often show things such as food, electronics and clothing in image form along with statistics of additional information about the readers of the magazine. It allows readers to connect to each other and gives the magazine a group to aim for as a target for the magazine.

Example of a reader profile

Here is an example of NME's reader profile:

 

In order to create a reader profile I need to look at existing models but also, I need to find out what my target audience like and therefore put into my reader profile. As I have completed the survey to find out what audience I will be targetting in my magazine and what genre my magazine will be, I can now find out what my target audience like and for it to be out into a reader profile for my magazine.

From carrying out a survey I have been able to see which genre and audience my magazine will attract. I have discovered that rock magaznes are generally bought by males rather than females and so my plan is to encourage more females to read my magazine without losing any male readers. I do not think this will be overly hard to do because of the genre of music I have picked, but to increase the attraction to female readers I have been researching how I could acheive this; using a girl on the cover ultimately attracts females, just like fashion magazines as they use a female on the cover to attract females to read the magazine. Also, certain types of poses draw different attentions, so I could use a girl on the cover of my magazine in a certain pose in the hopes of attracting more females as an audience range but on par with males. Although, the reason more readers are male is because more males listen to this genre of music and this I cannot change for females.

Survey breakdown

Survey breakdown from AlexandraMediaStudies

Market research survey

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