Start Your Own Magazine OfCourse
Price: USD 20
USD 38
  • Duration: Flexible

Course details

Includes 42 lectures and over an hour of content.
  • Learn how to find your audience and obtain a following.
  • Learn about page layouts, feature spreads and the fundamentals of putting your magazine together.
  • Discover how to manage deadlines, research potential articles and conduct interviews.
  • This course is suitable for anyone interested in self publishing or creating an online magazine

This course will teach you all the essential elements for creating and publishing your own magazine online. It provides an easy to follow guide for page layouts, featured content and the best ways to research and write about the things you are passionate about. You will also learn how to identify your audience, obtain a following and make money from advertising within your magazine.

You're in good hands with Rosie, the teacher for this course. She is an internationally recognised Destination Wedding Specialist, magazine publisher and marketer. She won the ‘International Women in Publishing Award 1996′ and created the marketing sensation of The Ultimate Job in the World in 2010. Rosies a pro at her craft and offers indispensable tips and guidance for all things publishing!

This course is suitable for anyone interested in creating or writing original content and sharing their knowledge and passions with an online community. You will learn how to produce a magazine and have complete control over the content you publish. You will also learn how to take your magazine from a rough draft to the final pdf, As well as, obtain a following and make money doing it!

Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Say hi to your fellow students and tell them why you're taking this course!
  • Share your new course with family and friends!
Content Creation
  • Organising content
  • Handout - Who is your reader?
  • Handout -Your Editorial Plan
  • Handout - Spreadsheet Worksheet
  • Handout - How many pages?
  • Handout - Content Worksheet
  • Handout - Great Content for Free
  • Handout - Size and layout
  • Handout - Page Plan - Blank
  • Handout - Get to know your readers
  • Handout - Getting Big Shots into your Magazine
  • Handout - Interviews made simple
  • Handout - Where to get images
  • Handout - Summary
Layout Like a Pro
  • Introduction to the layout
  • The Cover Templates
  • The Content Layout
  • Page layouts
  • Single Page Layout
  • Double Page Spread
  • Assigning Pages
  • 2 Page Feature
  • 3 Page Layout
  • News Page
  • Sample advertising Page
Putting your magazine live
  • How to turn your pages into a PDF
  • How to use issuu
  • Uploading your mag to your site
How to get readers
  • Handout - Your Website
  • Handout - Your Website - Continued
  • Handout - Worksheet
  • Handout - Trade Shows
  • Handout - Networking
  • Handout - Sample Tracking
  • Handout - Advertising
Making money from your magazine
  • Handout - Introduction to making money
  • Handout - Affiliates
  • Handout - Selling Subscriptions
  • Handout - Selling advertising
  • Handout - Rosies Wedding Magazine
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Updated on 14 October, 2018

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