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UpToUs Experiences Explosive Growth in Third Quarter of 2008 Social network for management of classrooms and extracurricular activities grows over 1,000%. |
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Stanford, CA - November 1, 2008 - UpToUs www.UpToUs.com, a leader in helping parents of 3 to 14 year old children organize their busy schedules and connect with other parents, announces over 1,000% growth in registered users during the third quarter of 2008. The company's free, beta online networking service allows users to create trusted groups of parents and makes it simple for parents to securely manage their children's classrooms and extracurricular activities in a single online location. The system also enables parents to network with other parents in their groups and to find local service providers based on parent feedback. "The growth in organizations and individuals using UpToUs during the third quarter has been very encouraging. We're very pleased to see the growth of UpToUs during the fall with the beginning of school and many sports leagues. The adoption by large youth organizations that can use the system year round is very promising. The great thing about UpToUs is the room or team parent gets access to all the tools they need to manage their group and it takes just minutes to start a community and invite group members", said Yuval Spector, UpToUs CEO. UpToUs is easy to use. It takes less than 5 minutes to establish a community. The site includes built in applications geared specifically to parents with children in day care programs and elementary and middle schools. The applications include a parent directory, centralized calendar, an announcement system, photo sharing, a volunteer organizer, a discussion panel, a quick polling feature and more. A personal organizer allows parents to view all communities from one screen. The service also encourages socializing by allowing parents to post professional interests and hobbies and search for local service providers based on the ratings of other parents. The UpToUs service is available for free. Sign up online at www.UpToUs.com. About UpToUs Contact: |
