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| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5342 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 41 of 61 05 July 2011 at 6:37pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
To master one, sure. http://norvig.com/21-days.html 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| DavidW Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6524 days ago 318 posts - 458 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French, Italian, Persian, Malay Studies: Russian, Arabic (Written), Portuguese, German, Urdu | Message 42 of 61 05 July 2011 at 7:11pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I think comparing cost to other language materials is a little misleading. With the
right knowledge and methods, you can efficiently and enjoyably learn a language for practically nothing (public libraries, the free online FSI materials, assemble your own bilingual texts to use with public domain audiobooks, make friends with native speakers etc.) With the wrong approach, you could spend years, spend thousands, and have little to show for it. When setting a price, there will be a value for which you would expect the maximum return.. as price goes up, sales go down, but total revenue might continue to rise. This value is impossible to know with any certainty, unless you are a big publisher with sales information about a whole range of similar products. I would suggest though, that you set the price at the lower end of the price range that you expect to produce the maximum profit. This might mean a small decrease in your earnings, but might mean that your materials would benefit many more people, who might be prepared to also purchase any other products you produce in the future. It may be that you have to chosen to sell at a high price to differentiate your product from other similar materials on the market, and give the expectation that the learner will benefit more from your course. Well, people do generally associate cost with expected benefit. Pricing is difficult. You might think about giving away a number of free 'review copies' to some of the more well known members of this board, on the understanding that they will produce an honest review. People would probably want some assurances before spending that much money. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6917 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 43 of 61 05 July 2011 at 7:30pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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John McWhorter (professor and author of several language books) has also published a complete linguistics course on CD available at your local library or on Amazon for $26.00
The Story of Human Language or available on 6 DVDs for as low as $67.00: The Story of Human Language Course Edited by translator2 on 05 July 2011 at 7:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6009 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 44 of 61 05 July 2011 at 8:05pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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(...not to mention the many linguistics lectures available through OpenCourseWare or iTunes U....)
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| Linguisticator1 Newbie United States linguisticator.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4893 days ago 3 posts - 11 votes | Message 45 of 61 05 July 2011 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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I've said my piece on this forum; if you have any questions for me, please feel free to email at any time at aaron@linguisticator.com. Enjoy your language learning. Thanks!
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| Lianne Senior Member Canada thetoweringpile.blog Joined 5113 days ago 284 posts - 410 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Toki Pona, German, French | Message 46 of 61 05 July 2011 at 8:49pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
I stand by what I wrote. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5342 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 47 of 61 05 July 2011 at 11:36pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
To master a language takes 10 years. C is very old, yet people still use it ;P 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6548 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 48 of 61 06 July 2011 at 12:28am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
He's smart not to stick around. I can't think of a polyglot, selling a product, who has done well by defending themselves here. Much as I dislike him, Benny has probably been the most successful. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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