Analysing my Polls.

I added polls to the right hand side of my blog so that i could do a 'market research' type thing and members of the public could answer them. This gives me a good idea of what to include in my magazine.

Q1. What would be a suitable colour theme?
4 Yellow black and white
1 Grey and brown
1 Pink, black and grey
5 Black white and red

12 people answered this survey. The outcome showed that the majority of readers would like a Black, White and Red theme. It's qutie a simple theme with not much colours, and the colours chosen are very 'clean' feeling. I'd like to keep my magazines theme these three colours i think.

Q2. Which band would you like to see featured in my magazine?
1 Bring me the horizon
2. Architects
4. Blink 182
0 New found glory
0 ACDC
0 other

This shows that most people who voted in my survey like Blink 182, however only 7 people voted which is not a large enough sample for this to be conclusive. They're a Pop Punk band so i will definitely feature that genre however as Architects are Metal, i could do a mix of both. The bands who had 0 votes, i will probably not feature at all in my magazine as if a band is unpopular, people will not buy the magazine who advertises them.

Q3. For the front cover, how would you like the picture to be?
3 Long Shot (Like Bands on the NME cover)
6 Close Up (Cheryl cole on Q)
3 Medium Shot
0 High Angle
0 Low Angle

The results indicate that most people (6 out of 12) would like a close up shot like the famous one of Cheryl Cole on Q. The shot was striking and well edited and very remembered by magazine fans. I think it must be a well taken photo though as if it was a close up blurry, messy photo, it would definitely not be the same effect. I think the angle of the cover photo doesn't matter the most. I think the editing is important.

Q4. What should the name of my magazine be?
0 Metalread
4 Metalnews
8 Thrasha
0 Chanda
0 X

I was already leaning to the name 'Thrasha' before i even conducted the polls and my audience have confirmed this. 8/12 voted for thrasha and the rest thought 'Metalnews' would be a good name. The name of the magazine has to be something that sticks in your head. Thrasha's quite a unique name and i could even have it in capital letters or include an exclamation mark at the end. Thrashaa sounds like the metal band Thrasher so you might have a vague idea. I think i'll call my magazine Thrasha!

Q5. How much money, a week, do you spend on magazines?
1 £0-£1
3 £2-£3
2 £4-£5
1 £6-£7
0 £8+

Most people spend around £2-£5 a week on magazines. This means i can't charge too much for my mag. Kerrang and NME both charge around £2.20 which is similar to the price i want to price mine up as. The first issue could be an 'exclusive' offer so it could be about 50p cheaper to introduce more people to buy the first issue. If they like it, they can continue buying it.

Q6. Male or female?
4 Male
5 Female

The results of this poll are near enough half and half. This indicates my magazine will have to target both sexes which is what i was going to do anyway. This is a music magazine, not a housewife magazine or FHM!

Q7. What is your favourite genre of music?
3 Poppunk
0 Dubstep
2 Metal
2 Rock/Pop
1 Rap/R&B

The public listen to mostly Pop Punk, Metal and Rock/Pop. This gives me lots of different genre i can work with. My magazine was already intended to be a metal magazine but i will also feature small parts on Pop punk artists and some Rock/Pop. Dubstep and R&B would not fit in at all with the magazine. This was an important question to ask as it's what my magazines all about.

Q8. Are You...
2 At college full time
3 At college part time
0 In full time employment
2 At university
0 Unemployed
2 At school

Most people who took my polls were either in college (part and full time), At uni or at school. This indicates that funds could be limited so it again effects the price of the magazine. Also, it influences the language i will use in my magazine. If most of the audience were unemployed, funds would be almost non existant and they probably would not buy my magazine. My polls tell me a lot about my audience and help me understand how to make the product more available and interesting to them.

Q9. How old are you?

I havn't written the answers for this poll as only two people answered it. The outcome was that the audience was between 14 and 21 which is a pretty large age range. To make a conclusive statement, i'd need much more people to answer this question.

Q10. Would you rather the contents feature...
9 More pictures
2 More insight into the stories featured
1 All text, no photos

Most people voted for more pictures (more than 3/4 of the people) so i will therefore include more pictures in my contents. I was going to before i even done the polls as i think it makes the page much more interesting. The reader will never run out of things to look at!