This month I am doing a few experiments in online marketing with my latest Learn Japanese Pod Magazine. The magazine is a free-ish* PDF download with information on traveling in Japan, studying Japanese and more for those Japanophiles and language learners.

This month includes an article on autumn leaves written by Wes Lang of Hiking in Japan fame. There is also a great interview with “Sacchi” who embarked on a culinary cycling tour of Japan starting in Okinawa and ending in Hokkaido.

The magazine is free-ish* as I am trying out a new-ish system where you can get access to the download by paying with a tweet or mentioning it on Facebook. Run by  paywithatweet.com, the idea is to use a social payment system to generate a buzz online.

I can see a few possible outcomes as a result of this experiment.

1) People completely ignore it.

2) It spreads across the internet like a Rebecca Black parody video becoming an instant sensation

3) It annoys the hell out of people

4) Or not

5) A mixture of the above

It will be interesting to see what happens and I’ll be posting the results later this month.

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Stay tuned to see what happens…