1) Focused theme – Come up with a solid theme that can be developed clearly and yet still take your reader deep enough to teach them something new.
2) Great staff – Pick the people you work with on a publication wisely. If you don’t have the privilege of choosing a staff, learn to work through differences and be honest.
3) Start advertising sales early. Be persistent, yet always professional. Try to sell more ads than you think you will need for your publication
4) Start a blog to record your journey. Look back on it at the end an enjoy!
5) Choose the best design software and learn how to use it before you start.
6) Pick out a good camera. Look for high resolution and pay attention to composition. Take note if you need to shoot for specific layouts.
7) Choose a paper type and quality that will work best for your publication.
8) Choose a binding type that will compliment your magazine.
9) Design a user-friendly and comprehensive website that follows along with the theme and design elements of your publication. Include video slideshows.
10) Plan a release party that will attract your target audience. “Free” food and other items are a huge hit.
Here is a video of our release party!
Jenny,
I doubt you remember it, but we met ever-so-briefly in passing at the beginning of the fall walking across campus. Dr. Ankney was singing your praises then and it is obvious to see why.
I’m very happy to have gotten the chance to know you, your hard work and see a bit more of your tremendous talents in this class. I might have frustrated you a bit, but hopefully you got something useful out of it. And my offer still stands, if you want to come back at a later time and work on websites I’ll be happy to do what I can to help.
I’ve no doubt that all of the goals you set for yourself are reachable if you set out to reach them and I look forward to seeing all of the things you do.
Great job in this class, congratulations on all of your many successes at Samford and please do keep me in the loop!