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posted December 31st, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: sharethis
By now you’ve seen all the “best & worst” lists and the predictions. We rush into 2009 expecting Change.gov and hoping it’s for the better. Whether in good times or bad we experience life together by sharing - sharing brings us together. We share to support our friends and sometimes find new friends.
This year, more than ever, we are migrating the human experience to the online world. Younger generations may never experience the 20 year high school reunion like their parents did because their social network will be a persistent and omnipresent support community. This year I’ve unfortunately witnessed a few human tragedies but have been astonished at how the speed of the network organized friends and loved ones to support each other in inspiring ways.
When we were forming ShareThis and told people that we would make sharing simple, admittedly we received some quizzical looks. Is sharing hard? Why is it important? We believe that sharing is a fundamental part of how we connect with and relate to people, something that every one of us needs and desires.
Sharing isn’t new, but the things that can be shared and the ways we can share have increased dramatically… but sometimes the technology gets in the way. We share in different ways with different people. Some of us use cool new tools like Twitter and others like to stick with Email. It’s all good. References to sharing across the Web have been skyrocketing.
People share what matters. We conducted a study with Forrester earlier this year and found that the number one reason people share is to help someone they know benefit . Not only do we share what matters, we share because we care! In a world of information overload, sharing cuts through the clutter.
ShareThis was launched just over one year ago and the growth has been amazing. We appreciate each and every one of our publisher partners who joined us this year and to the users who have made ShareThis the people’s choice for sharing - we promise to keep innovating and listening to your feedback in the coming year.
However you plan to ring in the New Year, I wish you the best and look forward to sharing 2009 with you.
Tim
posted December 28th, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: Erin
I came across a listing of the most peculiar stories that were covered in 2008 by MSNBC and have to admit that I was genuinely shocked, and often dismayed, at the stories. Some I don’t even remember hearing about (because you wouldn’t forget tales like these!) and others I have read before and still don’t believe. So if you want a recap or reconfirmation of what a wacky year it’s been - check out the link below.
Msnbc.com’s Most Peculiar stories of 2008 - Year in Review 2008- msnbc.com
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posted December 25th, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: Erin
The ShareThis team has a lot to be thankful for (or so they say via email and phone to me) so I thought I’d send out a little bit of our holiday cheer and some family fun pictures to prove it!
Among the list of things we’re thankful for are our wives/husbands/significant others, kids, dogs, XBox 360, the Internet, Gutenberg’s press, ShareThis, people who use ShareThis and the time ShareThis gave us off for the holiday.
From the ShareThis family to yours - Happy Holidays and a great New Year!
posted December 18th, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: Erin
Share This wants to give a shout out to DealsPlus, an online social shopping website, that is the first shopping site to be added to the ShareThis button. DealsPlus offers a unique setting for users to share deals, coupons, shopping tips, and organize their shopping lists, and it’s socially-driven, which means the best deals are hand-picked by their users.
Now when you use your ShareThis button for products or deals, you can use the post feature to send it off to DealsPlus to share some savings to all of us that need it in these economic times.
The people at DealThis are so cool that they even created a tutorial on how to use ShareThis. Check it out!
posted December 16th, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: Erin
In case your ShareThis widget loaded so fast that you missed it, we’ll tell you what’s up – we’ve revved up the speed so you can share like lightening.
The new design cuts down load times for ShareThis without sacrificing benefits like the mashed-up address book and automatic updates. Your address book fields will populate faster saving you some time (to read the ShareThis blog) and making your experience even better!
We have also included three new social web services: Yahoo! Buzz, LinkedIn and Sphinn. All can be found on the Social Web tab.
We’ll keep bringing you the best widget if you keep sharing. Deal?
posted December 16th, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: chris
This morning Tim, JB, and myself were at the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame for the Social Media Breakfast. The SMB is a monthly meeting of Internet and marketing professionals. This time around Tim gave a talk, and it was a total sellout. Actually, there was a waiting list in case people couldn’t make it.
Thanks to Kevin Dugan for having Tim speak. We had a good time talking to everyone about ShareThis — here’s a few pictures from the event.
posted December 16th, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: Erin
Mashable’s Open Web Awards for 2008 have come and gone… and ShareThis has come and won! I’m totally stoked that people seem to really enjoy ShareThis - thanks for all who voted to make this happen.
We’re really proud of our footprint in the sharing space and how many users and publishers send over positive feedback. We also love those of you that are verbal about what you want to see updated and changed.
Pete Cashmore, CEO of Mashable.com gave us some awesome feedback when he stated, “ShareThis is a clear leader in content sharing on the web. In fact, ShareThis had the rare distinction of winning both the Blogger’s Choice and People’s Choice selections in the Blog Plugins category of the Open Web Awards. Both knowledgeable commentators and the web community agree: ShareThis is a winner.”
These kinds of awards that are voted on by bloggers and the people ‘en masse’ mean a lot because it’s a good benchmark of what people want and need, and who’s giving it to them.
As a thank you - you should notice that ShareThis is moving a bit faster today. We think the widget is on an adrenaline high from all the love people have been showing it, or it could be our developers amping up the backend of the widget, who knows. 
Keep sharing!
posted December 14th, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: Erin
‘Twas a Thursday afternoon when all through the Valley
Guests RSVP’d for a party which I carefully kept tally.
Balloons were blown up by employees with care
In hopes that our guests would soon be there.
When from outside there arose such a clatter
It was Whole Foods delivery with our many food platters!
We ordered from Whole Foods, BevMo and some more
So guests would be greeted with food at the door.
Merriment and discussion of ShareThis ensued
Fueled on by the beverages, some of them brewed.
To all those that came we thank you for the good times
And for those that could not, please enjoy my (lame) rhymes.
A good time was had discussing widgets with cheer
From all at ShareThis - we wish you a Happy New Year!
posted December 12th, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: Erin
Blogs.NFL.com just made it easier for you to share this smack talking during the playoff season by implementing ShareThis on their page.
Wanna blast a blog at that Patriot’s fan that has been hassling you or ask for insight for your fantasy team – Use the new ShareThis button then pass it out to people with the speed of a well trained wide receiver.
Check it out at blogs.nfl.com.
posted December 12th, 2008 in
ShareThis - By: Erin
Besides my corny butchering of a great Sinatra song, I’m actually excited that we’re now installed as the sharing tool on abc.go.com and abcnews.go.com – making it easier to share the latest news with all of your contacts through any sharing service.
When you see a headline or story that you want to share, send it along with any of our sharing options.
Go to abcnews.go.com to start spreading the news far and fast!
