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With 850K Users In 2 Months, Circle Of Moms Comes Out Of Nowhere
TechCrunch —
It may seem like the last thing the web needs is another parenting website, but you wouldn’t know that by the impressive growth the new website CircleOfMoms.com chalked up over the past couple of months. The site, launched in October 2008, has already grown to over 850,000 registered users. Seventy-five percent of the users are US-based.
Circle of Moms is what you would expect from the name. It’s a community that lets moms connect with friends, talk about their kids, and join topical Q&A communities. Users have created over 1,000 such communities for topics like ...
Circle of Moms Reaching 850,000 Moms on Facebook
Inside Facebook —
... Circle of Moms operates as both a Facebook application and website and is currently the fastest-growing and 2nd largest “social network for moms” (behind ...
Circle of Moms: Connect and Shop with Moms Like You
Mashable! —
... The Stay at Home Moms community, however, is incredibly active for a group born just one month ago. This particular community boasts 41,188 members who are contributing questions, comments, and engaging online at a high frequency; there are currently 842 conversation threads in this community alone. ...
Circle of Moms gets circle of traffic
VentureBeat —
... Save the drama for your mama, or at least take it online. Circle of Moms, a new parenting website launched in October 2008, can now celebrate its impressive 850,000 registered users. Only two months after crashing the parenthood site party, it’s now the second largest community of mothers after ...
The business of Social Media and the new old boy’s network
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... A perfect case in point is the news surrounding Circle of Moms. On December 4th two post written by authors that weren’t really associated by the respective blogs wrote about the amazing numbers that Circle of Moms was getting. Now Circle of Moms originated as a Facebook application but in October launched a parenting website presumably built around the same concept as the Facebook app. ...
Top 20 Up & Coming Facebook Apps for January 13, 2009
Inside Facebook —
... +21,147
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It’s all about utility: Social media apps grow up (for advertisers, too)
VentureBeat —
... Circle of Moms: A great example of a social media app becoming a free-standing community, Circle of Moms’ numbers speak for themselves. The site launched to meet mothers’ need to connect with each other. It attracts more than 2 million active users a month, connecting mothers and moms-to-be to provide advice, comfort and child-rearing resources. Just launched last October, it has already become an indispensable resource for many women. And now it’s proving to be valuable for brands looking to tap its very ...
How Tough Is It Today Being a VC? 10 Questions for Two Early-Stage Stars
ReadWriteWeb —
... Clavier: I started investing in the consumer Internet space five years ago, at the very beginning of Web 2.0, and since then have closed more than 50 deals. Five of them got acquired: Truveo, Userplane, MyBlogLog, Kaboodle, and Maya's Mom. In my angel portfolio, I have companies like Mint, Kongregate, and Buzznet. More recently, I invested in Tapulous, maker of the #1 game on the iPhone, as well as Circle of Moms, GetSatisfaction, and SocialMedia. All of these companies have ...
Huggies Targets Social Media Moms With New Campaign
Mashable! —
... Huggies, the maker of diapers, training pants, and other products for babies and young kids, has decided to jump on the social media bandwagon too, but by going straight to their target audience — moms — by way of the popular mommy social site, Circle of Moms. The mom-centric site is leveraging its partnerships with ...
More Features Piling In The Minivan As Circle Of Moms Expands
TechCrunch —
... Parenting communities are becoming increasingly common on the web as mothers and fathers turn to social networks to share stories and elicit advice about raising children. Circle of Moms, a social network for yes, moms, is celebrating its year anniversary with steady growth numbers and a few new features. The site is what you’d expect from its name— a community that lets moms connect with friends, talk about their kids, and join topical Q&A communities, with subjects ranging from recipe swapping, special needs children, and discipline for toddlers. ...
The Today Show Jumps On Mommy Blogger Bandwagon With TodayMoms
TechCrunch —
... will be partly a social network, as moms will be encouraged to create a profile, share photos and participate in the blog via comments and reviews.And the site features a large amount of video content, which is partly on-air segments from the Today show and original content.
The “mommy” audience is a growing segment of web-users that are steadily looking to the web for advice, support and to simple express themselves. We just wrote about the fast growth of Circle Of Moms, a social network for mothers, has seen in the past year. And more Moms are ...
