About Pingler

Comments Off on Five Ways to Freshen up Your Blog, 21/09/2011, by in General

Any blogger knows how it feels when they hit a bit of a wall. You’ve built up a steady list of followers and have been regaling them with interesting, insightful blog posts for a good while. But like other bloggers before you, there soon comes a day when you feel fresh out of ideas. This is crunch... Read more...

Comments Off on How to Pick the Best Keywords for Your Content, 19/09/2011, by in SEO

No matter how good you or the writers you use are at getting the keyword density in your content just right, if you haven’t optimized for the keywords your target readers are actually searching for you are still doing SEO wrong!  It is crucial when working out your SEO strategy that you really th... Read more...

Comments Off on Outdated Theories about Search Engine Optimisation, 16/09/2011, by in SEO

Just about everybody involved to any degree with the internet knows that SEO is crucial if you want to get a lot of relevant traffic to your site.  Whether you are selling or promoting something, or just want people to read your blog, you can never underestimate the value of a good Google ranking f... Read more...

Comments Off on Using Facebook to Market Your Business, 14/09/2011, by in Marketing

Facebook is not just about poking the people you like, secretly checking the pages of the people you don’t and chatting to your great aunt Mary in Australia.  More and more businesses are starting to use the website to drive more traffic to their business page and along with Twitter, it’s among... Read more...

Comments Off on Should You Use AdSense on Your Site?, 12/09/2011, by in Making Money

If you’ve seen the movie the Social Network, you may remember Mark Zuckerberg emphatically stating that he didn’t want to monetize Facebook with advertising to begin with.  He says that Facebook is cool, and advertising is not cool. While Zuckerberg seems a somewhat unlikely person to be tellin... Read more...

Comments Off on Blogger or WordPress – Which is the Best Platform for your New Blog?, 09/09/2011, by in General

If you want to start blogging, and have decided you want a conventional blog rather than using something like Tumblr, which is part way between full blogging and Twitter style microblogging, then you have probably noticed that the two big players, at least when it comes to free platforms, are Google... Read more...

Comments Off on Creating a Buzz with Social Media, 07/09/2011, by in Marketing

In a world where loyalty is hard to come by, more and more companies are turning to social media outlets to encourage customers and potential customers to show an interest in their brand.  Competitions to win tickets, goodies and products are popping up on Facebook and Twitter almost daily - and th... Read more...

Comments Off on Using YouTube to Increase Your Traffic, 01/09/2011, by in Marketing

Hurrah for YouTube!  We all use it, whether it’s to set up an embarrassing Mariah Carey playlist to sing along to while you work, or finding silly dancing dogs to entertain your sprats for five precious minutes. YouTube: the Untapped Resource But YouTube offers so much more these days and ... Read more...

Comments Off on How to Blog Successfully, 28/08/2011, by in General

Blogging began as a way for individual writers to express themselves online, with each early “weblog” being almost like an internet diary.  In the Web 2.0 age, it has since developed into one of the most important social media formats on the web.  Blogs are now used not just by individuals to ... Read more...