5 Tips to Optimize Podcast Transcripts on your Blog

The reasons behind providing transcript of a podcast or a video on one’s blog is two fold – providing your readers an alternative means to consume your content while optimizing your blog for search engines.

Readers who want to skim through your content are given the choice to do so; instead of subjecting them to listen to the whole of your podcast.

Search engines index your transcript (or blog post) and rank your page in order of what it believes is most relevant.

Hence, it is very important to optimize your podcast transcript for search engines to drive more traffic to your blog.  This can be achieved with little or no effort.

How To Outsource Transcription and Data Entry [video]

This is a video by Tyrone Shum talking about how to outsource transcription and data entry.



Transcript of the video: Coming soon!

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Addition vs Edition

Addition – Addition refers to something that is added.

Ex: Are you good at addition? What's 754 plus 988?

The latest addition on their house cost over fifty thousand dollars.

Edition – Edition refers to something that is edited/published.

Ex: The new edition of the book will be published next month.

Do you prefer the daily or weekly edition of the news?
He gave me a first edition of Alice in Wonderland.

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How to Hire for Your Transcription Business

Hiring transcribers is one of the most crucial part of setting up/running a transcription business.  It can make or break your transcription business. However, it's often overlooked by entrepreneurs desperate to push the transcription business to maximize production.

Transcription training: Is it necessary?

Is training or doing a course in transcription necessary?  This is one of the most common questions asked by people interested in finding a transcription job.

It's a valid question.

The honest answer is: it depends on the niche you choose.

Can Transcription be replaced by Voice Recognition Softwares?

Traditional transcription by a transcriber can never be replaced by so called voice recognition softwares and machines.

What is Dictation?

Dictation or audio dictation is the process of dictating material on to an audio recorder for transcription.

A dictation machine is a device used to record speech for transcription.

A dictation is often done by an author who wants his dictation transcribed, formatted and edited for use.  A dictation can be a message in the form of letters, memos, or even reports.

A dictation can be a recording of conversation or conference calls of some import.

These days digital dictations in mp3 formats are sent across the internet for transcription.

Busy lawyers often dictate letters and correspondences to get it transcribed and ready to use by the next working day.

Urgent dictations are done where the dictation is sent out to the client ASAP for the client to use.


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Do Transcription Companies Need to Blog?

YES!

Yes, transcription companies need to blog.  In fact, every business need to blog.

What is TAT in Transcription?

TAT simply means turn-around time.

The time taken to complete a transcription and return the final transcript to the author is called turn-around time or TAT.

The author is the one who records the audio dictation and is usually the client who uses the services of a transcription company.

TAT is an important criterion in transcription.

A quick TAT on the part of the transcription company means efficiency.  Although the shorter the TAT the price of transcription would go up.

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Why Podcast Transcription?

Podcast transcription has become a vital part of online content production.  Bloggers, podcasters, video bloggers, webmasters take advantage of podcast transcription to improve their conversion rates, pageviews and engagement.

Become a Transcriber - Four Very Good Reasons NOT To!

While there is a very low barrier to entry to become a transcriber, it isn't easy to be an excellent transcriber.  It takes more than just being a good typist.  It takes more than knowing English. It takes a lot of dedication and will-power to sustain a career in transcription.

While there are a thousand reasons why any person could become a transcriber, here are five very good reasons not to become a transcriber.

5 Pitfalls of Transcription Businesses

When you're running a transcription business, the last thing you want to focus on is failure. But if you address these common reasons for failure up front, you'll be much less likely to fall victim to them yourself. Here are the top 5 reasons why transcription businesses fail.

1. Management has no idea about transcription
Most transcription businesses start off on a very high note/hope.  They get a couple of million dollar contracts and start hiring transcribers and proofreaders. And, a few months later you hear the company no more. 

It's rather unfortunate but when the management has no inkling of an idea about transcription the business always, always ends in failure. Having no personal knowledge about the business they tend to hire the wrong personnel or focus on the wrong things.