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Hm. Are you familiar with Danny Choo[1]? I talked to him briefly about some work a while back; very nice, down to earth guy, and he's absolutely huge with Jap

Hm. Are you familiar with Danny Choo[1]? I talked to him briefly about some work a while back; very nice, down to earth guy, and he's absolutely huge with Japanophiles. If you can either trade work or get him interested in your service, a little promotion from him would go a very, very long way. [1]Could be mildly NSFW for those in an office: http://www.dannychoo.com/ http://www.dannychoo.com/

albertoavila 14y ago
Kirai[1] is also huge on the spanish speaking otaku communities, could be helpful if you get him to write a blog entry about your service. He also lives on japan, and last time i read his blog he worked on twitter. http://www.kirainet.com/ http://www.kirainet.com/
- bemmu 14y ago
  So far in my experience, cold-contacting bloggers doesn't really work. Also, it makes me feel like a pest to try it. Perhaps if I got an introduction or met them at an event I might have better luck.
bemmu 14y ago
He seems like such a celebrity that I didn't dare to dream that there might be a way to get him to mention the service.
- obviouslygreen 14y ago
  Dream it! Just don't necessarily expect much and at least you'll know you've tried. I dropped him an email about some work he was advertising and didn't hear back for something like six months, but he did get back. If you put together something brief, professional, and interesting, it could be worth a shot, and it'll only take an hour or so of your time. Since you're actually in-country, you also have a big advantage: He makes all sorts of appearances; if you can coordinate a trip to match something he's doing, you could always just stop in with a business card and say hi. Not to say anything would definitely come of it, of course... but it seems like a pretty good upside with a fairly minimal investment. Could be worthwhile.

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Hm. Are you familiar with Danny Choo[1]? I talked to him briefly about some work a while back; very nice, down to earth guy, and he's absolutely huge with Jap

by obviouslygreen 14y ago

albertoavila 14y ago
Kirai[1] is also huge on the spanish speaking otaku communities, could be helpful if you get him to write a blog entry about your service. He also lives on japan, and last time i read his blog he worked on twitter. http://www.kirainet.com/ http://www.kirainet.com/
- bemmu 14y ago
  So far in my experience, cold-contacting bloggers doesn't really work. Also, it makes me feel like a pest to try it. Perhaps if I got an introduction or met them at an event I might have better luck.
bemmu 14y ago
He seems like such a celebrity that I didn't dare to dream that there might be a way to get him to mention the service.
- obviouslygreen 14y ago
  Dream it! Just don't necessarily expect much and at least you'll know you've tried. I dropped him an email about some work he was advertising and didn't hear back for something like six months, but he did get back. If you put together something brief, professional, and interesting, it could be worth a shot, and it'll only take an hour or so of your time. Since you're actually in-country, you also have a big advantage: He makes all sorts of appearances; if you can coordinate a trip to match something he's doing, you could always just stop in with a business card and say hi. Not to say anything would definitely come of it, of course... but it seems like a pretty good upside with a fairly minimal investment. Could be worthwhile.