- Mission statement of your press:
Publication type and frequency
The publication is a magazine that is to be published once a month.
Staff content
Editorial team comprising of the chief editor, assistant editor, head of staff and two writers/journalists, they will be paid from the money earned from the sales.
- Acquisitions:
What type of submissions?
- Articles from teenagers and the junior youth
- Educational and academic articles from relevant authorities including parents, and educators
- Trending persons in high ranking positions in society. We will talk them into giving their stories voluntarily.
- Short stories
- Biographies gotten by the staff from their research work.
What genre of authors? They will be approached by the management and the authors really don’t have to be renowned ones. We can begin with starts in the industry.
- Classic writer who will write classical literature stories
- Health writer
- General nonfiction writer
- Science fiction and fantasy writer
How will you access them?
- Personally inviting them to work with the magazine. For starters, they are new in the industry and this will be a platform to market their work.
How will the manuscripts be judged?
- The chief editor will vet the manuscripts
Authors’ responsibilities
- Proof reading written articles
- Fact checking the articles
- Funding (no inheritances or other dues ex machine allowed!):
What types?
- Asking for grants
- Asking for financial help from friends
- Sales from the magazines
In what priority of application?
- Stakeholders and the education sector
- Friends
- Government funding
- Sales from the magazines
Of what elements will the press’s ongoing income consist?
- Profits acquired from the sale of the magazines and also money gotten from advertisers who use space in the magazine
How would you function if 50% of your ongoing income were cancelled?
- Try so much to capitalize on making sales and multiply profits while featuring more advertisements
- Design:
Press logo?
Covers, catalogues, page design?
- The covers, catalogues and page design will be designed each time a publication is being prepared
Art? Poetry placement
- Well researched, evaluated and vetted poetry will be featured in this magazine. The poems will be placed on the last page of the magazine and they will be gotten from poetry books.
- Marketing:
What “free” publicity will you always employ for every title?
- Use of social media
- Attach its launch to a nonprofit organization’s activities
What other low-cost marketing will you use?
- Use the schools that these teens go to by conducting talks about the magazine in the schools.
How will you update current clients?
- I will use local media, social media, emails and personally visiting them
How will you access new clients?
- I will keep advertising on social media sites because many young people have got access to it
