Planning - aritcles

The splash and articles seen in a magazine, are one of the most important elements, which consider if the magazine will be a success or a failure. Therefore the article and splash types and names I chose would have to entice my target audience to the double page spread, but engage them into the front cover and the contents page. I had a few ideas of which my splash would be :



Kayt's fighting for number one
"I'm back and not going down without a fight"
Kayt's smashing the charts
"I'm back... and here for GOOD!"


When asking 30 people what they thought, these were my results:


Kayt's fighting for number one - 10%
"I'm back and not going down without a fight" - 30%
Kayt's smashing the charts - 5%
"I'm back ... and here for GOOD! - 55%


Therefore on my front cover I will be using the last splash idea, as it will not only catch the eye of the audience, due to the good in capital letters, but is simple but effective.


When thinking for article name, I new that they would have to relate to the main story and relate to the R&B industry, but also by eye catching and engage the target market into the magazine. The idea that i had with the articles are below:


Chuckie lives the life "in Miami girl"
Is Calvin really "ready for the weekend"
Could Rhianna be number one
Phil the Badger or feel about you ?
Should Chris Brown be back in the charts ?
How to look like Akon himself?
Top ten tips on how to shake it like Beyonce
Who's top, who's not
Is Cheryl fighting for her love?


Out of these, there are many in which would entice my target market into my magazine front cover, therefore I will be using all 'Chuckie live the life "in Miami girl"', 'Who's top, who's not' and 'Could Rhianna be number one?', I am using these as they are well known, or will be something a reader will definitely want to read about. However the others will be used on my contents page with the articles seen on the front cover