Freelance Sites vs. Hiring All Custom Content

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Hope your week is shaping up to be a good one. It’s been a busy week working with our clients and gearing up for our upcoming money and sanity-saving monthly transcription service.

Last week, we asked for a little input on that service. If you already had a chance to submit yours, THANK YOU! If you haven’t had a chance, we’re leaving it open for a few more days and would love to hear from you. Click here for the quick survey…it only takes a moment and helps us ensure we provide the best service possible.

In the survey, we asked if you had any questions about transcription or our services. Here’s one we got (and we will be answering the others soon as well)… Read more…

Sound into Print

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It’s probably pretty obvious that we are big fans of the written word. With video exploding on the net, we
tend to hide behind our keyboards because it’s how we express ourselves best.

And don’t be fooled, despite the growth of multimedia, text is still definitely the most consumed media online.

While my business partner, Annette isn’t afraid to come out and show herself on camera, if you ask me to explain a content marketing concept out loud, I often clam up and stumbles over my words.

But no matter… Read more…

The Basics of Video Blog Posts in 3 Easy Steps

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Video content is one of the most powerful ways you can connect with your visitors. Videos give your visitors much more of a sense of who you are than text or even audio.

Yet many marketers choose not to do video posts, not because they don’t want to, but because they believe it’s too difficult. Or that it’s too complicated, or that it’s expensive, or that they can’t learn how to do video posts without spending exhorbitant amounts of time.

None of that is true. Here’s how to create video posts in just 3 easy steps. Read more…

Think Outside the Box:
Top 9 Transcription Uses

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Here’s the monthly All Custom Content newsletter that we like to share with our Contentrix readers. By the way, email subscribers get monthly tips and a special offer on our services. You can sign up as well, plus get a free outsourcing content guide right here.

This month’s topic is all about transcriptions…and how to reuse, repurpose and make the most of yours.

Putting Together a Script for Your Screen Capture Video

Written by Alexis Rodrigo · Print This Article

A screen capture video is an easy way to break into online video marketing. You can do it from your computer using free or paid software. The best part is, you don't have to appear on camera! Screen capture videos are most effective for:

demonstrating a process or skill done on the computer, such as how to use a particular software
showing what's "inside" a digital product, like an ebook or a membership site
documenting an event that happens on your computer screen, such as an online event

If you're new at creating screen capture videos, here are a few tips for putting together your script: Begin with the Benefit Although web users enjoy watching videos online, their attention spans are very short. They'll quickly click away if they don't realize what's in it for them right from the beginning. So open your video by stating what benefit your viewers will get from watching. You can even state Read more...