Instruction: Why is Translation Important To Small Businesses

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Translation is the reason a lot of businesses that we now refer to as multinational businesses have grown to the level they are at. This has been aided greatly by the emergence of the internet which has made the world a global village. The use of the internet and translation has made businesses grow to levels that they would have never expected and that is why we will look at the importance of translation to small businesses:
1. Translation for exporters and small businesses
The year is 2020, and any form of business, regardless of whether it wants to grow across the boards and be international, has the potential to do so without trying too much and that is because of translation. The mere fact that you might have multilingual potential clients is enough reason for you to look into translation as a way for you to cater to that audience and bring inclusivity for all in your business. Since the emergence of the internet, the world has become a global village. Seeing that anyone has access to any business anywhere in the world. It is important to note that, for this to be, one needs to have online platforms for their businesses. Therefore, a business might not be thinking of going global yet but if it carries products sought by international consumers, it may receive inquiries if they ship products internationally. So, translation has made it possible for small businesses to have potential in the export world seeing that they can export their products and services to people from different languages and cultures across the board. As long as you have your online platforms in different foreign languages, it is easy for your business to grow to a level where you are exporting goods to foreign customers. Translation facilitates faster and better communication between exporters and importers. If there is a need for face-to-face meeting, an interpreter might be required as well.
2. Bridging the language gap
Since time immemorial, English has always been referred to as the language of business. A lot of businessmen and women always carry their business meetings in the English language and it is no doubt because English is a National language for many countries out there. If your goal is to solely do business with the English speaking people, then translation won’t be of many benefits to your company. If you are the kind of businessman who wants their business to grow across boards and get into partnership with different foreign countries, then translation will play a big role in making this possible. Developing markets are worth exploring and you should be able to break the language barrier by using translation to reach your new audience. You cannot have your Business manifesto and objectives outlined in the English language while your target audience only understands the French language. You will need a strategy that will work well with your international audience and the only way this will be possible is by translating business materials and product information and making them language sensitive to your audience. This has a great impact on their international trade relations. While many countries speak English, business owners and consumers still prefer to conduct business in their own language. They put their trust more in companies that take the time and effort to have their information available in the languages their foreign consumers speak.
3. Compete better in domestic markets
Many people have this idea that you can only use translation if you are trying to penetrate an international market. Rightly so because many of the people who might be linguistically foreign are definitely people you will find in many international countries. Translation helps not only to prepare you for international markets. You might wonder why I say this and with absolute confidence. The mere fact that the United States of America has a plethora of immigrants who don’t speak the English language, means that that’s an audience that has not yet been tapped into. I don’t know what you would refer to that audience as but I would like to think they are local consumers who should also be included in your business manifesto as a target audience. Businesses are always in competition and using translation to include the foreign immigrants, will put you at a higher level when competing with other domestic markets who specialize in the same services and products you specialize in.  As a small business, the minute you understand what inclusivity for all means and are aware of different ethnic communities that your business doesn’t cater for, using translation to ensure you cater for them will definitely boost your business sales greatly and set you apart from your competitors. Translation can help you compete better in the domestic market, develop a new customer base, and improve customer loyalty and patronage.
4. Develop other revenue options
Have you ever wondered why business owners are advised to create websites for their businesses? Well, it is because having a website means that anyone and everyone will have access to your business from anywhere in the world. Regardless of where your business is from, having a website will open you up to potential customers from all over the world. This means that having a website will expose you to a lot of foreigners and you should be ready to cater to them in all ways that you can because they are potential customers who will bring revenue to your business. Translation is what will help you in ensuring that you cater to potential customers from different cultures who would stumble upon your website from time to time. Translation can help them understand the information about your company, your products, and services. Once your products gain wider acceptance, your revenue will exponentially increase. You can localize your website in a way that will relate to your potential customer’s culture. This can also get you more traffic to your business if your competitors haven’t decided to go that route so all foreign enquires in your line of work will always come to you. If these inquiries translate into purchases, then you stand to make more revenue and your company will grow.
5. Better and cost-effective communication
When people say that communication is a paramount part of human lives, people ignore it and think it is not the case. For businesses to grow and do well locally and internationally, communication plays an enormous role in making sure that this growth happens. Effective communication with your foreign business partners in an international case will ensure that the business keeps flourishing. A lack of communication or poor communication will without a doubt stagnate a business. Effective communication with your foreign customers when you have promotions, sales, and any information about the business that you would love to pass on will always work to your business’s benefit. Localizing your website helps improve your customer support because all the information needed is available in the language your foreign consumers speak. Their user experience in using your website is enhanced because they understand what they see and read. This only means that communication is effective and understandable.
6. Better market penetration
Ever wondered why if you go to Spain chances of you purchasing a product from an English-speaking vendor are high compared to chances of you purchasing from a Spanish-speaking vendor? The reason this is so is because of familiarity. People are always drawn to something they are familiar with and in this case, an English-speaking vendor in Spain is more familiar than the Spanish-speaking vendor. When you bring the same concept to business, people will always want to consume products from a business familiar to them and in this case, the language you use on your website should be familiar to people of a specific language and culture. This will ensure that your business penetrates a foreign market easily compared to when they use the English language to lure foreigners. You do not have to spend too much on advertising and marketing because your localized website would do most of the work for you. You’ll be able to penetrate your target markets effectively because you talk to them in their own language. You minimize your expense and lessen the time to penetrate your target markets.
7. Miscommunication is minimized
We mentioned that translation bridges the gap of the language barrier so miscommunication is minimized or eliminated completely. This means that when you introduce your business to a foreign country, you already have the means to avoid your target customers from misunderstanding what your business entails. While localizing you ensure that the business website is localized in a way that the technical, linguistical, and cultural aspects are taken into consideration. Your liability is reduced because all the product information, marketing materials, product use agreements, end-user agreements, and contracts are translated into the target language.
If you are a voice actor, then you are aware of how important a voice demo is. The simplest way you can describe what a voice demo is by saying a voice demo is to a voice actor what a curriculum vitae is to a cooperate professional or what a portfolio is to a model. A voice demo is a recorded demonstration of your voice that voice artists use when trying to get voice over jobs.
It is very important to know how to record voice demos that can take your career to a higher level by getting you more projects to work on. Your voice demo is what will make a client hire you or not hire you. Therefore, you should be very serious and specific when creating a voice demo for your voice acting career.


Instruction: How Can You Create Voice Demos That Will Guarantee You Jobs

Context: Learning resources on media production, voice acting and audio-visual translation, dubbing, subtitling and transcriprion

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Below I will outline how you can create voice demos that will guarantee you jobs and showcase your skillset in the best light possible.
Plan to have a demo for each style of voice over you provide. There are voice artists who specialize in different voice overs and perfectly in that case. When creating a voice demo, ensure to record voice demos for all the different styles of voice over you are good in. Whether it is a radio announcing voice, a narration voice, a blue-collar voice, a film acting scene voice, or any other voice over style. This will make it easy to send a specific voice demo for all the different voice styles when a job vacancy comes up. You should be very specific because you don't want to apply for a blue-collar voice over with a narration voice demo. This is because the client could not tell if you can deliver on one just because you are good at another. Also, depending on what languages, you specialize in, have demo recordings of all the languages you are fluent in. Don’t waste valuable time slating or adding long intros. You only have a few seconds to hook the listener. Hit them with your best voice-over read instead. I never understand why people like beating around the bush instead of going straight to the point and delivering what they need to deliver on. With voice acting demos, it is very important to go straight to the main recording that showcases the range of your voice and avoid unnecessary intros and whatnot. Clients only listen to the first 3 to 5 seconds of your demo before they decide whether you are fit for the job. Do not make your chances of getting a job slim by unnecessary intros in the first seconds of your demo. Make sure that your introduction is as powerful so that the client feels the need to want to listen to your demo further than 5 seconds because of how good you are.Use your authentic voice – leave stereotypes behind. Provide an authentic performance. The thing about voice acting is that being real will take you far. As easy as it might seem to fake a voice or manipulate it to sound a certain way, if you have not perfected it, you might forget how to voice it from time to time. What this means is that you should be as real as you can be. Use your real voice and avoid too much manipulation and mimicking. The client must be able to listen to your original voice and decide if it can work well manipulated to sound a certain way or not. The decision for manipulation and mimicking should be left for the client when you get hired for a job. On your voice demo, the client must get an authentic feeling when listening to it because it is very easy for one to tell you are trying to fake a voice.Make sure that your recording levels are properly set. The last reason anyone should pass you over is that they can’t hear you! Imagine recording a voice demo and it has volume problems. There are parts where it's audible but then other parts are not as audible. Sending this to a client tells what kind of person you are. You might be a superb voice actor but when your demo shows that you are someone who is not keen on detail, then your client might not want to work with you. Also, they won't even be able to listen to your voice demo and ascertain that you are good. For them, you are that voice artist whose demo was inaudible. To avoid this, be sure to either have your demo professionally recorded in a professional studio or be sure to set your recording levels correctly. Don't show tour clients how irresponsible you are before they even offer you a job.Ask previous clients if you can use samples from their work as your demo. Using previously recorded works as your demos is the best thing you can do for your voice acting career. The reality is that a previous project will have structure compared to if you get a script and record a simple demo on it. Some clients will have a rule from inception on how they want their projects handled and if they are confidential, then you will not be given the green light to use that for your project but if it’s not, then you will definitely get the green light. One thing you need to know is that if you haven't asked then the answer will always be no and you should not break your client's trust by doing something against what they stand for or believe in.When creating a demo from scratch, make sure you choose the right script. The script you use for your demo will go a long way in ensuring that you get the job you are applying for or vice versa. Depending on what voice-over style you are recording a voice demo for, make sure that the script is the right one for that voice style. You cannot do a narration voice demo, using a film scene script. There is a certain way narration is supposed to sound like and it is not supposed to sound conversational because that is what a film scene script would sound like. Be very specific about your scripts and use the correct script to record for all the different voice styles. You can even go to google and search for different scripts that you can use. In the time of google, you can't make an excuse for messing up.
Ways That Will Help You Secure Your Very First Voice Acting Gig
With that said we will briefly look at ways that will help you secure your very first voice acting gig.
Sign up with an online platform that will email you jobs tailored to your skillset regularly. Be sure to sign up with online job vacancy programs that will constantly send you notifications on job vacancies that will best suit you. There are a couple of online platforms that you can find on the Internet by a simple search on Google. As you sign up for these platforms also be sure to keep applying to different job vacancies that you might find through word-of-mouth referral or from auditions casting calls. You will be surprised by how easily you will get your first paid gig doing this.Find an agency to represent you. Many people have this notion that agencies are not reliable sources because of the rates they usually charge their talents. As a voice actor starting out in the industry, it is important to get an agency that will represent you and help you find gigs. Do your ample research and get to know of different agencies, their rates, and how good they are at getting you jobs. Don't make the mistake of rushing into signing a contract with an agency that will not represent you well.Volunteer or audition for voice work in your community: Look at community job boards online and consider auditioning–remember to only audition for jobs you think your voice will be a good fit for. Auditioning is another good way that you can get your first gig. Always be on the lookout for audition dates and announcements so you can prepare yourself and attend the auditions or send in your voice demos. Be sure to apply for jobs you are 100% sure you can deliver on. This will open so many doors for your and you will start being called for auditions every time there are available.
Following all these steps when creating a voice demo will ensure that you at least get a callback or two. If you follow all these steps and end up not getting a job then it's either your time is yet to come or your time is yet to come. There is no way you can follow all these steps have an amazing voice and talent and still not get paying gigs.
We are living at a time where everything is going digital and everyone is trying to get a job on the Internet. Transcription is one of the many jobs that you can work online. In this article, we will look at the best sites that you can use to get online transcription jobs that pay fairly well. If you are someone who is planning to get into the transcription career and you don't know where to look for jobs, this article will definitely come in handy to assist you to get your footing. One important thing to note is that you are the person who determines how much money you make from the number of projects you work on and the quality of your transcripts.
Below are the best transcription job websites.
Speech pad- Speech pad is one of the well-paying transcription websites that we have in the market today. You can use Speech pad to create a portfolio as a beginner or an expert. It is very important to note that as a beginner it is hard to get jobs on Speech pad. However, that doesn't mean that it is impossible. Trying your lack might work for you. It is rather easy for an expert with hands-on experience to get jobs on this site with little hustle. It is an easy website to operate and offers fast and helpful replies to any queries you might have as a transcriber. Once you work on projects and they get approved by the client, you are paid then-and-then. You can make up to $50 to $60 dollars per project as long as your projects are accurate and done well. Speech pad is loved by most transcribers because you learn and gain experience as you work and receive significant support from the staff. Up Work- Up work is a website where freelance content creators can get jobs that pay fairly well. These jobs include article writing, web design, graphic design, and transcription. Depending on what you want to do, Up work is that site that will help you start out on your career. When it comes to transcription jobs, you will work with different clients who offer different transcription rates. It is important to note that on this platform you will deal with the clients on a one-on-one basis and they can tell you what they expect of their transcripts and all the important information that might help you on your project. Just like in other jobs, you are guaranteed a steady flow of project on Up work from clients as long as you deliver to the best of your ability. Another important thing to note is that in order for you to get a job on Up work you must bid for a project by sending a proposal of your interest to the client, it more like applying for a job.Rev Rev Unlike most of the other websites that you will see on this list, Rev Rev is one of those websites where you have the freedom to choose the projects you want to work on and the schedules to hand them back. How cool is that? Not forgetting that it is one of those websites that pay really well for a good job done. For those of you who are starting out as transcriber, you will be glad to know that Rev Rev offers training to new transcribers by providing regular feedback on that helps you in bettering yourself. You can up to $40 on Rev Rev and if that is not a good rate including all the other benefits that the site offers; I don't know what is. Scribie- This is one of those websites you don't need lots of experience in order for you to work on. It is the best for anyone who is trying to learn how to convert audio into a text format. If you are someone who is still starting out and hasn't found their footing, it is important to get on scribe because it guarantees you a learning opportunity with tools easy to use and very convenient. On scribe, you will get different projects with different rates on them. It is important to note though that they have a flat-rate fee of $10 per an audio hour and other bonuses and promotions for any transcriber who does a good job.Transcribe Me- This is hands down the best website for transcribers who are starting out. This is because it doesn't have a lot of hindrances that will slow down your learning process like other websites might be having. As a beginner, you have access to guides that will ensure your journey in transcribing is smooth and with no hurdles along the way. Newbies have to complete a thorough assessment to be accepted as freelancers. The provided test covers a whole range of areas that test your speed, knowledge of punctuation, and if you can deliver documents that are free from grammar errors. Accurate and perfectly formulated transcripts are important in transcription and resting for this is very important before a transcriber takes on projects on this site. The rate fees on Transcribe Me are at least $0.79 per audio minute for good-quality work. Quicktate- On quicktate, you will have access to transcribe audio files such as conference calls for businesses, letters, legal audio files, messages, and different medical files. On this site, the jobs usually come with different rules and requirements that you have to follow to the letter before you send them back to the client. Just like all the other websites I have mentioned in this article, an assessment has to be done to ensure that a transcriber has the capacity to handle the work on the site. The typing speed and accuracy is commonly tested in this assessment test. Through this test, it can also be determined if you are good enough in grammar and sentence structure. When you pass the assessment, then you have the freedom to decide on your working hours and select projects that you can work on, at your own pace and time. On quicktate, you'll earn approximately $0.01 for four words that you will have transcribed. At this rate, you can make approximately $9 in an hour of audio.GoTranscript- GoTranscript is one of those websites that offer amazing transcription projects and incredible rates. One of the best things about GoTranscript is the fact that you as a freelance transcriber, you have the freedom to work on a project that you know you can handle. Before selecting a project to work on, you can preview the quality of the audio before you work on it. This means that you won't end up working on a project that you didn't have freedom in choosing. If you are lucky to get hired on this website, then you have to complete their test job by using the guidelines provided. You'll encounter plenty of transcription projects, whereby you could earn about $0.60 for every minute of audio or video that you transcribe. All you'll be required to possess is some good English skills. Tigerfish This is a website that provides a fantastic environment for all kinds of transcribers. Regardless of what level your experience is at, you can get well-paying projects on this site. As long as you are well versed in the English language and have an amazing typing speed, you can make a decent living on Tigerfish. The management of the company is known for its flexibility and friendliness concerning the needs of their transcribers. It is important to note that for your work on this website you must follow their transcription guidelines specific to them. The guide offers an introduction to their approach to stylistic conventions and transcription they aim to use. Their fee rates are between $7 to $15 per audio hour. CastingWords- This is an online transcription site that offers different projects at different rates. The way CastingWords works is that its clients can work with different transcribers who have different rates for their services. This means that a client will work with a transcriber who's rate they can pay. CastingWords has a rating system for every transcriber. Transcribers have the responsibility of completing their tasks and editing them to ensure they meet the site's quality control standards. Also, when working on this website you can set your schedule, frequency, and working hours. You also have the option of subcontracting to other people or sharing your account with somebody who can transcribe audio files. The transcriber rate fees range from $0.85 and $1.00 per audio minute.
Regardless of what level of experience you are at as a transcriber, you are guaranteed to get a lot of projects to work on, on these different websites. As you have seen their fees are well on the decent side and if you are able to work on more projects and offer quality services you can make decent wages from your transcription career.


Instruction: Have you been meaning to get into the transcription industry


Instruction: Is transcribing scripts something that you wish to learn and start doing professionally


Instruction: Do you love typing and you would love to put your skills to work and earn some dollars

Response: If your answer to these questions is yes, you clicked on the right article. We will look at some things you can do while at home to teach yourself transcription and perfect your skills in the long run.


Instruction: What is transcription

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Transcription is a process that involves creating transcripts from audiovisuals. This might be video or audio files. Be sure to note that these steps will enable you to be a general transcription and if you want to be a specialized kind of transcriptionist working in a certain professional field, you need to first have knowledge in that field and then the steps here will help. The vice versa is also applicable.
Actions To Take To Gain Incredible Transcription Skills
How would transcription skills be beneficial to me? There are very many audios and video files with content that needs to be transcribed for easy referencing, archiving, and search engine optimization. After working on these files you will make a few dollars here and there and if that is not a significant benefit to you then I don't know what would be.
How does transcription benefit the client? Clients are in search of transcribers who will help convert their audio/ video files into scripts so they can easily use then for referencing and archiving. Transcription is a service that a lot of business owners really seek.
As mentioned before we will look at steps you can follow to gain incredible transcription skills that will be of significant benefit to you, just from the comfort of your home.
Using these steps, you will learn how to,
Become a general transcriptionist?Prepare yourself for general transcription workHow do you get the skills and training you need to become a general transcriptionist
We will get straight into it.
1. Increase your typing speed
The very first thing you should do is to work on your typing speed. As much as having general knowledge on how to type is an exceptional skill to horn, for transcription you really need to have great typing speed. The only way you can increase your typing speed is by practice and more practice.  Great typing speed enables you to work on more projects which mean you make more money from your projects. Professional transcription companies always work with transcribers who have a minimum typing speed of 40 to 50 words per minute. This means you are able to transcribe 3000 words in an hour. 3000 words can also be 30 to 40 minutes of an audio/video file. There are different software that can help you work on your typing speed. The typing tutor speed software is the best one in the market and it will help you greatly if you practice on it constantly. You can also increase your typing speed and improve your productivity by using word or text expanders and keyword shortcuts. To work with professional transcription companies, you need to also get your skills to a professional level, and increasing your typing speed is step one.
2. Take a grammar course
As much as transcription involves, listening and typing out what you hear, you also need to work on your grammar. This is a very important step that many people ignore and then they get a project and they cannot offer accurate and grammatically correct transcripts. Being proficient in grammar, punctuation, and spelling is a skill that a transcriptionist should have. You can take up a course from a college close to your home so you can improve your grammar skills or you can take some online courses from the comfort of your home. Whichever route you go with, being grammar proficient really comes in handy for any transcriber. You want to avoid instances where you deliver transcripts with a lot of grammar and spelling errors to your client. This is the fastest and easiest way to make a client never work with you again.
3. Improve your MS Word skills
We are in the year 2020 and all transcription files are exclusively done on Ms word. This means that the documents are usually word documents and you should be able to work with the software and be proficient in it. Imagine having to work with Ms word and you do not understand where to start or where to end. It is very important to at least have some knowledge on how Ms word works and if you don't, you can get tutorials on YouTube which will help you grow your knowledge on the same. Being proficient in Ms Word means that you’ll spend less time formatting transcripts. You can quickly increase your typing and transcription speed by using MS Word’s autocorrect, shortcut keys, and other functions. Ms word is one of the easiest software to learn and it used in a lot of many professions. This means that it will be a skill that you can use across the board if you change professions.
4. Expand your vocabulary and general knowledge
When it comes to transcription, there are very many categories of transcription. There are legal transcriptions, medical transcriptions, Academic transcriptions and so and so forth. This only means that if you want to work in any of these categories, you must have incredible knowledge of the same. You might have prior knowledge in either but if you don't, do your research in order for you to garner more knowledge. When you hear people say that as a transcriptionist you need to expand your vocabulary and general knowledge, it means that you should be widely read. Read as many books as you can, collect your vocabularies because chances are you will need it one day when you are working on files that are inaudible or the kinds that have heavy accents. Research more on the category you would love to work in and learn the different jargon used in that category. For example, to become familiar with financial terms, read financial books, or business magazines like Business Week. Listen to financial TV channels like MSBNBC and Bloomberg. To learn insurance terms, visit insurance websites. Research terms you’re not familiar with. You can also take business courses related to the industry you want to learn more about.
5. Practice transcription with practice audio files
The only way you can grow your skills and be good at anything is if you practice constantly on that thing. In this case, you want to grow your transcription skills and be good at it. You can get short audio files and work on them. Try to create transcripts out of them and see how you fair. You can go a step further and get someone who will look at your transcripts and giving you feedback on how they think you did. The more you practice transcription, the better you’ll get at it. The best audio files to do practice on are podcasts, tele-seminars and interviews . You can also transcribe TV programs and phone messages. Be sure to challenge yourself by getting audio/video files that are inaudible and try to transcribe them. Transcription practice files will help you develop your listening and transcription skills. They will help you become familiar with various voices, accents, inflections, and speech paces. With time you will be an experienced transcriber who can take on professional projects which pay and you will make a Couple of dollars for yourself. It is important to note that these audio files you use to practice will enable you to decide whether transcription is a career you want to get into or not.
6. Take a specialized general transcription course
At the beginning of this article, we mentioned that we will be looking at ways you can learn how to be a great and highly sort after transcriptionist at the comfort of your home. In this case, we have been looking at how to be a general transcriptionist. If you have that thing in you telling you to learn more than just the general aspect of transcription, this point is for you.  If you’re new to transcription, taking a specialized general transcription course is by far the best way to learn general transcription. The better your transcription skills, typing speed, grammar, and transcription accuracy are, the more money you can make as a transcriptionist. You can either find these courses online which makes it convenient for a homebody and you can get it in colleges too. Specialized general transcription courses will help you to generally get more knowledge in all the steps that I have mentioned in this article. You won't have to go looking for and researching how you can be a better transcriptionist because everything will be taught in these courses.
When looking for a transcription service provider, rarely do you find the service seekers asking or wondering how these service providers come up with their prices. Depending on which services you offer as a business there are definitely factors that help you decide on price ranges. Regardless some will be higher in price, lower in price, or just fair. You will constantly find businesses that offer the same services offering them at different prices and this is because of these underlying factors. Let no one lie to you that businesses just do guesswork on their different prices because that is not the case.
In this article, we will look at the transcription industry. We will look at some factors that impact how different transcription services are billed.


Instruction: What Determines The Pricing Of A Transcription Service Provider

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Type of Work- This is one factor that will affect the pricing on a transcription project. We are all aware that there are different categories of transcription and in all these categories, service providers charge them differently. An example would be, a general transcription's price will be low when compared with a legal transcription's price. This is because a specialist transcriber is needed to deliver accurate and perfect transcripts while a general transcript can be handled by a normal transcriber. It goes without saying that a specialist will price their services higher than a general transcriber. The type of work can also be equated to the amount of work being done by the service provider. This greatly impacts on the pricing.Industry Trends- Pricing of transcription services is also impacted by industry trends. There are service providers who try to compare their prices with other service providers offering transcription services. It is easy to conclude when you have something to compare with. So what happens when you don't have something to compare with? When it comes to industry trends, there usually industry events and meetings that are held in order for industry big wigs to discuss a way forward and how to better their industry and the services they offer. This is where things like prices are discussed and whatnot. They can agree on specific prices and then it becomes a trend across the whole industry Industry Related Practices- This could easily fall under industry trends but it is specific to a particular practice. When one talks of industry-related practices they mean what is common or what is used to. For example, if it is a normal practice and commonly known that freelance transcribers charge $10 for a 30 minutes audio file then that's exactly what will be the case for all other transcribers. It is something that is a norm and people automatically pick up as they go by. This means that some service providers will come up with prices because that is what all other service providers charge.Jargon Usage- This is another factor that affects pricing in transcription. Jargon is a set of vocabulary that is used in particular industries and it is usually specific to that. The legal, medical, education industries all have different jargon specific to their industries. The more difficult a set of jargon is the pricier the transcription will be. This is because for a transcriber to know a set of jargon vocabulary related to a specific industry, it means that they are specialists. As I said earlier, any kind of service that needs ta specialist will always be on a higher price range.Work Complexity - This goes without saying, if a project is simple, then the pricing will be on the lower side. However, if a project is complex, then the pricing will definitely be on the higher side. It is a rule of thumb and that's exactly how it has been from time immemorial. This only means that if a client comes looking for a transcriber to carry out a project that is complex, the prices that will be quoted will be expensive. It will also depend on what makes the transcription complex. Let's say if a service provider only deals with English transcription and a client wants a French transcription, this means that the company needs to outsource the services of French transcribers and this might be a complex thing. Depending on what makes a project complex, any complexity means a project shall be priced higher.Turnaround Time- All clients have different turnaround times. In lay-mans language, this means deadlines. There are clients who would want their turnaround time to be within 24 hours, others a week or two and others can go up to a month. All these different turnaround times will affect the pricing of a project.  A 24-hour turnaround time means that the project needs to be worked on by many transcribers who can transcribe, proofread, and edit and then send the files back to the client. This will cost more compared to when a client has a one-month turnaround request. A one month turn around request means that the service provider can still take on other projects and still have time to work on that client's request without compromising on quality and this means that the pricing will be lower. Audio/Video Quality- As someone who has worked as a transcriber for close to 3 years, I know that some audio and video files we work on are usually inferior quality. This means that you will from time to time end up working on audios that are inaudible or some that are corrupt. In such a case, service providers will charge a higher price when working on projects of low quality. This is because it takes a lot of time, research, and concentrate on them, to come up with perfectly accurate transcripts. The vice versa is true because then the time needed to come up with perfectly accurate transcripts is less because the files are of good quality.Accent- When working with audio/video files you constantly find that you are working with files that have accents you can barely comprehend. This doesn't mean that you cannot work on them, it only means that to work on them and come up with good transcripts you need to give 150% of your concentration. In such a case, the pricing for such an audio/video file will be higher when compared to one that has a common accent, that any transcriber can denote with little hustle. Accents on audio/video files will 100% affect the pricing on transcription and the heavier the accent the more expensive it becomes to transcribe it.Clarity of Voice- There are clients who would want audio/video files that are not clear to be transcribed, and this is a common thing. One of the many reasons people seek transcription services is so they can have access to written transcripts of projects that are not useful when in an audio/video format. This is because these files are usually not clear. When a client takes such files to a transcription service provider, chances are they will be charged more than if their files were clear. Clarity of the files being transcribed affect the pricing for sure.  Background Noise- Background noises on an audio or video file means that the audio will be distorted and won't be clear for a transcriber. This means that they will have to be super keen to do their transcriptions perfectly or else they will struggle and still not come up with good transcripts. If a client needs a service provider to come up with quality transcripts, they will have to part with a couple of dollars more than if their audio/ video files had no background noises. Background noises making it hard for a transcriber to do their work smoothly and this means that the client has to pay for the inconveniences if they want perfectly accurate transcripts.Special Formatting Request- clients will come with different requests for their projects. There are those who will want their files to be transcribed a certain way and the transcripts in a particular format. Normal transcriptions are a particular price and special formatting requests will definitely be at a higher price. If you are a client and you have special requests to ask for, you will need to top up on the usual price, in order for you to get your special requests catered to. So special format requests are usually a price higher than normal formats.Outsourcing Services- As I mentioned above, there are those services that will have to be outsourced from time to time. In a transcription set up if a particular service is outsourced then the client has to pay for that. So if a client needs a Spanish transcription done and the service providers outsource for a Spanish transcriber, a fee will be included on top of the normal price.
All of these factors highly affect the pricing of transcription services. Now that you are aware, you should be able to budget for your transcriptions having this in mind.
Transcription is a well-sort-after process, by a lot of businesses in this day and age. A lot of businesses want their audio/video files transcribed into text for easy record keeping or storage. Today, transcription services are used worldwide for transcribing webinars, seminars, lectures, interviews, court hearings, meetings, among other reasons.  As much as there are very many businesses offering transcription services at a great fee it is important to know how to decide on which service provider to work with for your files. The rate fees should not be the only factor that you consider when getting a transcription service provider. You might get a service provider who offers low fees for their services, but the quality of their work is pathetic, you might also get a service provider whose rate fee is on the higher side but their transcripts are of high quality. The vice versa is also applicable. The market offers many distinct options. However, how will you know what is the most suitable transcription service for you? While there are several criteria to consider for each category of business or organization, there are some essential features that you should consider when selecting transcription services. To help you choose the best transcription service providers, I have outlined the factors that you must consider before your final decision.


Instruction: How Do You Choose The Best Transcription Service, Provider

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1. Ensuring Quality - Accuracy Is Your First Priority
Different service providers have different transcribers working for them. The quality of transcription that service provider, A, is not the same as another service provider, B. In most cases service provider A might have low-quality services, while service provider B has high-quality services. As the client, you must ensure to look at the quality before you work with a particular service provider. We all know accuracy is paramount when it comes to transcription. If a service provider cannot offer quality services, they are not the kinds that you should work with. Serious businesses don't work with automated transcription software for their projects, because these software, are often usually inaccurate. They resort in working with human transcribers who can provide higher-quality services. So before deciding on a particular transcription service provider be sure they offer excellent quality, and accurate services.
2. Transcriber's Skills & Location - What Is Their Importance?
We are all well aware that transcription services are specialized services that usually need the prowess of a specialist. In this case, the said specialist is a transcriber who has an incredible skill-set, which gives them the capacity and range to work on projects and provide conclusive transcripts for their clients. Before working with a service provider, research how incredible the transcribers are. There are good transcribers and then there are incredible transcribers. All this is determined by their level of experience and the skill set that they possess. Depending on what industry you are in, it is important to work with transcribers who have expert knowledge in that industry because anything contrary to that, will end up being catastrophic. Be sure to work with a transcription service provider whose transcribers are well trained and possess a high level of skills that will ensure your project is worked on well and you receive amazing results.
3. Information Security - Look for Guaranteed Assurance
When it comes to important company files, confidentiality is something that a lot of clients always want. No one wants information about important aspects of their company being leaked by a service provider. So if you handle or work with highly confidential files, find a service provider who offers information security. More times than not, the service provider may guarantee your information security but their employees don't follow through. You should work with a service provider who ensures that they can offer you and your business the security you need by making their transcribers sign NDA before they work on your protests. These NDA usually help in keeping their employees from talking about projects they work on. For transcription projects, the selection standards typically revolve around accuracy, speed, and price (and not always in that sequence). Failure to hire a service provider with robust security measures in place and suitable safeguarding technology can imply an expensive breach for your firm.
4. Get the Best Transcription Services at Affordable Rates
Before settling on a particular service provider, be sure to check their rates compared to the quality of services they offer. Transcription service providers are not cheap and as much as you would want to work with the best in the game, you should be able to do your research and compare the prices before you work with a specific one. The best one in the game might not be the best one for you depending on your financial muscle. If you take time to research, you will definitely get a service provider who offers quality services at a very affordable rate. The best transcription service providers are characterized by unmatched speed, accuracy, precision, and an affordable and transparent pricing structure. While putting all these factors in mind, it is important to work with an affordable service provider who ensures not to compromise on quality and turnaround times. You are in business and trying to make as much profit, and save as much as you can. This can only happen if you are keen on the service provider, you work with.
5. Do They Offer Transcription Services in Other Languages?
A good service provider is one that is versatile and offers an array of different services. When looking for a service provider, find out if they offer other language transcriptions. Most service providers offer only English language transcriptions and only that. It is not a bad thing but if your company is international and you have audio/video files from other languages, you should be able to work with a service provider who will guarantee you great quality transcripts for those files. Outsourcing is also an option but outsourcing doesn't guarantee you the quality transcriptions that the company offers because they end up getting transcribers are not really at per with their own transcribers, who may offer quality transcription services. Be very specific about wanting to work with in-house transcribers who have been assessed and the quality of their work is credible before getting a service provider to work with for your foreign language transcriptions.
6. Look for Different Types of Transcription Services
There are very many categories in transcription and depending on what type you want as a client, you should be able to get a service provider that offers exactly that. Have you ever wondered why service providers offer a particular transcription and not all of them? Well, it is because getting transcribers who have specialized in a particular industry is usually hard. Service providers who can offer all the different types, usually vet their transcribers and make sure they have quality transcribers. This only means that they can deliver on any type and format of transcription service that you might be interested in as a client.
7. Turnaround Time - Speed Gets the Second Priority If Your Request is Time Sensitive
It is important to look at the turnaround times of different service providers before you commit to working with them. There are service providers who have a fast turnaround times but the quality of their services is not great. There are also those whose turnaround is fair, but the quality of their work is impeccable. There is really no one size fits all when it comes to turnaround times because it also depends on the number of files that you need to be worked on. When getting a service provider be sure to work with one who has a convenient turnaround time depending on project sizes but doesn't compromise on the quality of their work.
8. Transcription Services FAQs
Transcription is a powerful tool for your business. It can simplify your work, enhance productivity, prevent errors, and guarantee accuracy in record-keeping. Being able to hire a service provider who will help you meet your goals is very essential and important for your business. Be sure to get all the answers to questions you might have. There are a lot of Q&As about transcription on the Internet that will help you with this segment.
All these factors will help you get the best service provider for your transcription projects. Choosing the best one for your needs is definitely the best thing you can do for your business. You should not compromise on quality while considering all these other factors. Hiring a dependable transcription service provider is vital to achieving your business goals.
There are very many factors that set out a great transcription service provider from one that is not. In this article, we will look at some of these factors and by the end, you will know what you should do if you want to start a transcription company and enjoy all the benefits that come with it.


Instruction: What Factors That Distinguish, A Great Transcription Service Provider

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1. Speed and Accuracy
Accuracy is the number one factor that sets aside a good transcription service provider and one that is not. As a client when in search of a service provider, my goal is to work with one who has the range and capacity to deliver great quality services that will satisfy me. A service provider who doesn't offer outstanding quality and accurate transcripts to their clients, will sooner than later be out of business because clients won't want to work with them. Speed and accuracy go hand-in-hand in transcription. The typing speed of a transcriber will constantly affect the accuracy of a transcript in the long run. Unless it's a transcriber or a service provider that has transcribers with significant experience in their craft, things always go left. There are scenarios that I would love to look at with speed and accuracy during transcription. A transcriber might have amazing speed, be able to hand in their work on time, and without delay but then you find out that their transcripts are not accurate. In the same breath, a transcriber would have impeccable speed and great accuracy but also there is that who is slow but has amazing accuracy. All these are possible scenarios and you as a client you need to be very keen on deciding the service provider you want to work with because, in the long run, the most important thing to look out for is great speed and accuracy. None can exist without the other for transcription.
2. Language skills.
Language skills are very important in the transcription profession. This new-age form of transcription where anyone can be a transcriber is not what service providers subscribe to.  Great transcribers have excellent language skills, can decipher colloquial accents, and understand grammatical and punctuation errors. Having incredible language skills come in handy when a client comes through with audio files that need a clean verbatim transcription done on them. A clean verbatim transcription is a kind where filler words and grammatical errors are dealt with to come up with conclusive transcripts that make sense. It is hard to do this when your transcribers don't have impeccable language skills. They don't have to be William Shakespeare of our generation but they must have a substantial amount of knowledge on this. This means that a service provider that invests in great transcribers with impeccable language skill are highly sort-after than those who don't.
3. Excellent Research Skills
There is a lot that takes place before you can get incredibly accurate and conclusive transcripts in transcription. As much as people think transcription is just a matter of typing out what you hear, it is really not the case. You never get to hear this but there a lot of research that goes into a transcription process before it ends. This is usually of most importance when dealing with audio files that need a specialist's touch. By this I mean audio files with legal, medical, educational, and businesses related content. In a case where you get inaudible audio files with such content, you must be in a position where you can do research and still come up with accurate transcripts that make complete sense.
Sometimes you will find, technical jargon that may have been used improperly or mispronounced. Researching will 100% help in coming up with the correct jargon to use. Understanding the basic terminologies of the industry and quickly researching the topic will help you minimize indiscernible gaps and ensure your final transcript accurately captures the verbatim. This is why a transcription service provider with transcribers who have superb research skills is better than one that does not.
4. Proper Punctuation
Proper punctuations might also fall under impeccable grammar. Creating a transcript is writing, any form of writing must be grammatically correct and have quality punctuations. A good service provider is one that has transcribers who have impeccable punctuation skills. One that knows where to place punctuation marks and ensure that they make sense. You cannot be placing question marks in places where questions have not been asked, or exclamation marks in places where there are no exclamations. It must have quality transcribers who understand and follows punctuations rules to the letter. This is because punctuations are a great help in interpreting how a transcript has been formulated.
5. Impeccable writing skills.
This another factor that affects the quality of a service provider. A great transcription service provider is one that has impeccable writing skills. Writing is not something that comes easy to everyone, it is rather hard and a lot of creativity is needed to come up with great pieces. Creating transcripts is writing, you might type out what you hear on audio but sometimes a client would want a clean verbatim transcript. This means they want a verbatim that is grammatically correct, with all punctuations intact. To come up with a grammatically correct transcript, you must have exceptional writing skills.
6. Good Listening Skills
When talking about transcription, everyone is constantly talking about how a good transcriber should have great typing speed, and also be accurate. It is very rare that we hear people say that transcribers should also have great listening skills. Transcription is a process that involves a lot of things. You need to listen while typing. Being a good listener means that you will depict every remark, word, and reaction on audio. The vice versa is also true. When a client comes to you and wants a clean verbatim for their audios, it is up to you to make sure you deliver exactly what they want. This will be greatly assisted by being a good listener. Accents and indiscernible words are among the challenges you will face daily. For you to make out what is being said when dealing with a deep accent, you ought to have great listening skills. With all these setbacks, clients will still expect a perfect transcript and you must be able to deliver. Great listening skills are supported by great equipment. As a service provider, you might have transcribers with great listening skills but if they are using inferior quality equipment. It will be hard for them to deliver and deliver to the best of their ability. Having the right equipment, such as a good pair of transcription headphones can improve your listening skills.
7. Self-Motivation
In any line of work, self-motivation is something one needs to possess. It is easy for one to give up and let go of their dream because they are not self-motivated. Working with a good transcription company means that you are working one who's employees are self-motivated and are constantly working for the betterment of the company. It is very easy to end up working for a company whose employees hate to work there which means they will not give their all for your project. Self-motivation goes a long way and a company that has this will definitely come on handy for any client.
8. Commitment and Confidentiality
As a service provider, you need to assure your clients that their files will be confidential and treat them as so. Working with different clients and having access to different important information, clients must know that they can trust that you keep that I formation confidential. A service provider who can do this is good, and one that clients will always want to work with. Also, be one that is committed to serving your clients and always delivering to the best of your ability.  This will ensure that your clients keep coming back for more and even go to the extent of referring your services.
9. Turnaround times.
A good service provider is one that is able to offer credible and accurate work to their clients without compromising on the turnaround time. It is important to note that the opposite is also true where the turnaround time is great by the credibility and accuracy is not. Working a service provider able to meet deadlines and deliver to their clients on time or before time without compromising on the quality of transcripts is important in the transcription industry. It shows your credibility and puts in a good lift to your clients and potential clients. Turnaround time is very important in a transcription service provider.
Good news travels fast. If you are a service provider who has employees with all these qualities, you will definitely make a killing in this transcription industry. Be sure to use quality transcribers and you won't regret it.
When in search of transcription services, clients always want to work with a service provider whose turnaround time is convenient for them and one that doesn't compromise on quality. A lot of factors determine how a service providers set their turnaround time. Normally we know that the amount of work or the size of a project would determine the turnaround time. In transcription, there many other factors that determine how long a project will be worked on before they return it to the client. In this article, I will outline some factors that service providers consider when coming up with a turnaround time for a project.


Instruction: What Factors Affect Transcription-Job Timelines

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1. Audio Quality
Audio quality is the single most important factor for accurate transcription. Poor quality could cause errors or inaudible sections, decreasing the precision of the record. Poor-quality dictation includes background noise, muffled dictation, overlapping conversations, and speakers that are recorded at different volumes. This outrightly means that coming up with conclusive and accurate transcripts for a project with poor audio quality, will take a lot of time. This will definitely affect the turnaround time. If normally a service provider has a one week turnaround time for a particular size project that has good quality audio, it will take them two weeks or more for the same size project which might have bad quality audio. Any background noises on audio can make it more difficult for the transcriber to hear what is being said and transcribe accurately. Bad audio quality affects the turnaround time and also the quality of the transcripts. If a client wants a turnaround time that is short and works for them, they should strive to hand in quality audios which won't make the transcriber's job hard.
2. Number Of Speakers
The number of speakers is another factor that affects the turnaround time of a transcription project. In my years of working as a transcriber and working on several projects, I have realized that it takes more time to transcribe audio with multiple speakers than it is to transcribe a free-flowing audio that only has one speaker. For audio with over one speaker, it means that you constantly have to check which speaker you are dealing with, whether they are male or female, also keep on forwarding and rewinding trying to figure out if you got the speaker names correctly. This takes so much time and it will definitely affect your turnaround time. When dealing with a single speaker audio, you won't have to worry about tagging them because it is not a dialogue. As a client, when you take your audios for transcription and they have multiple speakers kindly be ready to wait awhile before you get your transcripts because dealing with audios with multiple speakers is no child's play.
3. Heavy Accents
There are very many languages globally and in all these languages the accents differ. There are accents hard to work with or impossible to work with when being dealt with by someone who is not a native speaker of a said language. This 100% affects the turnaround time of a transcription process. In point number one, I mentioned that accents also fall under bad quality audio. Imagine an American transcriber tying to transcribe Indian audio with deep Indian accents. Imagine how hard it would be and then put the time on it. If normally such a transcriber uses two hours to transcribe a 30-minute audio, it will take them 5 or more hours to transcribe the same 30-minute audio with a deep Indian accent. This is why service providers try to be versatile and diverse by employing transcribers from different regions with different cultural specifications for such instances. If they don't have transcribers who can work well with the said accents then it definitely takes a long time for them to work on such projects.
4. Topic Of Discussion
If you are a professional transcriber with a couple of year's experience then you are aware of the fact that there are very many categories of transcription. These categories are usually outlined in terms of professional industries. You will get transcription works for the Legal industry, Medical industry, Education industry, Business industry, and so on and so forth. This means that the topics will differ from time to time. Educational topic transcriptions are said to be easier to deal with than Legal or Medical topic transcriptions. In such a case when working on Educational topic transcription, you will end up using less time than when you are working with Legal topic transcription. This is because the Legal topic will have more complex ideologies and jargon that need a lot of research while the Education topic won't. To come up with accurate and conclusive transcripts, you need to do a lot of research that needs time, and that is why the turnaround time will be longer. You will also need research and time for the Educational topic transcription but it won't be as much as for the legal one. This is why the topic of transcription will always affect the turnaround time. If it is complex, it will take longer and the vice versa is also true.
5. Typing Speed
Typing speed is one skill that a transcriber should horn and it should always be on the higher side. When working with a freelance transcriber who's typing speed is fairly good, the turnaround time will also be fairly good. If you are working with one who's typing speed is slow, the turnaround time will be longer. Typing speed affects a lot of things. As much as it affects the turnaround time, it also affects the quality of your transcripts. It is always better to work with a transcriber who's typing speed is good enough and one who doesn't compromise on quality. A lot of clients want transcribers whose turnaround time works with their schedules and whatnot, but then, they forget that turnaround time can also affect the quality of the transcripts they will receive. Typing speed is important in setting a turnaround time but also be sure to get one who's typing speed doesn't affect the quality of work.
6. Verbatim
A verbatim transcript captures every single word from an audio file in text, exactly the same way those words were originally spoken. When someone requests a verbatim transcription, they are looking for a transcript that includes filler words, false starts, grammatical errors, and other verbal cues that provide helpful context and set the scene of the scenario that was recorded. A verbatim transcription includes absolutely everything. It corresponds word-for-word with the audio file a customer uploads. Non-verbatim transcription is cleaned up to remove filler words, stammers, and anything that takes away from the core message of what’s being said. Depending on what kind of verbatim a client wants, the turn around time will definitely be affected. On one side, verbatim will take a shorter time to work with because then you are typing everything you hear. A non-verbatim will take more time because you have to transcribe the audios while removing their filler words and still trying to make it make sense grammatically.
7. Timestamps
Timestamps are usually set so that one can find it easy to interact with a particular segment of audio without really having to go through all of it to find it. Creating timestamps for a transcript definitely takes more time than not creating them at all. Depending on what kind of transcript a client wants, this will determine the turnaround time of their project. There are four types of timestamps in transcription and some are complex than the other. There are Periodic timestamps, Paragraph timestamps, Sentence timestamps, and Speaker timestamps.
Periodic timestamps appear at a consistent frequency, such as every 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, or 2 minutes.
Paragraph timestamps appear at the beginning or end of each paragraph.
Sentence timestamps appear at the beginning of each sentence.
Speaker timestamps are placed whenever there is a change in speakers.
When either of these timestamps are added to a transcript, they affect the time the transcription would take to end.
8. Formatting
There very many cases of formatting in transcription. The most known formatting request a client would have in transcription is for her transcription to be a non-verbatim transcript. This means that the service provider should clean verbatim the transcript and remove any filler words and grammatical errors. This means, something has to be altered from the original audio which further means that more time is needed, for the transcript to come out perfectly. There are many formatting requests that clients make and this means that for service providers to cater to these requests, the turnaround time will be affected and it will definitely be longer.
All these factors affect the turn around time of any transcription service provider. Some affect it greatly and others affect it slightly. Depending on the specification you have for your transcripts when looking for a transcription service provider, be sure to have this in mind.
One of the most common questions asked is, how can you become an actor with no experience? Many aspiring actors just about to pursue a career in show business get confused about how to get acting jobs when you have nothing on your acting resume.
First, the good news: obviously you CAN become an actor with no experience. Everybody has to start somewhere. The key is taking action and getting that experience, and there are a few things that you can do at this point which I’ll talk about below.
Once you’ve decided that you want to pursue a career in acting, you’ll need a good plan of action on how to become an actor with no experience. Your principal goal will be to expand your acting resume with skills, experience, and training.
There are many things inexperienced budding thespians can focus on advancing their careers, and they’re all interrelated. Some of those involve looking for jobs, and others are complimentary to your acting career that will eventually result in your finding and booking more auditions.


Instruction: What Should You Do, To Become An Actor With No Experience

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1. Read and study
First, you need to familiarize yourself with the industry. Know the ins and outs of this business, how it works, and which people it involves. Reading books about the acting business, marketing, talent agents, and so forth will give you confidence and understanding of where you want to be, and how you’re going to get there.
Depending on the location you’re starting your acting career at, your approach to book acting jobs may differ slightly. Once you know the intricacies of this business, it is much easier to develop your own specific plan of action instead of relying on general advice from websites like this one and many others.
Not only that, reading a lot will benefit any actor’s craft. Read books on acting techniques to understand the theory behind truthful acting. Don’t forget to read the most essential plays. However, don’t rely solely on books, because you cannot learn to act from that alone. You must take acting classes or even apply to a drama school, anyway.
When you’re trying to find the most efficient ways on how to become an actor with no experience, self-education is priceless. And besides learning about the craft and business, reading a lot will increase your creativity.
2. Don’t move right away
By now, you probably know that certain cities in the world have a much bigger theatre or film and television industry. If you’re starting your acting career in one of those cities, then good for you–you’ll have plenty of opportunities from the get-go.
However, if you’re not in any of the bigger cities such as London, Los Angeles, or New York City, then don’t fret about it. As an aspiring actor who’s just starting out, your town will probably have plenty of small-time productions GREAT to get that experience because those jobs are easier to book.
Big cities are not only very competitive, but they’re also very expensive. So, when you’re looking for ways on how to become an actor with no experience when you live in a smaller town, focus on saving money, learning about the business, and exploring local opportunities.
Don’t move to a big city as soon as you decided you want to be an actor. You need to check whether this is an impulsive decision, or you enjoy the craft and will do this for a long period. Try to bite off as much of that less-competitive market in your small town and start building your acting resume.
3. Audition and train locally
Continuing my point from the above, your goal must be to drift, rather than rush into anything. Remember the famous phrase–acting is a marathon, not a sprint. This cannot be more true. Anybody who rushes into this profession will burn out quickly. It’s not a smart way to approach this business.
An acting career is like a marathon. It’s not a sprint.
Unless you live in towns like Manningtree, the UK where the population is 700 people, or Whittier, Alaska with 217 people, it’s likely that your city will have some opportunities for you to act. If you want to know how to become an actor with no experience, then this is how you can do it fast–a less competitive market.
So, what opportunities can you explore? Anything, really; whatever gives you a chance to act. You need to act as much as you can, anywhere you get the opportunity to. It could be community theatre, drama clubs, amateur acting workshops, student films, and so on.
If you’re lucky (or unlucky) enough to live in a bigger city, there’s going to be a lot more stuff happening, but it’ll be more competitive. Actively seek jobs, audition, and do whatever you can to get up on your feet and act. As soon as you can afford some local acting class or workshop, try that.
The goal is to build that resume in any way possible. Put anything you can on it. Jump on any project you can. Be proactive!
4. Work on your special skills
Being a wonderful actor should always be your chief priority. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn any “accessory” skills that will help you book more acting jobs. Many actors completely ignore this part and therefore take themselves out of running for easy gigs that they could’ve gotten if they had one particular skill.
It’s always helpful to do something that a director can use in production. If you already can play musical instruments and do more unique stuff, such as riding a unicycle–perfect! Hone those skills, put them on the resume and see how this can help you with gaining that acting experience.
But don’t stop there. Learn new things and master enough of the technique to an adequate level where you can at least fake it to look like a professional, rather than “know how it’s done.”
What should you be learning? Anything, really. Juggling, accents, languages, musical instruments, sports, martial arts, magic, and whatnot. Try some unusual things and put those on your resume, particularly if you already do them.
Special skills aren’t the focal point of your resume (which is why they’re usually at the very bottom), but who knows, one day one of those skills may win you a significant role in a big production.
5. Start working on your marketing
When you have no acting experience and you follow the above advice, it’s likely you won’t have too much of your time taken up with filming projects day in and day out. Therefore, you’ll probably have a little extra time on your hands which you can use wisely to boost your acting career.
My suggestion would be to work on your marketing and branding yourself. It will not do much for you now, but if you start early, once you have that acting experience, you’ll be ahead of many other actors who are just catching up with their actor marketing goals.
So, what can you do to build a brand around yourself? There are several things, and all are very easy to do and learn, particularly because it’s all based online. Here’s what you should focus on:
Build your own personal acting website (or you can pay someone to do it for you, but it’s not worth it).Create social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and whatever else is out there.Become active on your website and with your social media. Share things and communicate with others.Make connections online with other actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, and industry people.
On top of doing all of this online, you can also start networking a little. Even if you live in a small town with very little film or theater action, there’s probably other aspiring actors, directors, producers out there doing the same thing. Find them, connect with them, and maybe work on something together.
If you try hard, you can also find professionals in the field who are already working. Getting to know these people is harder, particularly when you’re still trying to figure out how to become an actor with no experience, but if you can get their attention, try to use those contacts, or save them for later.
6. Get used to rejection
Rejection is a part of this business. A big part, actually. Many budding artists do not expect this turn of events once they decide they want to be actors, singers, dancers, or other types of performers in this very competitive market. Unfortunately, that’s the reality of show business–everybody gets rejected.
Unlike in other walks of life, accept that Rejection (with a capital “R”) is normal. It’s not personal and there’s no reason you should ever take it to heart. It doesn’t mean that you’re a poor actor or that you’ve done something wrong.
Imagine that you’re casting a project. You only have one part, and 100 actors come to audition for that part. 50 of them were good. Can you hire all 50? No, you cannot. Pick one, and it’s a tough decision to make as a casting director. Nobody wants you to fail, but due to this business, you’ll get betting rejected a lot.
7. Finally, be patient and consistent
Honestly, the above six points are enough for you to get yourself onto the path of how to become an actor with no experience, and change that state as soon as possible. If you follow my advice above, you’ll be ahead of the game within a year. Most actors stop pursuing this career by then.
If you seriously dedicate yourself to finding any experience, marketing yourself, building your site and network, and getting comfortable with rejection, this will probably take you a year or two. Yes, it’s a long time, but remember that becoming an actor isn’t a sprint; it’s a marathon. Enjoy the process and look far into the future.
The important part is to always keep in your head that you finally have or soon will have a firm grasp of how the show business works, what the acting industry is all about, and that you’re serious that you love doing this. You’ll feel you’re building a foundation, developing acting-related habits, and getting reading for a major step.
So be patient. It’s very important because you will not–and I repeat, you will NOT–see any results in the beginning. Learning how to become an actor with no experience isn’t impossible, but it takes effort. It’s also going to be a lot of investment in terms of time, hard work, and even money with no reward for a while.
Nowadays, almost all people love to watch videos. Studies reveal that the online video consumer population will increase to over 1.5 billion. Companies strive to make their very own explainer videos that can tell the world about their products and services. Creating an explainer video permits business to create & share extraordinary content with its target audience, in a manner that simple texts will never go with. Many start-up owners consider explainer videos as efficient tools to promote their business. However, creating an engaging & interesting explainer video requires some innovative approach.
Techniques to make your video viewed
1. Know your target audience
As a business owner, you need to know your target audience. Ask yourself some questions that will help to identify and create a quality explainer video for them.


Instruction: Who will be my viewers


Instruction: Why should they watch


Instruction: What will they benefit

Response:
2. Perform your research and brainstorming session
Once you are aware of your target audience, conduct meticulous research. You can post questions in online forums & communities that are related to your business. Create video content based on the response to the frequently asked questions. Adopt some strategies for your brainstorming procedures like performing demos, marketing, or a mixture of both.
3. Write a compelling script for your explainer video
Right from the Stone Age, people love to hear stories, hence knit your script with a strong storyline. The normal script length for 1-minute business videos can be around 150 words. You need to create a hook in your script, with some meaning in it. It is advisable to create a short explainer video of 60 sec, 90 secs, or at the maximum 2 minutes duration.
4. Categorize your script into segments
A quick outline of your product & services.
Introducing a problem.
Providing a solution (through your product & services).
A clear Call to action.
5. Script weaving tactics for explainer videos
Keep your script short, sweet, and simple.
The normal attention span of an average person is around 27 to 30 secs. Ensure that within the first 3 to 5 sec, your script grabs your viewer’s attention.
Avoid jargon.  Narrate the story in the 2nd person like you & yours.
Please bear in mind, while producing your video, choose a conversational & relaxed tone.
Do not preach, ensure that your script conveys some value, transmits an outgoing message for your target people.
Spice up your script by adding humor, relevant to your business.
6. Make it emotional
Rather than creating a promotional script, make it personal filled with emotions. It should connect with your viewers; convey the feeling that you are very much concerned about them. When your target people begin to realize that it is their own story, chances are more for generating leads.
7. Get a professional Voice-over
Once you have finished your script, you require a voice-over. You can create your own voice over with a microphone and voice recording software. But if you intend to add more value to your videos and wish to be viewed by a wider audience, then you need to have a professional voice over.
8.  Make your pitch, perfect, by partnering with the right firm
You can create an explainer video on your own with a smartphone, DSLR, or handheld video camera. Moreover, you can edit it using software like moviemaker, Adobe Premiere, etc. But to make your pitch, perfect, it is advisable to partner with a good video production company. You are sure to get a video that remarkably tells your company's story and attain fruitful results.
9. Explain your business with an animated explainer video
An animated explainer video is a popular and inexpensive method to make a business efficiently reach its audience. You can include your creativity and can easily edit or update whenever you like. If you intend to create your own animated videos, then there are user-friendly DIY tools like Animaker through which producing video is a breeze. A good number of affordable agencies can also help you to create explainer videos in a more professional manner.
Procedures to make your explainer videos, shared
Whether you adore or loathe social networking sites, they have become part and parcel of business. They play a pivotal role in tilting the ROI scales of your business.
1. Title Optimization
As a video publisher, you can find Title Optimization as one of the simplest methods to influence a viewer to click on your videos. Use titles related to your brand, and now the latest trend in video titling is incorporating phrases like “behind the scenes”, “exclusive”, etc.
2. Thumbnail optimization
Thumbnail optimization is another excellent strategy by which you can capitalize on the number of clicks for your explainer videos. Leading video sharing sites provides a few options like grasping from the precise middle portion of your video. Ensure that you have an interesting frame in the mid-portion of your video. Also, ascertain that your video thumbnail is clear and preferably has a face or an individual on it.
3. Establish your network, avoid crowding of social icons
The easiest method to share your videos is to add social buttons inside your video content. But do not provide too many choices. Restrict your quantity of social buttons to 2 or 3 and not more. Do not simply request your visitors to promote your video content on all sites, opt for the ones you know. In a majority of the cases, it can be Facebook or Twitter. Nowadays, Quora also helps your videos to get broad exposure. Most of the qualified leads come from it, and they result in sure conversions. Hence, it is advisable that you share your video content with your friends, relatives, followers on these social networking platforms.
4. Request for a re-tweet
By adding “please re-tweet (RT)” inside your tweet, chances are more for receiving a retweet. This may look simple, but it works.
5. Do not forget to take part
You cannot simply harvest the reward without giving something in return. You should be frequently tweeting on Twitter and publish a status update on Facebook. Ensure that you do not involve in deliberate or direct marketing of your business product or services. Provide your video links at the appropriate places, when a user speaks something related to your business.
6. Collect emails
Each time when a visitor visits your blog provide a free eBook, in exchange for their email address. When you update or post fresh video content, you can mail to your email list. Moreover, the prospects are more for the email subscribers to share your video content through social sites.
7. Be debatable
Create your business video in a controversial or debatable manner as it will spread like wildfire and go viral. Your videos should evoke interest, curiosity in the viewer’s mind in a manner that he should immediately respond to your call to action.
8. Be distinctive
Being unique may appear to be easy, but it is somewhat an arduous task. Creating exceptional content on issues of your business that has never been touched will help you to produce distinctive masterpieces. Probabilities are more for your video, to go viral.
9. Do not put your viewers in sleep mode
Creating a lengthy video briefing your company profile, products & services, will only make a viewer get bored. He will either sleep or simply switch to some other interesting video. Make the video duration to be in the range of 1 to 2 minutes, and not more than that.
10. Take advantage of the mistakes
As we are aware of Alexander Pope’s saying, “To err is human”, we all make mistakes. Creating video content that shows what viewers can gain from his or other individual mistakes can effortlessly attract a large target audience.
11. Gauge your explainer video’s efficiency with Metrics and tracking
You can also efficiently make your video to get viewed, shared, and talked by optimizing its content with metrics & tracking procedure. You can track your inbound links by using a good video analytic tool. Moreover, these tools pursue your video’s viral spread, exterior to the video sharing sites, and also over the social networking platforms.
Keep your video short of 1or 2 minutes duration with a simple storyline.
Avoid slang, do not preach.
Speak in 2nd person in a conversational tone.
Instead of promotional, make your video personal, addressing the viewer’s problem.
Step into your viewer’s shoes and create a video.
Provide a fitting solution and clear call to action.
Make your video content look unique.
Adopting the above-mentioned strategies while creating your business explainer videos is sure to make your target people view, share, and talk. It ultimately results in more leads and profits for your business.
- Know your target audience- Perform your research and brainstorming session- Write a compelling script for your explainer video- Categorize your script into segments- Script weaving tactics for explainer videos- Make it emotional Get a professional Voice-over Make your pitch, perfect, by partnering with the right firm Explain your business with an animated explainer video
- Title Optimization- Thumbnail optimization- Establish your network, avoid crowding of social icons- Request for a re-tweet- Do not forget to take part- Collect emails- Be debatable- Be distinctive- Do not put your viewers in sleep mode- Take advantage of the mistakes - Gauge your explainer video’s efficiency with Metrics and tracking
Let’s face it; actions always speak louder than words, even in the web marketing world. The concept of the animated video market has gone viral in web circles because it comes with the three-fold advantage of announcing your presence, establishing your expertise, and enhancing your reach.
Videos are cooler and more engaging! An animated video has to all, from the fun, relatable element to an instant ability to grab attention. More and more businesses are now using the art of video making to take their sales to the sky and bring a more personal touch to their marketing portfolio.Videos Educate — A traditional ad just markets an idea, while an animated video can explain the concept behind that idea. That’s why videos are more relatable — they not only create brand awareness but also explain how a product works.Videos Get Shared — True that! Just create an enjoyable video and you won’t have to do anything else to market it amongst your target audience — it will get circulate on its own!Videos Bring Guaranteed Sales — An SEO tailored video instantly enhances your rank on Google and attracts more traffic to your website within a few days of going live - something which paid ads can’t do.
How to create an animated video that boosts your web marketing strategy
The secret of making your video really shine and fuel your business reach is developing it with a targeted and conceptualized approach.
Offer Valuable Solutions — Make sure your video is for the customer and provides valuable content that they can relate to. Remember — customers aren’t interested in listening about how your services are outstanding — they want to know how your services can benefit them.Make Your Point Heard — Say it out loud in the first few seconds — in the making world the ‘less is more’ approach almost always strikes a connection with the audience!Research Before You Shoot — look at what your competition in the market is doing and then go for a video marketing strategy that appeals to the end audience and is unique from what others are doing.
Making a professional animated video or an animated GIF is far easier than what you thought it would be. All you need is a vision; a concept and tons of creativity and you are ready! Here is a step-by-step tutorial that will give you all the information about how to create a blast in the marketing world with your creative instincts. Let’s start!
Step 1: It All Starts with the concept
Set a goal and then start the filming!
While creating brand awareness is usually the key reason behind creating a video, you can always use the medium to increase the conversion rate, enhance leads to your website, and boosting the sales funnel. Jot down your motivation for making the video in the first place and then make a separate column for how you can make it more focused, actionable, and unique!
Step 2: Word-fy your thoughts with a script!
The script is going to be the heart and soul of your video! A winning script calls for a grand concept, coordination, and creativity all rolled into one. The backbone of your video, a script can make or break your efforts so pay extra attention to this part! Once you have decided on the concept of the video, start sketching the script with a step-by-step approach, starting with an impactful beginning and ending it using a solid finish.
The foundation of a good script all depends upon your planning, here’s what a quality script must have:
A focused flow of concept from the beginning to the end.An engaging and attention-grabbing quality so the viewer doesn’t get bored.A simple and relatable approach so users can understand your services easily.A powerful call to action to close the video on a positive note and invites users to take the NEXT step (for e.g. browse your website, try your services, sign up, etc.)
Tips That Will Help You Out In Chalking Out An Amazing Script
Here are a few tips that will help you out in chalking out an amazing script:
Speak with an engaging and personal tone. As a professional business, you are trying to win over customers and the best way to do it is through a polite and approachable tone.Keep it short and sweet. No one wants to watch a video that goes on and on and on with no charisma or spark. It has been proven through research that most users prefer to watch videos that span for a minute or a minute and a half at max. Thus, to make maximum impact, keep your video duration under a minute and try to say more in a few words!Adopt a problem-solving approach rather than being sales pitchy. Telling them again and again how great you can prove to be a turnoff. Use your video to shed light on a common problem that your target audience is likely to face and then explain how you can fix it and provide a simple and easy solution to the issue.The closing is the most important part of the video. Hear, hear! Add an effective call to action message with your brand logo and contact details so your video serves as both a marketing resource and sales enhancing tool.Get some advice and feedback. Think your script is perfect and ready for filming? Before you complete things, go for a second opinion or ask a friend or colleague to provide their input, ideas, or suggestion. Remember - some positive insight and brainstorming always work in creating something great!
Step 3: Tell your story your own way–Introduction to Storyboarding
Imagine the storyboard like a bulletin board where you can pin the images, sounds, and graphics together and define the flow of your video. Designing a storyboard is like mapping out the whole video and deciding:


Instruction: What animations and images are you going to use in the video?How are the scenes going to play out and for how long?How would the voice-over coincide with the graphics?What music will play in the background

Response:
Mapping out your thought process on the storyboard may seem to be challenging, but it is all about the creative visualization that you decide. Imagine the story in your head and then write it down or draw it the best you can on paper.
Illustrations for the Storyboard
Digitally developed illustrations are your best bet in making a professional impact and translate your ideas in the best way. Stills can also be animated using specialized software. However, you can also go for:
Free images and graphics: For still photos, royalty-free pictures on websites like iStock are a splendid choice.Scans: You or any artist can also draw the images (for a more personal and creative effect) and then scan it onto your drive. They can then be edited and cut as per your needs.
Step 4: Breathe Life into Animation with the Voice of your Brand
So, the script is ready, and the storyboard is done — now the next step is to get it all going with a professional voice over. It is important to pay attention to the accent, intensity, and the manner of speaking while recording so that every word counts and makes the maximum impression.
Recording the Voice-over, yourself
If you plan on doing the voice-over yourself or with the help of a friend, make sure you sound original, engaging, and professional at the same time.You will need a microphone and recording software. As for the recording software, you can always invest in paid software for a quality experience but free tools such as Mixcraft, DubIt, and Audacity are also a popular choice for high-quality recording on your own.To make the most out of the deal, record the voice-over in a quiet room where there is no disturbance, background noise, or echo, speaking slowly and confidently at the same time is the key to success!
Using professional Voice-overs
There are a lot of websites that offer professional services of voice artists that can create professional sounding voice-overs for your video at a cost-effective price. www.voices.com is a great option out there! You can also work with freelance artists by advertising the job on Elance.
Once done with the job, save the audio file on your drive and import it into video editing software during the ultimate stage.