As my magazine The View From Here takes off with the Fab Four Flower smellers crew, I thought I'd start a thread up to do a bit of market research about magazines in general.

So what do you think makes a good magazine? Views & suggestions please!

I find that magazines that have lots of pics are the most appealing

Hi Mike - a great move starting this forum on your new venture!

Jim here and I'd day...

Not too many adverts.
Clarity on WHO the mag should appeal to.
An editorial ' about this issue' at the front AND ' Next issue - coming up'
Contests - results announced next issue.
Interviews with other writers of course!

Just initial thoughts for now...

Agree RYK I'm very visually orientated.

And thanks Jim, I wonder how to include such things as an editorial into a daily updated magazine - any ideas? O and I agree I hate something with adverts on every page.

Easy Mike...

A blog post that is entitled 'Editorial' or something along those lines.

Use the technology....use the flexibility AND most of all - create a space for connection - dialogue not monologue AND its time you posted here :-)

Bwaaa aaa aaa

Yep - shame you can't do a sticky on blog posts and keep an editorial as the first post - but yep good idea I'll put some thought into it - never written an editorial piece before!

Will think about the space for connection as well- it has impliactions to other ideas I have, if for example, I was to put a forum like here at the magazine.

And another post at Flowers - you're getting greedy - O okay will pitch a ball into play Tue!

Mike :-)

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