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Social Media Guest Bloggers Wanted

August 31, 2010 By 8 Comments

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Hello,

Do you have a passion for Social Media and the opportunities it offers to businesses, brands and individuals? We are very keen to share some new great content with our readers and are searching for new guest bloggers that can entertain and engage fans of The Social Penguin Blog. This is an opportunity to put your thoughts in front of an eager and growing readership. We are super optimised too! It is also an opportunity to work with Dave the Social Penguin and they don’t come along too often. Just feed him a few pilchards now and again and you’re on to a winner!

Dave's Here For You!

Dave's Here For You!

So do you think you have something to say? Drop us a comment here or email thesocialpenguinblog@gmail.com

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Social Media – Don’t Forget The Locals!!!

August 23, 2010 By 6 Comments

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The Social Penguin Blog is based in Edinburgh, the amazing capital city of Scotland. Currently the city is rammed with visitors from all over the globe who are here to experience one of the many festivals that take place throughout August. During this time, the population of the city swells from approx 400,000 to around 800,000.

Clearly this represents a massive opportunity for the businesses in Edinburgh to attract new customers through their door. The competition for this custom is high and the Social Media space can give the businesses a welcome boost (if done properly, but that is a different story!) as more and more people turn to the social web for info and opinions before deciding where to eat or buy their souvenirs and so on. Many Edinburgh businesses are making use of the space and trying to directly engage with visitors, this is admirable and would appear to have been working out for some of them.

But what about your loyal fans/customers that keep you going all year round?

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Filed Under: Digital Marketing, Local Focus, Social Media Customer Service, Social Media Marketing, Uncategorized Tagged With: , ,

Social Media Brand Survey

August 19, 2010 By 5 Comments

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Hello!

I was hoping you could spare me 5 minutes of your time to fill out a survey? I really want to know what you guys think of brands use of the Social Media space, who does it well, who fails and why do you engage with them? If you are up for helping out a cute little penguin (that’s me!) then please click here to be taken to the questions over at Survey Monkey.

Thanks very much and stay tuned for the results!

Lots of Love

Dave x

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Social Media Interview – Trey Pennington (Part 2)

August 16, 2010 By 1 Comment

05/09/2011 – We are truly saddened by the news of Trey’s death today. He was a true gent and the time he took to respond to our questions and the general feedback he gave us is testament to this. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. Rest in peace Trey.

Well here it is, the second part of our great interview with Trey Pennington a must read as Trey takes us through his thoughts on the life expectancy of ‘Social Media’ as a term, the brands he thinks are doing it well, the ipad, Social Cynics and much more.

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Tree of Knowledge appear on Dragon’s Den (Well Done to Them!!!)

August 9, 2010 By 2 Comments

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After much anticipation, friends and clients of The Social Penguin appeared tonight on the BBC 2 show Dragon’s Den Gavin Oattes and Alan Burton were hugely impressive in the Den with Peter Jones branding them ‘the best he has seen’ and making an offer for half of the required money. The duo received glowing comments from the rest of the Dragons, however they did not feel they could bring enough to the business to match Peter’s offer. Their glittering and interactive pitch was one that many a business person should take inspiration from. Dave and Mike are very proud!!!

Now why not go and interact with the guys? Check them out on twitter here, join in the discussion on their Facebook Page and find out more about their training services and resources on their official site.  You could even go old school and send them an email – happy@treeof.com

Well done Tree of Knowledge!!!

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Tree of Knowledge to Appear on Dragon’s Den

August 3, 2010 By 4 Comments

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Clients of The Social Penguin Blog – Tree of Knowledge will be going head to head with the famous entreprenuers on Dragon’s Den on Monday August 9th at 9pm! Be sure to tune in and support them and join in the conversation on twitter using the #dragonsden tag! We will be supporting TOK with their Social Media strategy during what will be a very busy time for Gavin Oattes, Alan Burton, Dougie Clark and their mega talented team.

Check out the official preview of the show featuring Gav and Alan from Tree Of Knowledge here !

Good luck guys!!!

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Social Media Interview – Trey Pennington (Part 1)

August 2, 2010 By 10 Comments

05/09/2011 – We are truly saddened by the news of Trey’s death today. He was a true gent and the time he took to respond to our questions and the general feedback he gave us is testament to this. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. Rest in peace Trey.

In June I attended the Glagow leg of media140 and had the pleasure of listening to and meeting Trey Pennington . His talk was engaging, thought provoking and took a different angle to the norm. Since the conference we have often conversed on twitter and Trey very kindly agreed to answer some questions for The Social Penguin Blog, read on for part 1 of this great interview with a man who truly understands the merits of Social Media for businesses and individuals.

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