by Diane Fusco, resident transcriptionist at BSETC

As a transcriptionist who specializes in Internet marketing terminology, I’ve often been asked to transcribe audio recordings of teleseminars. What’s interesting is that there are still folks out there who don’t record every single one of their teleclasses! Let me address this issue first.

Recently, a woman who ran a national company sent a mass email stating that she would be hosting a conference call on a particular subject. I responded, as I often do, asking her if she would like me to transcribe the event. She was surprised – she hadn’t even planned on recording it! I will suggest right here that yes, you do want to record all of your audio events. You need a record of all your events for your own information and also so that you can offer them as a product to those who missed out on what happened. One very simple way to do so is two words: Audio Acrobat. If you’re not yet familiar with this company, please first investigate them at http://audioacrobat.com.

In addition to recording your event, you will also want to have a written transcription. Here are five reasons why:

Don’t lose your content forever by not having your teleseminar transcribed, or worse yet – never recorded! The investment in these services will pay off for you many times over in the end.

Diane Fusco is a veteran transcriptionist who understands the terminology and lingo of the Internet marketing industry. For more information about her services – as well as what goes on in her free-spirited world – please visit our services page located at http://bsetc.ca/blog/our-serv ices/transcription/.

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Dave Brown and Brian Mark of Beginning SEO Podcast have posted a new segment today explaining what frames are, the difference between frames and iframes, and why they’re just generally a bad idea. I got to chime in with some comments and also share my experience with one of the few *actually* useful applications for an iframe. (I also noticed I said “actually” like 50 times… must remember to consult the thesaurus and add some variety to my vocabulary.)

Listen to the podcast of the Frames article here.

Happy 4th of July to all celebrants… Why not listen to some of these?:

And for something more philosophical, how about:

 Six Sanity-Saving Scenarios to Turn a Massive Breakdown into a Powerful Business Breakthrough

By Melanie Benson Strick

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There I was. Depressed, frustrated, and overwhelmed. Despite my best efforts to have a smooth running ship and organize my event, I realized I had a significant breakdown in my process. I admit, it wasn’t the end of the world, but come on, I teach this stuff! It was one week before we went live on our new program, we were preparing the workbooks for production, and I realized, no one ordered the right tabs! Yikes!

It got me thinking how a client of mine had shared a great story about their direct mail marketing campaign. A lot of money had been invested in buying a list of qualified candidates. But every step of the way there was breakdown in the process – the guy who formatted the list didn’t set it up right, the assistant didn’t have the proper envelopes, and they had no postage when they needed it. My client laughed as he told me this, but I knew he was frustrated!

Well, I’ve learned over the years that a breakdown means that something very valuable is happening – I have new insight into how I can improve my process, my attitude, or my belief so that problem never happens again.

Let’s look at a few examples of how breakdowns can occur in our business or life.

These are typical scenarios that many of my clients and associates have experienced. What I have noticed is there can be a difference in how people handle these types of breakdowns. Some people might freak out, scream and yell, and blame everyone else for the breakdown. That tends to be the “victim-mentality” type who struggle in life. The “success-oriented” type is the one who says, “OK, how can I make my process better?” Here are Six Sanity-Saving Scenarios that can turn that breakdown into a breakthrough.

The bottom line is that life happens and breakdowns will occur. We have all heard the saying, “breakdown, breakthrough.” Well it is true. I have experienced enough adversity in my life to fill an ocean liner. It is up to us to choose to respond to these situations with a positive attitude to make them work for us – not against us. So take those challenging situations and look for the opportunity to strengthen your personal mindset and your business systems.

Now, it’s your turn. How will you take a breakdown in your life and turn it into a breakthrough? I encourage you to take note of where the problems occur and brainstorm with your team, your family, or your friends to come up with possible “breakthroughs!”

About the Coach:

Melanie Benson Strick, The Million Dollar Lifestyle Business Coach, teaches entrepreneurs how to stop feeling overwhelmed so they can create more money, more freedom and more prestige.

Want to discover faster, easier ways to achieve more with less effort? Get our free report 101 Ways to Triple Your Income by Outsourcing Your High Payoff Activities at http:/ /www.successconnections.com/101ways.

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One of the ways in which we try to extend our gifted and talented pupils at Nodehill is by running what we call More Able Pupil Project days or M.A.P.P days once a year for every curriculum subject. The idea is that a select number of pupils from our two upper band classes are taken off timetable and work together intensely on a suitable activity which will stretch them and give them the opportunity to produce some sort of finished product by the end of the day. For this year's French M.A.P.P day, I thought I'd ask some of my strongest Year 8 pupils to follow in the footsteps of my Year 7 upper band form by producing their own grammar podcasts based on the work we have covered this year.

Ten volunteered to take part, some of whom had already cut their podcasting teeth at the Isle of Wight conference earlier in the year and wrote their scripts together on a grammar point of their choice. They kept to the same format of the Year 7 podcasts of presentation, examples and quiz as this seemed to work well and maintained continuity. We recorded the podcasts using Audacity and edited as we went along.

Judging by the feedback the pupils gave at the end of the session, the group enjoyed being given the creativity to write their own transcripts and come up with interesting ways of conveying their ideas. It was also clear that the process of scripting, recording and editing had helped them to deepen their understanding and rigorously revise the material they were explaining in a personal and engaging way. Moreover, they were motivated intrinsically by the task itself as well as by the prospect that they were publishing to a real audience via the World Wide Web. Some said too that they liked the thought of helping others with their work and being able to listen to their podcasts on a mobile device outside the classroom in their own time.

I've uploaded the new podcasts to NodehillFrench, our new Podomatic site where you can subscribe to them via iTunes using this feed on the right hand side of the page. The beauty of this is that it updates itself automatically whenever you post a new episode. Have a look at the following instructions to tell you how to do it, if you're not sure. I've also added the feed to a Podcast Pickle Player and pasted the code into a new Notes Typelist for it on the blog so anyone can play the podcasts directly from the sidebar.

I hope you enjoy the new episodes of the French Nodehill Grammar Podcasts. Feel free to leave a comment as always. I'm sure the pupils would love to hear your thoughts.

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Published: April 04, 2007 in Knowledge@Wharton
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Click to enter the mileage mall, a cyberspace bazaar where everything from flowers to golf clubs to cruises is bought and sold in the mall’s own currency — frequent flyer miles.

At American Airlines’ AAdvantge e-shopping site, more than 200 vendors — including Bergdorf Goodman, Home Depot and Petco — offer bonus miles to shoppers. Like the currencies of countries, the value of vendors’ currencies fluctuates as well. At the Apple Store, a dollar spent earns just one mile, while Hallmark pays 10 miles for each $1 in sales. Continental’s OnePass program allows members to earn two miles for every $1 paid for electricity from Gexa Energy of Houston. Miles are even available for the civic-minded: Northwest Airlines’ WorldPerks members can donate $50 to the Red Cross and receive 500 miles in return.

Since American Airlines pioneered its frequent flyer program 26 years ago, airline loyalty programs have blossomed into a unique and thriving industry, in part by teaming up with hotels, rental car companies and credit cards. These days, dozens of retailers are tied into the programs with their own frequent buyer schemes.

But while the programs are getting bigger, they don’t always provide a big payout for retailers. For the most part, the partnerships have become a defensive measure as more and more retailers develop competing programs, according to Wharton marketing faculty.

Source: Love Those Loyalty Programs: But Who Reaps the Real Rewards? - Knowledge@Wharton

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An anonymous reader writes “A mathematician will receive a Grammy award for restoring the only known recording of a live Woody Guthrie performance — a bootleg someone made in 1949 using a wire recorder. Guthrie’s daughter, who had never heard her father perform in front of a live audience, oversaw the restoration. The article links very cool before and after clips.”

A Mathematician - by radarsat1 (Score: 5, Insightful) Thread
Congratulations, “A Mathematician”!! 
 
How awesome is that, to do some really interesting work, and finally get some world-wide recognition and even get your name on the front page of Slashdot! 
 
Oh, wait… 
 
Common people, let’s give credit where credit is due. Thanks. The guy’s name isn’t even mentioned until the 11th paragraph of the story! Somehow when it’s something cool like this it’s enough to say, “mathematics did it!”, as if this restoration technique of identifying the hum of a 1949 power supply to help guide a dynamic warping and interpolation technique just dropped out of thin air. 
 
(It’s Kevin Short by the way, although if I understand the article, this sound engineer Jamie Howarth played a large part as well.)

Re:Only known what? - by Spad (Score: 5, Informative) Thread
It’s poorly phrased, but they mean the only known live recording of *that* performance.

Title of story wrong? - by Mushdot (Score: 5, Informative) Thread

The title of the article says the mathematician was norminated for a grammy, yet the article itself says the recording was put forward, which sounds more plausible.

In other news… - by bigattichouse (Score: 5, Funny) Thread
The RIAA sues same gentleman for 100,000,000 USD over same infringement of Guthrie’s works, especially by the current owner. DMCA invoked on compromise of special wire-based recording medium, daughter of famous singer fined and sent to Gitmo, Hail freedom! Homeland security mistakes old recordings as bombs and bans them from all flights. Shall I go on?

Re:In other news… - by ShieldW0lf (Score: 5, Insightful) Thread
To all those who like to argue against the ongoing use of analog recording mediums for original masters, let this be a lesson to you. 
 
Always record your originals in analog and immediately transfer to digital, and one day you may find that more of the original sonic environment can be recovered from that master than you ever thought possible through the progression of physics, chemistry and math.

Neil and I have a new radio show on Webmaster Radio called Rush Hour that will air on Wednesdays at 1PM PST / 4PM EST. The show will focus on social media and social media marketing.

We are very excited about the new show and we have some very exciting guests planned in the coming weeks. Our first guest this coming Wednesday is Todd Malicoat (aka Stuntdubl). Todd is one of the forward thinkers in the SEO industry that has recognized the power of social media so it will be fun to pick his brain. If you have any topics that you would like to see us discuss, or any questions you would like to ask either Todd or us, please drop a comment below.

We'd like to thank Webmaster Radio for hosting the show and specifically Eddie for creating our sweet audio promo...