If your business or profession involves a lot of sending correspondences (letters, memos, reports, correspondences, queries, etc) then there is a chance that you will have to outsource some or all of these typing.
You can outsource your correspondences by recording yourself replying to the queries and also by dictating letters and memos, reports, etc. This is how lawyers and solicitors have been freeing themselves up from these mundane tasks of typing up correspondences and reports.
On the other hand, medical doctors and hospitals outsource transcription because they are required by law to have transcripts of their medical reports, case histories, diagnostics etc and to save cost.
Businesses that communicates via conference calls also utilize transcription services to have a written documentation of their communications for filing and serving reports.
Now, of course, transcription has become part of the online marketing efforts. Audio and video content alone may not suffice your SEO-marketing strategies. Podcast bloggers, video bloggers/Youtube users and webinar hosts utilize transcription services to re-purpose and convert their multimedia content in to text. Transcription is part of the content strategy or marketing strategy.
Outsourcing audio transcription typically involves recording your dictations and sending them to a third party for them to transcribe those recordings for you. Transcription specialists called transcribers type, format, and proofread your transcripts to give you a professional typed letter, email, report or memo.
But people outsourcing transcription of their dictations and other recordings because of a variety of reason. Listed below are some of the most common reason why you might be outsourcing transcription.
Important reasons for outsourcing transcriptions include:
- To reduce costs – By doing away with your secretarial staff you will save a ton. You won’t need to provide medical insurance or deal with absenteeism. On the other hand, a transcription company will provide services 24/7.
- To free up time – all you have to do is invest some time in recording your audio dictations, all else will be taken care of by the transcription company. Outsourcing transcriptions saves you time spent on typing, editing and proofreading documents.
- To get professionally formatted and proofread transcripts or copy that you will present or show to your prospect or a client.
- To focus on your core business – by outsourcing these mundane, clerical works you can spend more time in the creative or decision-making side of your business.
- To enjoy a more work-life balance – one of the hazards of being a highly demand professional or CEO is that you don’t have enough time for your family or loved ones. By outsourcing hopefully you’ll spend more time with you family or loved ones and improves your health – mental or physical. At the end of the day, happiness comes from time together with family and loved ones.
- To market your online and offline business. Multiply you content, especially multimedia content by reducing them into text. Content is King; Text is Supreme!
- Multiplying and publishing your audio and video recordings in the text form will help your SEO efforts. Search engines still prefer text to videos and audios.
- Transcribing media content in to text allows you to publish books effortlessly to make money online and offline.
Your turn
So, what’s your one reason for outsourcing transcription work? Do you make money from your transcripts?
About the author – Carey Suante is a writer and entrepreneur. He founded TranscriptionPRO Services after years of experience in blogging and internet marketing. He can help you in typing and transcribing your audio and video recordings today. Contact him now! Get a no-obligation Transcription Quotation today for all your typing and transcription requirements.
