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Have you ever wished you could track where your consumers' eyes went when they were looking at your online pages and content, so you knew what was working (and what wasn't)? That's just one of the test mechanisms used to gather the consumer trend data presented this morning at the IAB NewFronts Insi.. More »

Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) and ShareThis today announced the integration of ShareThis’ Social Quality Index (SQI) into SMG’s comScore Media Metrix® interface for media planning purposes. SQI is a universal measure of social activity on the web. The integration marks the evolution of social f.. More »
Want thrills? This year's March Madness has given us a true Cinderella story in Florida Gulf Coast, an Aaron Craft buzzer-beater that lifted O.. More »
The online publisher platform ShareThis has raised $23 million in a Series C round of funding and bought the startup Socialize, which makes a developer toolkit for apps... More »
Palo Alto-based publisher platform ShareThis, the maker of those “social sharing” buttons scattered across the web, is today announcing having closed on $23 million in Series C financing, in a round led by T-Venture, the venture capital ar.. More »
Social-sharing service ShareThis on Wednesday announced raising $23 million in new funding as well as acquiring Socialize, a startup that provides developers a drop-in social platform for mobile applications. The move is aimed at extending the reach of ShareThis beyond the desktop and mobile Web to .. More »
ShareThis has acquired Socialize, a maker of technology for app developers, and also announced that it has raised $23 million in Series C financing. The new round is led by T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom, and includes part.. More »
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - March 20, 2013) - ShareThis today announced that it has acquired Socialize and secured $23M in Series C financing. Socialize provides app developers with a drop-in social solution that generates greater user engagement and more downloads by making app.. More »
PALO ALTO, CA and CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - February 26, 2013) - Seth MacFarlane's crooning! Quvenzhané's puppy purse! First Lady Michelle Obama and Argo! The Oscars ceremony was as irresistible as ever in spite of much social media grousing, as ShareThis and Starcom MediaVest.. More »
The shift from print to online has been excruciating for many in the publishing industry. The old economic formula that governed print has been completely transformed by technology, the rise of social media and free-for-all content... More »
ShareThis, the company that connects audiences to publishers and advertisers through sharing, announced it ranks No. 35 on Forbes' annual benchmarking of "America's Most Promising Companies." The third annual list recognizes the top 100 privately held, high-growth companies that possess compelling b.. More »
With a year under his belt at sharing data company ShareThis, CEO Kurt Abrahamson says the past year was one of strong growth in terms of all the usual metrics of revenue, staff and success of clients – though he declined to provide specifics... More »
Kurt Abrahamson, CEO, ShareThis. “Sharing becomes a must-buy for brands: Advertisers can raise brand affinity by reaching the most engaged audiences on the sites with the highest rates of social sharing. This will signal a shift from lower-funnel direct response and retargeting campaigns.”.. More »
With the incredible ascent of social media and its influence on marketing, many brands continue to search for answers as to how best tap resources like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr to their advantage. ShareThis provides solutions by enabling publishers and brands to add seemingly simple b.. More »
The Excellence in Best Practices Awards are presented each year to companies that are anticipated to impact significant growth in their industries, have identified emerging trends before they became the standard in the marketplace, and have created advanced technologies that will catalyze and transf.. More »
PALO ALTO, CA, Sep 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- ShareThis, the sharing platform and ecosystem that powers the social web, today announced a strategic partnership with Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), one of the world's largest brand communications agencies. The partnership enables SMG to levera.. More »
Washington (CNN) – Of all the major issues our country is facing, stories relating to health care legislation are being shared online in key battleground states more than any other issue, according to data from social sharing company ShareThis... More »
ShareThis today announced a new tool that will allow publishers to turn their sites into social readers without having to build their own custom Facebook applications. ShareThis is known for creating widgets that are used across more than 1.4 million websites to make it easy visitors to share con.. More »
Publishers and bloggers looking to take advantage of Facebook’stimeline and other social networks now have a new weapon in their arsenal fr.. More »
Web sharing tool provider ShareThis has added a new tool to its lineup with ShareNow, which allows publishers to provide automatic sharing to channels like Facebook and T.. More »
Ever since Facebook debuted “frictionless sharing” last year, this practice of apps such as theWashington Post Social Reader or Socialcam posting your activity on your Wall without asking your permission each time has produced waves of annoyance, privacy concerns, and even requests for.. More »
For an SMB, creating good, valuable content takes a lot of sweat, right? I know. So making this content SHARABLE is a must! I am surprised to find how many of my clients (and many companies) OVERLOOK this or just simply don’t think about this small basic concept .. More »
If you’re on Twitter between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., chances are you’ll run across some of your friends debating what they should have for lunch. At least this is what the Wendy’s team found upon completing a digital marketing audit nearly 18 months ago... More »
A/B Tests Identify Improvements Resulting in up to 36x Increase in Social Sharing on AMD.com pages Imagine browsing AMD.com when you stumble upon the latest and greatest in AMD news. You find this to be so interesting that you want to “Sh.. More »
moShare, the first web-to-mobile sharing service, today announced that it has partnered with ShareThis, the world's largest ecosystem for sharing and engagement, to enable users across 1.4 million websites that feature ShareThis the ability to share web content to mobile devices via text me.. More »
ShareThis is the latest sponsor to join the #SMDayCincy celebration. Between their Cincinnati roots and the impact ShareThis has had in the social media space, it’s great to have them involved... More »
ADOTAS – Publishers using the ShareThis plugin for their websites gain access to additional analytical sharing tools as of today. The Social Quality Index (SQI), unveiled last year, has been brought to life with the SQI Analy.. More »
Starcom MediaVest Group, Wendy’s, an SMG client, and social media sharing service ShareThis have released results from two online advertising campaigns utilizing the ShareThis platform. SMG and ShareThis disclosed last November that they were teaming up to test new metrics for assessing the val.. More »
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 6, 2012) - ShareThis, the world's most powerful sharing platform, today launched two tools based on the Social Quality Index (SQI) that help publi.. More »
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - May 31, 2012) - ShareThis, the world's largest ecosystem for sharing and engagement, today announced the addition of Heidi Roizen to the company's Board of Directors. As a seasoned leader in Silicon Valley, Roizen brings a wealth of experience to ShareThis, and will help.. More »
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - May 31, 2012) - The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ), the world's largest general use airport .. More »
It’s a bold statement, but with ShareThis surpassing Google’s monthly reach with 181 million uniques earlier this year, it’s a statement all startups and small businesses should pay attention to. So what is ShareThis, and how can it benefit startups? Watch the video to find out... More »
Travel is an experience people like to discuss with their friends as they share the details of where they’re going and how they’ll get there. Hertz knew customers’ social activity and conversations were impacting purchase decisions but the company didn’t know how much until now. A new study .. More »
PALO ALTO, CA, May 24, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- ShareThis, the leader in sharing and influence across the Web, today announced the appointment of Matt Gallatin as Chief Financial Officer and Jennifer Hyman as Senior Vice President, Marketing. The management additions occur as the company expa.. More »
What has a bigger reach than Google on the web? Sharing. We caught up with Tim Shigel (pronounced like “wiggle”), co-founder and CEO of ShareThis, who told us that according to ComScore, his service surpassed Google in terms of reach in Januar.. More »
There’s a curious disconnect plaguing Facebook in the run-up to its initial public offering this week: Just about every marketer knows she or he has to be on Facebook to reach its nearly 1 billion users, which is why ad spending on the social network nearly doubled last year. But even as they writ.. More »
Consumers love to pass along information and marketers need to know how these deliberate acts impact brand image. When Facebook spent $1 billion to acquire Instagram earlier this year, pundits were abuzz trying to figure out why a photosharing site was worth 10 figures. Things were a little quieter.. More »
We're pleased to announce ShareThis will be sponsoring our coverage of Internet Week New York which begins next Monday. ShareThis is a service that makes it easy to share any published content out to any number of social sites. As ShareThis likes to say, "th.. More »
The web is awash with articles about how “social shares” (aka – mentions and link sharing on popular social networking sites) will be the “next big thing” in the world of link building. But do you really think that Google’s going to be gamed by the thousands of “+1” votes or hundre.. More »
Tim quoted as saying, "Technology changes fast enough that you need to hit the reset button fairly often and frequently, and that's effectively what we've done. There's a lot of learning from the past but ... to rely too much on technology that was used in the past was a mistake, and that might actu.. More »