If we look into what the first-ever magazine, back in the 1700’s looked like, we will realize that we have come a long way. Or let’s say that the media has come a long way. People these days; rely on online text a lot and online readings rates have rapidly increased in the previous years. It might sound surprising but people cherish the ability to search for any book, magazine or newspaper and read it at any time they find convenient via the web. It is not wrong to predict that we might lose the need of a handy magazine sooner or later as online digital magazines fulfill our needs much better. Why spend dollars on getting the best magazine when you can get something similar to it online? And why sit aside while you can create your own magazine and publish it online?
A lot of people decide to create a magazine published online but they just drop the idea as they don’t have the proper guidelines for it. It is easy to create a magazine if you have a handful of great guidelines and tips to follow. However, here you are going to get something similar to that to use! If you are having trouble kick-start the journey to design your own e-magazine, then here are the basic guidelines for it. What are the things that you must use before you make a digital magazine? How to start? It is all just in here.
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Set a Budget for your publication:
To make your own magazine, you have to take an estimate of how much money you will need. While you imagine your online magazine, take into consideration your rate of return, current economy, and savings. You must also have an idea of how much money are you willing to invest to advertise your online magazine. If you are planning to hire any staff; you need to estimate their minimum pay rate and how you will be managing your budget. You can ask your friends or family to volunteer and maybe you can pay them a bit.
Plan:
Okay! So before you begin to convert your PDF file into an online magazine, you need to have a basic plan in your mind or maybe on a piece of paper. You need to have a plan about how you will start and design your magazine and make it profitable as well. You won’t be doing so much hard work for simply NOTHING in return, right? Your business plan must have all the goals that you want to achieve with your online magazine publishing. How you are going to make your magazine digital, the mission to achieve with it, the content that you want to add to it, and your plans for attracting the audience; every detail must be in your plan! Moreover, when you think about the market strategy, keep an eye on the audience that you will be targeting. This depends on the topic that you have chosen. Do some research on the digital magazines that are already online under the topic that you choose to write your magazine about. Make your business plan all set before you begin to publish your own magazine cover.
Name it:
Don’t stick to one idea for the name of your magazine cover. A wide range of names will do the best job for you. Make sure that the name you choose will attract your target audience. Also, make sure that the title of your magazine cover does not resemble the already accessible online magazines. The logo of your magazine is also supposed to be interesting for the readers as it will be your basic identity. Plan all of this before you make your magazine digital.
Outlining:
The magazine content, once published online, can become a matter of shame if you do not get it grammatically correct. Even if it fails to attract readers, your content will be titled as poor quality writing. Therefore, outline all the content that you wish to add to your magazine before you start. Research the topics well and then proofread them as well.
Once you have all these basic things done, you are all set to easy use and publish your own magazine online for and share your content also a social media networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and many more. It is important to have the fundamentals done before you start making it real and start sharing on Facebook or Twitter.