MAGAZINE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is Our neighbor Ipswich Magazine professionally done?

 Before hiring our magazine team for editorial, photography, graphic design, and printing, we took time to select those who have been in the actual industry of magazine publishing business. Furthermore, searching for a reliable company to outsource for our design needs was one of the most important tasks in setting up our team. Magazines are anything but a one-time engagement — for publishers with dreams of seeing their publication take off, their design firm can be a pivotal partner in the success of the venture for years to come. So it was important to consider our options carefully, to evaluate each designer thoughtfully and find the best possible fit for our needs. We have a professional, dedicated editorial, design and printing teams.

Does the firm specialize in magazine design, how many years of experience in magazine design do they have under their belt, and how many high-quality magazine designs have they published?

The magazine design is a unique specialty in the graphic design field, and one in which a relatively small number of designers have substantial experience. Magazine design and layout requires a sustained level of creativity and the ability to create a design rhythm within a publication that makes it come together as an integrated whole — and makes it a joy for readers to peruse. Our design team has been in magazine design business for over 20 years now; our printing team has been in the printing business for over 25 years now and the publisher has been in editorial and production engagements for 34 years, which is the reason Our Neighbor Ipswich Magazine is considered a top niche community magazine.

Does the design style of Our Neighbor Ipswich Magazine mesh well with the magazine you planned to publish?

Indeed. Our Neighbor Ipswich Magazine’s range of design styles mesh well with the magazine we planned to publish. For one to produce a favorably competent magazine, has to first and foremost, take a good look at a designer’s magazine portfolio. Do their design samples reflect the target audience to whom you plan to market your magazine? Make sure the magazine designer understands who your market is and what their preferences are — that will be essential to engaging the audience and critical to the success of your publishing venture, the way Our Neighbor Ipswich magazine is faring.

Are the staff at Our Neighbor Ipswich Magazine capable of producing issues reliably on an ongoing basis, according to the frequency of your magazine?

Producing magazine issues can be a hectic business, and for magazines published monthly or more frequently, the production cycle is continuous, and often more than one issue is in production at the same time. Printer and distributor schedules require magazine production schedules to be carried out with diligent precision and impeccable reliability, and magazine publishers can’t afford to rely on a firm that doesn’t have a stellar track record with regard to meeting deadlines time and time again. Be sure to check client references and get a feel for the designer’s workload capacity, reliability and responsiveness under pressure. Our team at Our Neighbor Ipswich Magazine is committed to producing the publication on a monthly basis.