Comments on: There is a new Cat in Town – Learn2Lingo.com launched

By: Wil

Wil — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:47:55 +0000

@ Chinamike
Hi, I'm one of the writers for the learn2lingo blog. Thanks for the feedback on our blog and I'll certainly try to make sure there is more info about the team on there in the future. We do actually have some posts about the team and L2L events there but because it's updated so regularly, they tend not to stay on the front page long.

We use the blog to reflect the diversity of the languages on the site and have a lot of guest posts from teachers of all different languages. There are articles on everything from Basque to Swahili and a range of multilingual posts by teachers from all over the world

By: l2l Team

l2l Team — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:22:41 +0000

http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/there-is-a-new-cat-in-town-learn2lingo-com-launched/ http://bit.ly/6zljrF

By: George Preston

George Preston — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:44:28 +0000

RT @KirstenWinkler New Blog Post: There is a new Cat in Town – @Learn2Lingo launched http://bit.ly/5w9LL7 #language #learning #marketplace

By: KirstenWinkler

KirstenWinkler — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:56:29 +0000

I think the pricing is made to attract students. 7,50 Euro for a “teacher” is… well, you know what I am thinking about this. They won't get professionals with this kind of pricing for sure.
But I think they want to target schools anyway. The offer is pretty interesting and it is also mentioned that schools will be able to set own rates.
We'll see, still waiting for an answer

By: chinamike

chinamike — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:45:15 +0000

Kirsten I went and had a look. Like you, I certainly like the layout of the site. I like the cartoony nature of the site because I think it says heh, this stuff is real easy to figure out and we don't take ourselves so seriously.

This could be a drawback however for corporate business users, but I'm guessing that is not their target.

I like the fact they charge a fixed commission and set the rates. It makes it easy to make comparisons. But heh, did you check out the commission rate. A hefty 21%. I wonder if this is the balancing point for this kind of business?

The first place I go to when I visit these sites is the blog. I look for that personal touch and a message from top management about who they are and where they hope to go. There was none of that. The blog was a bit too cold and impersonal for me. Too bad, considering the wonderfully diverse background of their team.

Maybe we will see more coming from their blog in the future. Sadly the video of Shira was maddeningly slow to load in China.

By: Kirsten Winkler

Kirsten Winkler — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:20:49 +0000

New Blog Post: There is a new Cat in Town – @Learn2Lingo launched http://bit.ly/5w9LL7 #language #learning #marketplace