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  • Moms More Likely to Share Online, Media and Tech Fav Subjectsmediapost.com

    Moms are more likely to share online content on social media, according to a new survey of over 200,000 mothers ages 25-54 by ShareThis and Digitas, examining the behaviors of moms ac.. More »

    NEW FINDINGS: "Are native ads really more effective than banner ads?" and other eye-popping statsimediaconnection.com

    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 and ShareThis Announce Social Quality Index (SQI) Integration into comScore Media Metrix Interfacebusinesswire.com

    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 »

    INFOGRAPHIC: Florida Gulf Coast And Aaron Craft Top March Madness Social Trendsbusinessinsider.com

    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 »

    ShareThis raises $23 million, buys Socializebizjournals.com

    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 »

    ShareThis Aims For Mobile, With $23M Series C Led By T-Venture, Acquisition Of Social App Platform, Socializetechcrunch.com

    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 »

    ShareThis Acquires Socialize, Raises $23 Millionmediapost.com

    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 Buys Socialize, Inks $23M Series Cpehub.com

    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 »

    ShareThis Acquires Socialize and Announces New Funding Round of $23M Led by T-Venturemarketwire.com

    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 »

    Love Them or Hate Them, Millions of Americans Watched -- and Shared -- the Oscarsmarketwire.com

    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 »

    Embracing Social: The New Formula for Online Publishersmediapost.com

    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 Ranked 35 on Forbes' America's Most Promising Companies Listmarketwire.com

    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 »

    ShareThis CEO Abrahamson Sees Brand Opportunity Aheadadexchanger.com

    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 »

    Industry Leaders Offer Predictions For 2013 (Part 5)

    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 »

    Q&A With ShareThis SVP Marketing Jennifer Hyman: Demystifying Social For Brandsadotas.com

    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 »

    Frost & Sullivan Solidifies the Prominence of Leading Organizations through Best Practice Recognitionprnewswire.com

    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 »

    ShareThis and Starcom MediaVest Group Partner to Bring the Full Power of Social Insights to Brands, Publishers and Advertisersmarketwatch.com

    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 »

    Health care most shared issue in battleground statespoliticalticker.blogs.cnn.com

    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 brings social reader functionality to new sharing widget for publishersinsidefacebook.com

    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 »

    ShareThis’ ShareNow Allows Publishers, Bloggers To Easily Share Content To Facebookallfacebook.com

    Publishers and bloggers looking to take advantage of Facebook’stimeline and other social networks now have a new weapon in their arsenal fr.. More »

    ShareThis makes social sharing for publishers easier with ShareNowventurebeat.com

    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 »

    Finally, Fearless Frictionless Sharing on Facebookforbes.com

    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 »

    Make Your Online Content Sharable! Best Plugins & Widgets (Free)business2community.com

    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 »

    How Wendy’s Views Social Datadigiday.com

    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 »

    How AMD used A/B testing to achieve 3600% increase in social sharingvisualwebsiteoptimizer.com

    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 Expands Availability to 1.4 Million Websites Through Integration with ShareThismarketwatch.com

    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 Sponsors #SMDayCincy Celebrationsmdaycincy.com

    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 »

    Share This Makes Social Quality Index Tools Available For Publishersadotas.com

    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 »

    SMG, ShareThis Use Social Media To Up Wendy's Ad Performancemediapost.com

    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 »

    Harnessing the Power of Social: ShareThis Unveils New Solutions for Publishers That Bring Social Quality Index to Lifemarketwire.com

    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 »

    Heidi Roizen, Notable Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist With Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Joins ShareThis Board of Directorsmarketwire.com

    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 »

    Hertz Partners With OMD and ShareThis to Measure Consumer Impact of Social Activitymarketwire.com

    PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - May 31, 2012) - The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ), the world's largest general use airport .. More »

    ShareThis Founder Tim Schigel talks about sharing, search, and SQIscaleogy.com

    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 »

    Hertz Learns Value of Sharing in Purchase Cycleadweek.com

    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 »

    ShareThis Marks Fifth Straight Quarter of Growth With New Agency Partnerships, Product Innovation and Management Additionsmarketwatch.com

    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 »

    Why Sharing Is the New Search [VIDEO]mashable.com

    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 »

    The Real Reasons Why Brands Like GM Still Don't Like Facebook Advertisingforbes.com

    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 »

    Share and Share a Likeadweek.com

    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 »

    ShareThis to Sponsor Adrants Coverage of Internet Weekadrants.com

    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 »