Comments on: The Recipe Behind Our Growth and Why We Continue to Add New Languages https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:54:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: orgulous https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11879 orgulous Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:55:51 +0000 https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11879 I hope you keep adding new content on the Cantonese site. It's really helped me in my studying Cantonese here in the United States. I hope you keep adding new content on the Cantonese site. It’s really helped me in my studying Cantonese here in the United States.

]]> By: Innovative Language https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11718 Innovative Language Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:44:56 +0000 https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11718 Hello Jonas, sorry for the late reply and thanks for the great comment. Was really great to read your story and that you passionately support us! That was very motivational for the team! It was really great for me to read that you enjoy our style of teaching, and we'll do our best to keep it going! Hello Julio, could you contact us @ info@? Someone will get back to you right away. Hello Jaacob, thank you for the insightful post. You have a very good point. These days, however, the sites may be lighter on audio and video lessons early on, but come stocked with other compelling features: WordLists, Flashcards and more video lessons. Other factors affecting development time are location of production, popularity of language and resource availability. Depending on where the language is developed, in-house vs. locally, the turn around time can vary significantly. Our roadmap is the same (5 to 9 levels in each language), but development and distribution time tables tend to vary significantly. So for niche languages, we ask for more patience. We will strive our best to bring top quality lessons in all languages to market. Hello Jonas, sorry for the late reply and thanks for the great comment. Was really great to read your story and that you passionately support us! That was very motivational for the team! It was really great for me to read that you enjoy our style of teaching, and we’ll do our best to keep it going!

Hello Julio, could you contact us @ info@? Someone will get back to you right away.

Hello Jaacob, thank you for the insightful post. You have a very good point. These days, however, the sites may be lighter on audio and video lessons early on, but come stocked with other compelling features: WordLists, Flashcards and more video lessons.

Other factors affecting development time are location of production, popularity of language and resource availability. Depending on where the language is developed, in-house vs. locally, the turn around time can vary significantly. Our roadmap is the same (5 to 9 levels in each language), but development and distribution time tables tend to vary significantly. So for niche languages, we ask for more patience. We will strive our best to bring top quality lessons in all languages to market.

]]> By: Jaacob Kai https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11659 Jaacob Kai Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:02:43 +0000 https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11659 This is a great initiative starting Niche-Languages sites, and I'm really thankful, personally (I was requesting Finnish podcasts and that's great! that's on the list now) I'm a pleased costumer, and I have had very positive experience with your Russian-Pod podcasts! However - take a look for example at your www.polishpod101.com - it's been up for more than a year - and there's hardly any useful material online - very few absolute-beginner level lesson - I pity the costumers how registered your PolishPod lesson - firstly - your beginner-level lessons - generally - contain too much english, and are thus not a good time investment to-re-listen to, and there's simply too little to chew on. it's up for more than a year, if they're still on that beginner level after that year - comeon. What I'm trying to say - even the languages you have launched a year ago have so little content (nothing comparing to the major language sites), this is simply not fair towards the users of the niche languages, nor is it tempting to register there. It's a vicious cycle I know, you probably see low number of users registering, so you don't create alot of content, but that's pretty useless launching these minimalistic sitesm there has to be real content. Please seriously consider producing Intermediate-Level lessons for the Niche languages, I know I would register (to Finnish) had it had that, I'm sure alot of users would start flowing in, as you say, there's so little material for these niche languages in a friendly and high-level way, and the few (the 'long-tail') who are interested - are simply thirsty for this kind of knowledge. 1 basic level serious is enough. This is a great initiative starting Niche-Languages sites, and I’m really thankful, personally (I was requesting Finnish podcasts and that’s great! that’s on the list now)
I’m a pleased costumer, and I have had very positive experience with your Russian-Pod podcasts!

However - take a look for example at your http://www.polishpod101.com - it’s been up for more than a year - and there’s hardly any useful material online - very few absolute-beginner level lesson - I pity the costumers how registered your PolishPod lesson - firstly - your beginner-level lessons - generally - contain too much english, and are thus not a good time investment to-re-listen to, and there’s simply too little to chew on.
it’s up for more than a year, if they’re still on that beginner level after that year - comeon.
What I’m trying to say - even the languages you have launched a year ago have so little content (nothing comparing to the major language sites), this is simply not fair towards the users of the niche languages, nor is it tempting to register there.
It’s a vicious cycle I know, you probably see low number of users registering, so you don’t create alot of content, but that’s pretty useless launching these minimalistic sitesm there has to be real content.
Please seriously consider producing Intermediate-Level lessons for the Niche languages, I know I would register (to Finnish) had it had that, I’m sure alot of users would start flowing in, as you say, there’s so little material for these niche languages in a friendly and high-level way, and the few (the ‘long-tail’) who are interested - are simply thirsty for this kind of knowledge. 1 basic level serious is enough.

]]> By: Julio https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11585 Julio Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:24:02 +0000 https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11585 I bougth Learning English volume 1 Lesson 1-50 from audible.com and receive the podcasts without the review track. I can't practice and it doesn't work learning without practice. How can I get the review track?? Thank's I bougth Learning English volume 1 Lesson 1-50 from audible.com and receive the podcasts without the review track. I can’t practice and it doesn’t work learning without practice.
How can I get the review track??
Thank’s

]]> By: Jonas Rydell https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11579 Jonas Rydell Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:33:05 +0000 https://blog.innovativelanguage.com/2012/07/09/the-recipe-behind-our-growth-and-why-we-continue-to-add-new-languages/#comment-11579 Nice post, really insightful and it's interesting to hear how the inner thought processes goes in a language company. Thanks to my own invested time and money with your Japanese site which brought some real good results, I often encourage my Japanese friends to try out your language sites for whatever language they intend to start. Peter, please make sure to never take away the lighthearted humor and anecdotes that fills the podcasts, it is what still defines japanesepod101 in my mind. Nice post, really insightful and it’s interesting to hear how the inner thought processes goes in a language company.

Thanks to my own invested time and money with your Japanese site which brought some real good results, I often encourage my Japanese friends to try out your language sites for whatever language they intend to start.

Peter, please make sure to never take away the lighthearted humor and anecdotes that fills the podcasts, it is what still defines japanesepod101 in my mind.

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