Girls! What would be your perfect magazine.?

Question

What do you want magazines to have more of in, what don't you like about some magazines? I'm doing some research for my media studies course, we're designing our own magazines. I would just like to know what you would like to see more in them, what size, price, real life stories etc.

Thanks

Answer 1

i would like to see more of real people living their real lives, not celeb fantasy lives. Some girly views on cars, fast cars not knitting and cross stitch, some sexy pics of some sexy guys, real guys though, not models.
fashion features but high street prices, not recipes lol.
computing tips for girls not housekeeping.
a girly gadgets section, not just i pods and mp3 players in pink.
music news and reviews and up and coming concerts.
pics of celebs at their worst.
more features on horoscopes and psychic stuff.
website reviews for girls, best sites and such.

i could go on and on.


hope this helps

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Answer 2

I would like to see beauty tips for all face shapes,how to put outfits together,what shoes with what pants,dress,etc...And i would like to see more than 4 examples.I don't mind the ads,I know that's what keeps the magazine going,but I would love to see a coupon attached to every ad.Even if it's ten percent off.I opened a famous magazine one day and counted 26 ads before I reached any content.Here's a list of other likes:easy recipes that are not gourmet.Take out the stupid quiz's,they usually start a fight at my house.My magazine would have easy "real"recipes,Ad's with coupon's.Beauty tips for all age women.A touching true story.A page for organization's that need help,but are never heard of.Two pages where amateur writer's can experiment and receive feedback from readers.Shopping and saving tips.Party ideas.Ads with clothing and jewelry that the average income woman can afford.Trivia questions and contests with real prizes awarded.Cash is always good.A question and answer page for women and girls with responsible answers.Tips on how to make anything easier.Like dating,cleaning,researching,growing,taking great photo's etc...I hope this helped,I could go on for-ever with this question.

Answer 3

I like to get more reading for my money, hence, the only glossy I buy is Cosmo. I don't care how many ads are in, it's the ad to article ratio I have issues with.

True-life stories always seem to get the biggest response from readers (in the letters pages) but I also like Cosmo because as well as high fashion it has LOADS of high-street affordable fashion that much of the time you WOULD wear.

If I can't relate, I ain't interested. It's good to see the articles which deal with people of different shapes and what kind of skirts/jeans/tops suit them etc. A good glossy should take me AT LEAST an hour to read from cover to cover (I am a fast reader).

Identify your target audience then don't alienate them - make sure they can relate (i.e. if it's aimed at teens, then don't advertise really expensive clothes that most can't afford).

Answer 4

I'm really fed up with all the adverts in the expensive glossy magazines. Take them out and the mag is a third of the size! Also, the articles are always the same and the clothes and accessories are far too expensive for we mere mortals. I like a magazine to have fashion and hair features for normal people, interesting articles about real women and current affairs, film and book reviews, celeb interviews, recipes, gift ideas etc etc. A good one is Good Housekeeping and also Prima! Thy sound old fashioned but are a really interesting read. By the way I'm 29 and married with no kids yet and I like a mixture of staying in and watching DVDs/reading and going to the pub with friends, cinema and lots of other things. I resent paying more than £2.50 for a magazine. I do buy Now/Heat etc sometimes to catch up on the latest celeb gossip!

Answer 5

Less unaffordable designer clothes and fashion pages with stuff no one would wear- I'd rather see stuff from Topshop or Oasis, and people dressed like normal girls would dress!

And the makeup ages are always a bit crap. Pages and pages of girls faces and how to get their look, and the looks would only suit people with the exact same colouring as the model. They should show each makeup adapted on all different models with different colouring. Otherwise it just seems irrelevant.

The sex tips are boring. They use the same ones every single bloody time. Honestly, if they can't think of anything new they shouldn't bother.

I'd like to see more stories about current events and not just the same issues over and over again. Every magazine seems to have endless articles about illegal taxis, rape, binge drinking, abortion etc. Not that these aren't important, but girls are interested in more than just women's issues! I'd like to read about political or foreign affairs too.

And also some practical tips on how women can make a difference by helping charities and stuff because there's a lot of opportunity for that stuff at the moment, from knitting jumpers for sick penguins to walking dogs on the weekends, I'd like to read some inspiring stuff about that.

And some original editorial pieces too. They have some good, funny writers on there teams that they could put to better use.

Answer 6

In a magazine its nice to read about celebrites, real life and quizes.
I like the smaller sized magazines so you can put it in your bag easliy. Also i think the best price for a magazine would be aboue £1.00-£1.50. Depending on how much it contains

Answer 7

A Magazine Based solely on pictures of smithy from the bill in gorgeous poses! Yum, Yum!

Answer 8

A magazine with no stick insect models in it for starters! No gossip about celebrities either - there are enough of them about. Something about real people with real stories - not like ones you'd expect to hear off Tricia. I love problem pages (which is maybe why I spend so much time on yahoo answers) so definitely have a problems section.

Thats it - I'm easily pleased *lol*

Answer 9

You know i've been thinking this for a while.
I think womens magazines are cr@p. Why can't we have something like FHM for girls? I love to read that magazine front to back. It's funny and interesting. I mean come on, who cares where Jordan did her shopping this week?
I suppose I would like a magazine similar to Just17 (don't know about it now but 13 year ago it was great).
With pages filled with half naked DECENT men (not soap stars & Big Brother chumps) instaed of pages of cr@ppy celebreties and watsed space on huge adverts.

Answer 10

more music, more fashion, more stories of girls like us , and more girls of diifern't sizes in most of the magazines a read all u see is thin girls that is it everybody doesn't look like that.