Proofreading

Before we sent off our magazine I (Holly) proof read through the whole magazine, what I did was look for any spelling mistakes and any grammar problems. These were the main two things I was looking for. However I did look to see if all the images and text where lined up in the right place and if the adverts where all correct. If I found a problem I would highlight it on a hard copy of the magazine I had and then show leanne who then changed any problems on the Indesgin file. One problem that kept coming up was the font we were using kept taking away letters from words. This was a large issue, however from proofreading magazine we sorted this out. When I had read through it all the small problems were sorted and it was ready to send to the printers. Im glad I overall look it as if we had sent the text to the printer how it was we could of been a big problem. This is one thing I have really learnt from doing the magazine is to check everything more than once and make sure more than one person as overlook it.

Money collecting

We have already made a profit on the magazine without even distributing it yet. Our printers are costing us £500, we have £550 which has come from advertisers, the bake sale and a few small donations. So we have £50 profit already. I have £320 in my bank at the moment which has been payed in by the advertisers either by direct debit or cheque. We are now only waiting for 3 more payments, one from the Cambridge Cookery School, Professional Academy and The Removal Company. We are waiting for a cheque from the Cambridge Cookery School, a direct debit payment from The Professional Academy and cash from The Removal Company as it's Leanne's dads company.

Cambridge Tour Guide

I (Leanne) contacted Cambridge Tour Guide on twitter asking if they put magazines on there website, they asked more about it and I explained what we were and got interested. They left us an email to contact them and I explained more about it all. However I got a weird email back and is not sure now what is going on. Hopeing that they gave us an weird email they will have to put us in.

Online updates

The online pages (facebook and twitter) are slowly getting more likes and followers however its coming up strong with getting the word out and helping us on the way! Facebook is helping us get the word across to friends and people we didnt know about. Twitter is helping us contact people we wouldnt of been able to chat to otherwise.


The numbers are rising in followers and like which is postive out look and when things are written on the pages people retweet and like.

Radio!

On twitter I (Leanne) decided to contact one of the presenters of Star Radio, Ryan Taylor. I thought I would be cheeky and come up front and ask to be on his show, he got interested and said he would meet us to talk about it. I was so happy for the chance to able to get a wide audience to talk about our magazine and have our hard work showcased to 100s of people!

Star Radio

I (Leanne) contacted Ryan Taylor from Star Radio via Twitter saying we should be on his show. It was a direct approach but I believed he would see the funny side to it and it would attract him in. He replied laughing and asking what it was all about, so I explained the whole idea and what it is. Then we got his email and arranged a meeting for friday. This is to show him what we are all about and if he would be interested to show case us on there.

We are sending a magazine over before hand so he can see it with out us there. This can not happen until we receive the magazines.

Advertisers

To be able to get the magazine printed we need money, and to get the money we needed advertisers. We worked extremely hard, pestering people to get the advertisements we needed to get the magazine printed. Many people were interested and we even had to turn people down once we had filled all the pages. 

Here is a list of the advertisers we have; 

Burwash Manor

White House Arts

Hair Care Bunch

The Dressing Room

Learn to Cook

Cambridge Professional Academy

Stabo

Removal Company

Anglia Ruskin Fashion

Alliance Francaise