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Africa’s bloggers can now cash in on their popularity with the Pingo African Blogger Calling Card Challenge, a competition on Afrigator.com. Sponsored by Pingo, Africa’s largest prepaid international phone calling card provider, the competition will award special affiliate status to the best African bloggers and an opportunity to earn income from their blogging prowess. Winners recieveVIP Pingo phone cards entitling them up to 285 minutes in calling, up to 1,000 free phone cards for their loyal followers, and up to $35 for each reader who signs up for Pingo service.

Pingo allows consumers to purchase low-cost international calling minutes online at the Pingo.com site on an on-demand basis without hidden fees or further contractual obligation. Subscribers in Africa make and receive toll-free calls over a high-quality VoIP network to more than 200 countries from computers with Internet access, land lines and mobile cell phones. In fact, Pingo users save as much as 90 percent on international calling rates compared to traditional mobile calling plans.

The rapid success of Pingo’s VoIP phone service since its launch just over four years ago is a result of its proven network – offering incredible clarity and direct-to-wholesale rates to subscribers – and a unique no-expense affiliate program that thrives on fairness and transparency.

Winners of the African Blogger Calling Card Challenge can also receive a huge boost to their professional profiles through a series of “PingoCasts” that will broadcast their expert advice to newbie’s joining the African blogging scene.

Bloggers can register for the Pingo African Blogger Challenge now at http://www.pingo.com/en/affiliates.do. Deadline for entry is July 31,2010.

For more information about Pingo’s low-cost online international phone cards visit http://www.pingo.com.

For more information about PingoCasts visit http://www.pingo.podbean.com

Attention all bloggers.

Kia Motors South Africa invites you to participate in our Kia Experience campaign. The Kia Experience is a global campaign whereby 12 bloggers from across the world have been invited to travel to South Africa for 4 adventure filled days which includes a ticket to watch a 2010 FIFA World Cup ™ game and a Kia test drive to Magaliesburg with Kia’s latest surprise.  As an official partner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup ™, Kia Motors will now also open the Kia Experience to one interested South African who will join in the experience and will use their social media skills to promote the campaign.

Competition Details

To select the ideal person – a writer/blogger who shows enthusiasm and the necessary social media skills – Kia Motors South Africa is running a local search competition on the Kia Motors South Africa Facebook Fan Page. The winner will join The Kia experience (details below) and will also receive a 2010 FIFA World Cup™  South Africa PS3 EA game and a Sony Cybershot Camera. In addition, another 2010 FIFA World Cup™  South Africa EA PS3 game and Sony Cybershot Camera will be awarded in a concurrent competition which can also be entered on the Kia Motors South Africa Facebook Fan Page.
The competition includes a set of fun quiz questions and the entrants are required to write a blog post not longer then 150 words in which key words and phrases need to be used.

•    Join the Kia South Africa Facebook Fan Page and complete The Kia Experience quiz to enter the competition
•    2010 FIFA World Cup™ South Africa PS3 EA game to giveaway
•    Sony Cybershot camera to giveaway
•    A panel of judges will select the best entry
•    The Kia Experience prize is to join 12 other global bloggers from 18 – 21 June 2010, to stay at the new Rosebank Holiday Inn Hotel, attend one 2010 FIFA World Cup ™ match and a day trip test driving the All New Kia Sportage.
•    The competition runs from 20 to 25 May and the winner will be announced on 2 June 2010.
•    Terms and conditions included on the Facebook Entry Form

Tweets:
•    The Kia Twitter account is www.twitter.com/KiaMotorsSA
•    Or @KiaMotorsSA
Keywords in your blog post:
•    The Kia Experience
•    2010 FIFA World Cup™ South Africa PS3 EA Game
•    Sony Cybershot Camera
•    “Kia Motors The power to surprise”

We have just completed the implementation of Pubsubhubbub on Afrigator. What does this awkward word mean though? It means that if your blog is Pubsubhubbub enabled, your posts would be aggregated in Afrigator as they get published. Realtime!

Traditionally, we used to poll your RSS feeds every 2 hours to check if you have any new content. If you had something new, we’d save it in our database. If you didn’t have anything new, we just downloaded your feed for nothing. Yes, we know, not very efficient.

If you are blogging on Blogspot.com or WordPress.com, your blog will update Afrigator in realtime! If you have your own WordPress installation (i.e. WordPress.org) you will need to install the PuSHPress plugin. Find it here.

If you’re using any other platform, you can check out how to enable your feed using Google’s appspot service. It is fairly straightforward, so do it! If you have questions or need help, feel free to talk to me.

Once your blog has been enabled, we’ll pick up that you’ve enabled your blog when we do our rounds again using our traditional feed parsing and you need to do nothing more. Once we’ve successfully subscribed to your feed, it will update Afrigator when you publish a new post! Awesome, hey?

At the moment, there are already 1442 blogs that are Pubsubhubbub enabled.

Three lucky bloggers will each receive Luxury 4 Less vouchers to the value of R1000 for South Africa’s first and only VIP Shopping Club

Premium Brands + Bargain Hunting + Special Treatment =Luxury4Less is here – for YOU!

You are cordially invited to become a prestige member of SA’s first and only VIP Shopping Club

A windfall for the discerning shopper who seeks out quality and style, even in a recession.

You might already have heard whisperings about them, South Africa’s first and only Private Shopping Club, Luxury4Less?!. They have graced the pages of GQ, FHM, Garden and Home, Glamour Magazine, Sunday Times and Business Report and a few others. They have also been on radio and TV (Highveld Stereo, CNBC Africa and Classic FM) – all over the country, people in the know are talking about the new star in South African eCommerce, Luxury4Less, forking out premium brands to its exclusive member base at discounts that are hard to believe.

“Premium brands”, include high-desire international labels like Baby Phat, Fendi, Carolina Herrera, Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Superga, British Knights, Apple, Sony, Rolex, Swatch and many, many more….

HOW TO JOIN AND HOW TO WIN

To win one of five R1000 Luxury4Less vouchers simply send an email to dudes@afrigator.com telling us that you’d like to get R1000. The only requirement to entering is that you have to spend your Luxury4 Less vouchers within 14 days from receiving them and then write a blog post about how you spent your R1000 voucher.
More great news!
Every blogger that registers as a member of Luxury4Less will receive R100 free voucher as a welcome gift.
How to register:
*Log onto www.luxury4less.co.za
*Click on the ‘Become a member’ text link
*Enter your e-mail address and the following promo code: afrigator@luxury4less.co.za

The competition ends on the 31st March 2009, so register quickly.

This competition is only open to residents of South Africa.

This is a very quick update to tell you that Afrigator has moved offices to Gardens in Cape Town. Not only do we have a new address but we also have a new contact number so if you’re trying to get a hold of us we suggest visiting our updated Contact page on our corporate site.

If you’re ever in the area it is a pre-requisite to pop in for a cup of coffee or, if it’s late enough for you, a beer with the Afrigator team.