Comments on: (Guest Post) Outsourcing Transcription of Your Podcast, Teleseminar, and Audio Files

By: Carey Suante - Transcriber

Carey Suante - Transcriber — Sat, 14 May 2011 19:56:23 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with Loretto.

I’m also one of those who prefer reading to listening.

As for bloggers or any online entrepreneurs if you’re not getting your podcasts transcribed you’re leaving money on the table.

Here are 11 Reasons why you should provide transcripts of your podcasts:

Posting the transcripts of your podcasts to your blog/website provides the rich text content for search engines to index. Most search engines do not index your audio file. To get traffic to your site, you need regular, quality text content.

Your podcast listeners will enjoy having a text version side by side while listening for reference and skim. By providing all the options for your audience, they will remember which podcasts are more user friendly than others. What is important is that the audience is given a choice.

Some people simply prefer to read the content rather than listen. Many use the content as a reference for further studies and research. Reading a transcript can also be helpful if the voices on the podcast are hard to understand.

By providing podcast transcripts, you are broadening your audience and reaching more people like hearing impaired people.

The transcripts of podcasts can be used as blog posts.

Transcripts of your podcasts can also be turned into ebooks.

It’s easier to monitize your podcasts with accompanying transcripts using contextual ads like Google AdSense.

You are over-delivering when you provide transcripts of podcasts.

You are one step ahead of your competition, who has no transcripts, with podcast transcription.

It is possible to link to other relevant blog posts and resources from within the podcast transcripts.

For most people English is their second or even third language. They may not comprehend fully from what they hear, but with transcripts it becomes easier for them to understand what you say.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:07:50 +0000

In reply to Savvy Subcontracting.

Podcast transcripts make great ebooks – excellent content repurposing 😉

By: Savvy Subcontracting

Savvy Subcontracting — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:13:41 +0000

You don’t know how thrilled I am to read this. My monthly podcast series with multi-VA firms answering FAQ of subcontractors needs to be put into a transcript. Which I have no experience in. It may be my next goal to make all podcasts available in an ebook.

By: Anita Hampl

Anita Hampl — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:56:42 +0000

Loretta,
At the risk of sounding like a “me too”, I need to say “Me,too!” I often surf the web at Starbucks in-between client meetings or while waiting for soccer practice to end. I am not going to have an audio (or video) going in public, that’s just rude. And I’m not going to carry headphones with me to soccer, that’s just inconvenient. Give me the text or go into my “pay attention to later” folder.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:17:41 +0000

I agree with Peggy. I find myself downloading the transcript and printing it out so I can take it along to read on the go. (Thankfully my hubby does the driving) 🙂 I guess I could download the audio onto my ipod, but I find myself drifting off to sleep when I listen.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:25:58 +0000

In reply to Peggy Baron. Thanks Peggy :) I tend to absorb things better if I have the written version as well, so I totally understand.

By: Peggy Baron

Peggy Baron — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:59:58 +0000

Thanks Loretta! I am one of those who would much prefer to read the transcript than listen to the audio. I find I can read much faster than I can listen.

Peggy