I was perusing Paul Colligan’s ever changing blog template this weekend (have you decided, Paul?) and I stumbled upon his post where he has transcribed one of his podcast episodes and has made it available for viewing right on the webpage. I’ve been telling my clients that transcripts represent another income stream, that they can make them available for sale.
So which is it – should transcripts be available for free so you can benefit from additional search engine traffic or are they more valuable if you sell them to your listeners?
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No, I still haven’t decided … 😉
Dropping the chance for a few new customers this early in the game for a few transcript bucks would be a silly move I feel.
My 2 cents, 4.5 cents Canadian 😉
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I too have found that transcripts are becoming more valuable from a search engine perspective, as opposed to a money making perspective.
I’ve never been convinced (though I haven’t ever tried) that my audience would care to pay for transcriptions of my show.
I am transcribing and adding the text to my website for Baby Talk Radio – with search engines in mind 🙂