Business Magazine of the Year (more than 5,000 circulation)

Criteria

This Award is for the business magazine with a circulation of more than 5,000 published monthly or at least four times per year that most clearly demonstrates excellence in its market. The winning magazine will demonstrate audience retention or growth, robust market share and competitive positioning, as well as sound commercial results. This will all be built on a foundation of outstanding editorial and design, together with a sure understanding of the needs of the audience.

Although the judges will note how effectively the brand has been developed across other platforms, the focus for this entry is on magazine excellence, either as a digital edition and/or in print.

Judges will assess overall performance during the past year, including circulation and readership figures and achievement within the magazine’s competitive set, and commercial performance during the past year, including relevant financial and yield data. Judges will also take into account how each entrant has dealt with the challenges faced during the past year.

Requirements

Tell us in a few bullet points, why you should win this award. Ensure you answer the individual category criteria, as that’s what the judges will be marking against. (Guide word count – 200 words)

Please feel free to upload one additional document with supporting information (can be Word or PDF, max 5Mb). The judges find the following information useful when judging. Please include, if relevant and available:

> Circulation by size and type (free, controlled, newstrade, subscription)

> Audit method (if applicable)

> Relevant revenue / profit figures

> Growth statistics

> Other performance statistics and results / evidence of success

> Website data: page impressions (monthly / yearly), monthly unique users

> Any additional online data

Each submission must consist of the following:

> One entry form

> Three separate issues of the magazine (these may be consecutive), each carrying a cover date from the last 12 months

> Each submission should contain a high resolution print quality scan (300 dpi jpeg) of the magazine cover from one of the three issues submitted.

Please submit the magazine cover or relevant image to represent this entry (min. 300 dpi, max. 5Mb) along with a copy of your company logo to: https://www.wetransfer.com/

Please do not submit any other material – it will not be sent to or considered by the judges

Once the online entry form has been completed please make sure you send us all the hard copy material relevant to the category entered (including magazines, examples of work) to Grace Aungier, Magazines Ireland, 63 Patrick Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

IMA Business Magazine of the Year (more than 5,000 circulation) Nomination Form