Pop magazines use exclusive stories, free posters, and articles about popular celebrities like Niall from One Direction to attract readers and boost sales. The magazines draw readers in with "special reports" on exclusive gossip that can only be found in the magazine. Free posters mentioned at the end of articles encourage readers to purchase the issue. Featuring well-known artists adds further appeal to the target audience of young girls.

1. The use of a puff is also a massive reason
why pop magazines sell so well. This is Pop magazines always seem to have
because they always include interesting posters within their magazine, given
facts/stories that are included inside the away as a free gift to the readership.
magazine. This one in particular has ‘special Many young girls love to fill up their
report’ written around it which draws in the bedroom walls with popular artists so
reader and makes the story featured sound this is a good thing to have in a pop
exclusive and informs the readership that magazine. The reference to the free
this information cannot be acquired poster is placed in the bottom area of
anywhere else. The readership will love to the right hand third and is one of the
read exclusive gossip because it means last places the TA will look, leaving it
they’re the first to know and they are ‘in fresh in their mind and acting as a last
with the crowd’. As the article itself focuses persuasive push to buy the magazine.
on Niall from One Direction, this is another The artists featured in this sell-line are
thing that will draw in the target audience, also well known which will add more
as they are likely to be big fans of this boy appeal to the TA.
band as it is the most popular one in the
world. Equally, the readership will be
interested in finding out how Niall managed
to achieve such an amazing thing.