SurveyMonkey Analysis

From the results of my survey, I found out that layout number 1 and 3 were the favourites however there was an equal amount of votes for each it, it was 50/50. So I have decided that from these results that I will try to combine the two layouts to make them appeal to everyone. I also found out that the vast majority of the people that took the survey preferred the masthead 'Plantsbrook News' with only 1 out of 8 voting for 'Plantsbrook School'. I had always preferred the first masthead as it is self explanatory for the front of the magazine but I gave the option to see if the public wanted 'Plantsbrook School' to recognise the school name.

I then went to find out that the colour scheme used in my previous magazine drafts were appropriate and appealing to the public, therefore I will keep the colour scheme of white, black and red; but I will add more black to the front cover as in question 9, 6 out of 7 people voted to have the colour scheme black, white and red instead of just black and white.

All of the 8 people that filled in my survey said that the writing over the front cover is big enough and clear enough to read without difficulty, this then tells me that I can keep the font size and style the same as on the draft which is good because I think that it looks effective and suits the style of the magazine well; also I think that this style of writing is appealing to students and adults which is my chosen audience.

I was quite shocked with the results of question 6 because I thought that the most appealing coverline would of been the new build or results, because for me I reckon these would be the most appealing as they are the most important as these affect the learning of the students/their children, however they chose uniform to be the more interesting coverline so I will make this the main coverline meaning that the main image will hopefully be of a student in uniform to link to the main coverline. Following this the next most interesting was seen to be GCSE and A-Level results with 2 votes, then the new build with 1 result meaning that these will still be included but not as big as the article about uniform would be.

4 of the 8 people who answered this questionnaire suggested that the main image should be on the left hand side leaving the writing and coverlines being on the right hand side around the image or above just below the masthead and slogan. The rest of the votes were split 2 and 2 between the main image being in the middle of the front cover or being to the right of it, leaving the text and masthead to go in the space around this. However I will be putting my image to the bottom left of the page but still having the background behind all of the other text.

For question 8 and 9, I asked the readers about having a competition or an incentive included within the magazine, as if they wanted these to be included then they would have to be featured on the front page so everyone is aware they're getting what they pay for. 7 out of 8 people  told me that they wanted a school linked incentive which has made me decide that I will definitely be including one of these to attract the readers and to make this magazine stand out and give them what they want. Not only this but 37.5% of the public said they don't mind if there's a competition included, I think this is because if they bought this magazine they wouldn't take part and it would be a waste of my time, although 62.5% of the public said they would want me to put a competition in the magazine as they would complete it and return it to be in with a chance of them winning.

To summarise my findings, I will take on board everything that the public has put about my work in my survey. I have found that making a survey has made my work a lot easier to produce because I have had the opinion off the people who will actually be reading my magazine so I now know that I will be giving the readers what they want and making them happy!