bella's blog

 My product engages with multiple audiences. These audiences include begin or cooks, parents, people to cook for the holidays and multiple others. It engages these audiences byProviding recipes for multiple types of food mostly focused on holiday foods. My product would be distributed as a real media text in multiple ways. Not only would I have multiple issues for the magazine, but I would also make a website. On the website similar to other food magazine website, I would have a way to subscribe to the magazine. I would also include a brief overview of what each issue talks about . So my audiences know what they will be receiving.

When you first open the website for the cookinglight magazine, they give you a chance to subscribe to their magazine. They market to multiple audiences throughout their website. This includes vegetarians, those on a gluten free diet, beginner cooks, and more. They provide various recipies for each diet and explains how it benefits your help. They also market by having a shop on their website that sells cooking utensils needed to make some of the recipes. They also have a tab for advertising. This earns the company money by allowing other company's to advertise their products or services the cookinglight website or in the magazines.

Food Network Magazine uses a variety of methods to distribute their product. The first page that opens when you click on their website is a sign up page for a subscription. At the top it also has links to their social media accounts including Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and Youtube. They also provide an email. They also have a link on their website that provides information about the Food Network Show. By doing this, they are allowing their audience to grow. Food network also has a blog on their website. Online they also provide recipes they show in the show and in their magazine.

Taste of home is a food magazine. It has various editions targeting multiple audiences. For example, this one is targeting slow cookers. This targets beginners for example, young adults, similar to articles in my magazine. They advertise in multiple ways. One way they advertise is by having an annual event in Madison Square Park. In this event, kids cook live in front of culinary specialists, who give them tips. This event promotes the magazine greatly. They even sell their magazines at the event. There is another event they put on in Madison Square Park called gingerbread blvd. Its a tree lighting event with a plethora or different foods that are in the magazines. This helps promote their magazine because if people try the food and like it, they will buy the magazine to learn how to make it.

This magazine is similar to mine in multiple ways. For example it is a food magazine, but a holiday edition. I like the picture they used on the cover, and i might try and do something similar when i take new pictures. They used Christmas colors and cookies to portray the idea that the magazine is focused on holiday food. The subtitles they used were also eye catching. The magazine appeals to multiple audiences. This include people who enjoy cooking/baking. According to stereotypes this would appeal to mostly to women. Food network markets their magazine on their TV show. By doing this, they get a bigger audience because they have multiple forms of media advertising their magazines.