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ShareThis Publisher Services Blog Post

November 15th, 2011
 

 

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.

Anyone who is interested in harnessing the power of social media (and who isn’t?) can benefit from social sharing in different ways. From sports and entertainment content giants to brand and e-commerce businesses, our network of over 1 million websites is comprised of a wide range of web properties.

Just like people, every web property has its own unique identity, and therefore can benefit from social sharing in different ways. Some properties have audiences that share almost exclusively via Facebook, while others have users that share more privately through email. Internationally, people will share into social destinations that are popular in only certain regions of the world. ShareThis makes it easy to allow every publisher to feature sharing channels that best resonate with their audiences.

But how does a publisher know the best way to implement – and optimize – social sharing on their site? As with many strategic decisions relating to running a web business, guidance can he found by monitoring analytics. Just a few months ago, ShareThis revamped its Sharing Analytics dashboard for publishers (http://help.sharethis.com/analytics/analytics-overview). By using this free tool, web and editorial teams can see what content is being shared and clicked the most, the channels that users are sharing to, and even what parts of the world have the most sharing!

Using these insights, publishers can fine tune how they display ShareThis on their site, and even make editorial decisions informed by social sharing data points. On the publisher services team, we work closely with many of our publishers to help them make informed decisions. As mentioned earlier, there is no “one size fits all” approach, and that’s what makes the job both challenging and fun!

If you are a publisher, feel free to take a look at our latest product and analytics offerings at: http://sharethis.com/publishers/.

And, if working with publishers sounds interesting, you might want to think about joining the Publishers Services team at ShareThis! Here are some of the roles we are looking to fill: http://sharethis.com/about/careers/

by, The Publisher Services Team, ShareThis, Inc.

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The ABC’s of ShareThis Sales

September 19th, 2011
 

 

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.

I’ve been lucky enough to work at ShareThis for the past 16 months and manage an amazing team of 10 people.   While it’s extremely important to find the right caliber of people from a skills perspective, it’s also very important to me that I find the right people to get along with and fit in with the great dynamic of the existing team.  The sales team gets along like a family and I want to make sure we keep that dynamic as we continue to grow.  We definitely have a friendly amount of competition from region to region, but we also help each other as teammates and treat each other as friends.

 

We recently had our sales conference in New Orleans, as a reward for the team having exceeded their second quarter goals pretty significantly.  While there, we accomplished a ton of work with meetings running from 8am to 5pm for 2 days straight.  But, because we were in New Orleans, a city with great music, food and bars, we were able to have some fun there as well.  We attended an outdoor music festival with Anders Osborne, had an amazing dinner at Cochon, watched our CEO take the lead guitar with a local band, and had drinks at the oldest bar in the US.

We also are lucky enough to host fun events with our advertisers.  In New York, we recently took a group of clients to the US Open.  The day before had been rained out, so we had a very full lineup of Quarterfinal matches we were expecting to see, including Nadal and Roddick.  Unfortunately, the weather on the day we went was rainy as well.  When we got there, the event was delayed and they said they expected to play within 30 minutes.  30 minutes turned into 5 hours and we never saw any tennis.  But, we still had a great time with our clients.  We found some covering at a bar and spent a few hours eating, drinking and laughing.

It really is the people I work with and the clients we call on that make me happy to come to work everyday at ShareThis.

By the way, we are hiring in many markets including Atlanta, Detroit and Dallas.  If interested, please send your resume to adsales@sharethis.com

by, Julie Greenhouse, SVP, Advertising Sales

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ShareThis Seeking Product Marketing Manager

August 12th, 2011
 

 

As Product Marketing Manager, you will report to the CMO and be responsible for the outbound marketing activities for ShareThis products (primarily B2B). You will craft the messaging and positioning for products, working closely with product strategy and sales strategy for input. You’ll create and execute innovative marketing programs that drive product adoption and demand. Attention to detail and an eye for quality, along with the ability to grasp and translate technical capabilities into benefits is crucial. In your role as a PMM, you will be the expert in ShareThis customers (advertisers, publishers and consumers), how they select related tools and services, and their criteria for doing so, and will transfer that knowledge to the sales channel.

Key Responsibilities

  • -Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates ShareThis products in the market (primarly B2B-focused, secondarily B2C)
  • -Develop sales enablement materials and tools that communicate the value proposition and help sell the products
  • -Plan the launch of new products and releases, working in tandem with multiple teams to implement
  • -Be the market expert on customers and competition for products
  • -Develop and execute the strategy and manage the marketing programs that drive market demand for ShareThis products
  • -Support the overall marketing team with additional marketing needs including events, advertising, communication plans and more as needed

Requirements

  • -Work out of Palo Alto, CA office
  • -Bachelor’s in business or marketing
  • -Strong copy writing and written communication skills
  • -At least 5 years marketing experience, with at least 2 of those years in a product marketing (field facing) role
  • -Willing to travel to NY and conferences on a limited but quarterly basis
  • -Excellent collaboration, consensus-building and management skills
  • -Clever and crafty marketer who believes in the power of social media and, of course, sharing
  • -Experience within a start-up environment preferred

 

by Tom Spano, Social Media Manager, ShareThis, Inc.

Email me with questions or candidate information: tom@sharethis.com

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