Magazines have been evolving. From glossy, colorful, information-packed printed periodicals, many magazines have made the move to digital. Magazines and other periodicals have had mixed results on the web, depending on their execution. These days, even if you do still have a printed publication—magazine, newsletter, journal, advisory—you must also have a digital version.
There are many ways to do this, from flip books to PDFs to proprietary apps. But sometimes, simpler is better. Ideally, your issues should be integrated into your website with HTML pages, making the magazine mobile-responsive and easy to read and navigate on any digital device. Plus, putting your magazine online makes it accessible to more readers—and you, of course, control the level of access. So, how best to entice readers to peruse your premium magazine content? Enter the Magazine Homepage.
There are two primary reasons to have a great Magazine Homepage. One, of course, is to get your users to navigate to your magazine’s current HTML issue. The other is to showcase your deep library of digital back issues.
Digital back issue library? Why, yes!
Do you remember when your parents or grandparents kept all their print editions of National Geographic magazine? They had all that printed content that they deemed worthy of storing for reference, and the only way to do that was on a physical bookshelf. Well, today’s publishing world takes magazine back-issue storage to a whole new level! Done right, a website’s Magazine Homepage is a great way to illustrate the library of back issues that have been digitized into HTML.
Like any homepage, the first impression a visitor gets online better be good, or they may not be back. If you make navigation a nightmare, you may lose them before they even get a peek at your content. You have the power to make a welcoming, inviting, strong and effective Magazine Homepage that is a genuine reflection of your brand, your content and your premium product—and that will keep visitors engaged.
But what if your Magazine Homepage has confusing navigation, leaving visitors lost and frustrated? Say goodbye to that prospect. Follow the best practices that have already been proven to work to boost traffic, sales, and revenue. The answer to improving a stale Magazine Homepage is to, well, “follow the leader”—that is, emulate the best practices of those who have paved the way for you and have already successfully deployed traffic-boosting Magazine Homepages!
Welcome to Mequoda Pro’s Template Tutorial for a “Magazine Homepage” that uses clear navigation and user-friendly functionality to create a welcoming online space for website visitors seeking high quality, premium content. Want to boost engagement with your online magazine? This Template Tutorial for Magazine Homepage best practices is for you!
With this Magazine Homepage Template Tutorial, you’ll get every detail about what makes a successful Magazine Homepage. And you can follow along, step by step, to ensure that your own Magazine Homepage is perfectly designed to maximize impact on your visitors!
In fact, this Template Tutorial isn’t just a step-by-step guide for building your own powerhouse Magazine Homepage, it’s a disciplined checklist of every important element so you won’t miss anything critical.
And it’s not just a bunch of marketing theory—this Magazine Homepage, when properly designed and deployed, is a real-life example of how to attract and retain more magazine website visitors. And once they land, they won’t be able to resist the engaging content you have ready for them!
To give you some content-rich inspiration, we’re featuring the Magazine Homepage from Food Gardening Network, a publishing venture wholly-owned and operated by Mequoda. Food Gardening Network was founded by food gardeners for food gardeners. Its mission is to give gardeners the tips, tools, advice, and recipes they need to grow their own good food at home.
When Food Gardening Network launched its monthly magazine, the deployment of an effective Magazine Homepage at the website was a key part of the strategy to showcase premium content in an appealing way.
In this Template Tutorial for a Magazine Homepage, you’ll discover:
- What is the page’s “Nameplate Header” and why does it matter? How should you design your Magazine Homepage’s “Nameplate Header?”
- How, exactly, should you display the current magazine issue? Should it go above the fold? Where should you place the cover of the magazine? How many links to the current issue should you include on the homepage?
- What about the digital magazine library? How should you display the older issues?
- How useful is the “Hamburger Menu” icon?
- Where’s the best place to display social media icons? Are there any special settings you should use for those links?
- How should you structure the Sign-in/Register/Join functionality?
- How does Intra-Site Search work? What are best practices for setting up Magazine Homepage navigation?
- What should you include in your Magazine Homepage footer?
- How can you optimize your Magazine Homepage for mobile responsiveness?
- And more!
With this Template Tutorial, you get a printable checklist for ensuring that you always follow best practices when developing your own Magazine Homepage.
And, while this Template Tutorial walks you through Food Gardening Network’s real-life example, you also get lists of testing ideas for every element—so that you are well-equipped to deploy a successful Magazine Homepage and continuously improve upon it with meaningful testing!
Bottom Line: If you want to increase engagement with your premium magazine content and draw in new readers—take a page out of the Food Gardening Network playbook and test your own version of this Magazine Homepage today! You’ll attract more visitors to your Magazine Homepage and have more opportunities to draw visitors ever closer to becoming subscribers.
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- Learn all the basics of digital publishing and marketing.
- Get do-it-yourself tools and templates for starting, managing, and growing your own publishing operation.
