
Original web series destination site Blip has just closed a $12 million financing round to develop new tools and services for independent producers.

Original web series destination site Blip has just closed a $12 million financing round to develop new tools and services for independent producers.
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. 
A new infographic from CEO.com reveals that an increasing number of CEOs are figuring out social media and seeing great success as a result. It looks like the CEO of the future is going to be a whole lot more social.

Sure, you’re a CEO: the big shot at your company, but are your Tweets more sophisticated than those below you?
As a CEO, your responsible for the information in your industry. Tweeters in your niche want to know what you know. Provide them with that information.
Even though you’re used to being professional, don’t be afraid to get personal with your Tweets. Followers want to know that you’re human, not just some stone cold CEO without any feelings.

In a great first talk of the ‘social’ track of Casual Connect, out at the Triple Door club across from the Benaroya Hall, Playdom CEO John Pleasants discussed the steps that are necessary to help social games continue their growth. In addiition to demonstrating some of the growth trends of popular Playdom games, he also made a few observations about how the industry can continue it’s growth from about $1 to $2 Billion to $2-$4 Billion in the coming years. Take a look at the video below.