AD2ONE has announced a partnership with ShareThis, a Palo Alto, California company that uses large-scale social data to deliver breakthrough insights and advertising solutions across mobile and desktop environments, to help support the expansion of ShareThis’ international operations.
The partnership will see AD2ONE help ShareThis deliver data-driven insights, audience building and advertising solutions to brands in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.
By measuring activity across 2.5 million websites, ShareThis calculates a Social Quality Index (SQI) score that indicates which websites generate the most shared content relevant for individual brands.
More than 690 million consumers currently use ShareThis globally to recommend content across multiple devices and more than 120+ social channels from LinkedIn, to Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. A majority of the top 100 US digital advertisers partnered with ShareThis in 2013 and the international expansion is driven by the growth of the global sharing economy. According to eMarketer, internet advertising market is expected to grow to $56 billion globally by 2015.
Kurt Abrahamson, CEO, ShareThis, said, “We’ve partnered with AD2ONE because they’re a great team of likeminded people who have established themselves as a trusted advisor to some of the world’s most prestigious brands. We’re excited to expand our global reach building on the momentum we’ve established in the US and Canada.”
The partnership with AD2ONE will enable ShareThis to have an Australian focused team to help brands reach their audience and drive revenue.
ABOUT AD2ONE
AD2ONE is a global digital group that provides exclusive advertising access to premium vertical brands for Australia’s leading agencies, marketers and publishers. UK headquartered AD2ONE offers fully integrated advertising solutions to marketers.
The global AD2ONE group has been established since 2000 and was launched in Australia in 2004. The Australian operation operates throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific and has seven offices globally including London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dublin, Sydney, Amsterdam, Germany, Melbourne and Auckland.
AD2ONE’S exclusive premium brands span many vertical sectors and include CNN, Reuters, Wotif.com, Coles, PlayStation, Optus and Ticketmaster.