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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 »
Our rockstar Founder and Chairman, Tim Schigel, was interviewed recently and shared his perspective on the American Dream: “Building your own business, creating things on your own, was something I always saw as the American Dream.”.. More »
Some still say "show me the money" when it comes to social media's ability to churn up online ad or other revenue. But true believers in social media say the money's already there and that billions more will pour into b.. More »
Still dogged by a lackluster digital and social media operation in 2008, the Republican National Committee has restructured its in-house digital staff over the past year. Execs hailing from corporate tech and digital services firms like ShareThis and Rockfish (formerly Rockfish Interactive) have joi.. More »
What’s the special sauce behind ShareThis campaigns? How does ShareThis work for advertisers? What data goes into your optimization techniques? These are questions we here at ShareThis get all the time. The answers are both simple and complex. Simple and easy solutions for advertisers and marketer.. More »
PALO ALTO, CA – March 22, 2012 – ShareThis, one of the largest platforms for sharing and influence across the Web, today released a list of the top ranking sites .. More »
ShareThis, the company behind the ubiquitous sharing widgets of the same name, is rolling out a new way for publishers to see how their social sharing strategy stacks up — and it’s sharing a list of the top publishers in two categories... More »
After the amazing response we received from the ShareHeart on Valentine’s Day, we decided to continue with the holiday spirit and create the Shamrock Share Button. The amount of shares you’ll receive from this button will be better than any pot of gold.. More »
At ShareThis, we like to celebrate occasions. And to celebrate the first day of March, (Seems like as good an occasion as any) we are going to do just that by launching a feature called ‘Domain Access Manager’. In a nutshell, it allows publishers to share access to their analytics with other Sha.. More »
If there’s one thing we love sharing about, it’s Oscar. From the glitz and glamour of the red carpet to the onstage theatrics, tears and tradition, viewers are never left wanting for more and the 84th Annual Academy Awards were no exception. This year, a number of new faces were mixed in to the .. More »
MIAMI BEACH, FL (February 28, 2012) — The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has launched “Data Driven Advertising” (www.iab.net/data), a web site designed to be the definitive resource for advertising .. More »
It seems like there are new social networks cropping up on a daily basis lately, and it’s our job to make sure that our publishers have access to all of these hot new sites!.. More »
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of our lovely ShareThis publishers and users! We hope you are having a wonderful day full of romance, love, and chocolate with that special someone. Because today is such a special day, we have the perfect gift for you. We’re calling it the ShareHeart, and you can up.. More »
PALO ALTO, CA, Feb 09, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- ShareThis, one of the largest platforms for sharing across the Web, today announced the appointment of Paul Lentz as Senior Vice President of Publisher Platform. ShareThis reaches more than 80 percent of the US population online(1) across more t.. More »
What are the benefits of signing up with ShareThis? Well…what are the benefits of the bread slicer! What are the benefits of pasteurization! We might as well ask these other questions too, because there are just too many answers to list. But, in all seriousness, here are a few to wet your whistle.. More »
As the web universe continues to expand (just like the real one--Hubbell’s Law anyone?) Kurt Abrahamson is hyper-focused on drilling down. Specifically, the recently installed CEO of .. More »
Over the past eight months, Google has steadily released one revolutionary new feature after another. On March 17, the company announced a new version of .. More »
Adding sharing and analytics to your iOS apps and mobile websites is now super easy. ShareThis now offers solutions for your mobile websites and iOS applications. You will continue to get all the great sharing features and in-depth analytics that you already get with ShareThis solutions on the web... More »
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 1, 2011) - ShareThis, the world's largest platform for sharing and influence, today was named one of America's 100 Most Promising Companies by For.. More »
In my last blog post, I wrote about the never-ending pursuit of innovation at ShareThis and how important this was in attracting me to my role as VP of product. This time around, I’d like to address another topic near and dear to my heart – product discovery. In brief, product discovery can b.. More »
Publicis Groupe’s Starcom MediaVest Groupe is teaming with ShareThis, a tech company that enables the sharing of Web pages, to develop and test a new planning and buying metric for assessing the value of shared content online... More »
Today is an exciting day for the team at ShareThis. We’re announcing a new methodology that will change the way web content is valued – for the better. This new standard, what we’re referring to as a Social Quality Index (or SQI for short), is the first measure of Web-wide sharing activity th.. More »
Here on the Publisher Services team, we often get the question, “What type of websites use ShareThis?” This never fails to put a smile on our faces, because there is no one answer to this question... More »
Way before joining the ShareThis team, I knew the importance of sharing and how it not only increased traffic on my blogs but how I was able to optimize my content based on popular posts. Our publishers know this too!.. More »
Big News: You may have seen the news today on the Google Analytics Blog about optimizing your social engagement data. If not, here is a link for you: .. More »
I’m often asked what it was that attracted me to the position of product VP at ShareThis. After all, Silicon Valley is packed with exciting companies that all hold promise – or at leastclaim to hold promise – to change the world. And there.. More »
A great turnout in NYC for this year’s Advertising Week – everywhere you turn, you encounter another company or idea that’s bound to transform advertising in some shape or form, and we like to think our co-attendees feel the same way about us. Not only did .. More »
So instead of writing today about the art of closing a deal or lessons in the ABC’s of sales (always be closing), I thought instead I would share some of the fun aspects of running the sales team at ShareThis... More »
I'm blaming Richard Blakeley and the entire staff of ShareThis for the reason that I'm writing this article from my couch instead of my office. I was sick of Advertising Week and the fact that it's kind of chilly outside, so I hit up an Internet Week event... More »
Before Internet search, people relied on each other for information – “each other” being defined as the smartest person in the vicinity or, if all else failed, Mom. Seeking out knowledge from our peers – more so than texts or other forms of written wisdom – is as basic a human instinct as .. More »
This week marked an important milestone in the world of online advertising and consumer privacy. It was the deadline set by the Interactive Advertising Bureau for ShareThis and its more than 500 other members to meet specific standards of conduct in order to maintain membership... More »
DOTAS – Six-hundred thirteen million people. That’s two United States and one-tenth of the entire world’s population. It’s also the amount of people who, according to comScore, share online every month. It’s a staggering number that should make our mothers proud – after all, they were th.. More »
Call it the science of social media, the psychology of sharing, the study of online behavior in the 21st century – it’s all the same: brands, marketers, publishers, curious minds trying to uncover the special sauce that makes people share. Sharing is the ultimate goal for these key players in th.. More »
ShareThis, a widely used content sharing widget, has its sights on advertising dollars and has hired ad industry vet Kurt Abrahamson as CEO to lead the charge. Cincinnati resident Tim Schigel has run the Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup since 20.. More »
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 26, 2011) - ShareThis Founder Tim Schigel today announced the appointment of Kurt Abrahamson as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. ShareThis is the world's largest sharing marketplace, built for adv.. More »