Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Market Research Questionnaire Analysis

Upon analysing the results of each questionnaire, 55% of them were answered by females and 45% by males. This may affect the results as females may want to see different kinds of things in the magazine when compared to males.

70% of the volunteers do not wish to pay for the magazine, so if we do decide to put a cover price on, it would have to be very low, but it may get more of a response if it is free.

The most popular results for encouraging the students to buy the magazine were music, information on the college and ‘free stuff’, so these are all things that can be included on the cover lines of the magazine.

80% of the people regularly read their college emails. This means that not only can we include the same sort of information as the emails, but we can also advertise things like the release dates of the magazine via email.

It seems the students want the magazine to be monthly, this shouldn’t be a problem in terms of acquiring information and printing each issue, unlike every fortnight which may prove to be not only very costly, but also a huge rush for the reporters.

25% of the students said they would contribute to the magazine. This may not seem like a huge figure at first, but out of the 1600 students here, that is around 400 students who would be willing to contribute.

The sorts of things that the contents page should include are information on music and sports, upcoming events and trips, and gossip. None of the questionnaires specify what sort of gossip, whether it be on students and staff, or celebrities.

Bright colours seem to be the most popular feature for the front cover, as well as pictures of and taken by students. This should be quite easy as so many people are offering to contribute to the magazine.

Finally, 100% of the students who answered the questionnaire are oblivious to the fact that a college magazine exists and they do not buy it. This proves that whatever product is on offer now, isn’t reaching its target audience, and they are not doing it right. However, we plan to change this.

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