-Phillip C Allen -Born and Raised in New York -AA Degree in General Studies From Community College of Rhode Island -Godfather for 7 years -Current Successful Business Owner -Not a Facebook User

 Make friends fast by downloading the KID ZONE application to find kids your age with the same interests and hobbies near you!

 Andrew- 7 years old  Has his own profile on Facebook  Aunt is blind to online dangers

 6 to 10 year olds both boys and girls  Parents and guardians of the users  Social media application that allows children to meet other kids in the local area  Application will offer games that can be played with other users  Each user can create his or her own “kid cave” and can join “club houses” where other users go to meet with common interests  Educational aspects and current events will be incorporated into the entire basis of the application

 Offer children a safe place online to communicate with friends and stay in touch with extended family  Allows parents to feel more comfortable with the child being online  Parent must approve every fellow “kid” before child has the ability to interact with them

 High Parental Interaction  Parents must log in at the same time as the user  Parents are able to access the account and rewind what the child has said and what he has been doing in the application

 Parents can limit child’s time on the site: ◦ How many hours ◦ How many days per week ◦ How many times they may access in a day  Parents have the ability to choose how often they must access the profile ◦ Each time user logs on ◦ Weekly ◦ Bi-Weekly ◦ Monthly

 Not a physical product, No production needed  Technicians will be hired for application maintenance, add-ons, and updates

 Print ads ◦ Highlights ◦ National Geographic Kids  Commercials placed on Children networks ◦ Nickelodeon ◦ Cartoon Network ◦ Disney Channel

 Offer Drawing Activities to grow the child’s creative thinking  Offer Word Games to help expand child’s vocabulary

 Offer Exploration Games to broaden the child’s knowledge of the world  Offer History Activities to teach the child about past events

 This is the Child’s Personal Profile that allows other “kids” to see what the user: ◦ Likes ◦ Dislikes ◦ Activities  Also join places called “Club Houses” ◦ Places where the user can talk to fellow “kids” and talk about the group of the club house

 1. ScuttlePad (2010) Age 7+  2. Togetherville (2010) Age 7+  3. WhatsWhat.me (2011) Age7+  4. Yoursphere (2009) Age 9+  5. Franktown Rocks (2009) Age 10+  6. GiantHello (2010) Age 10+  7. GirlSense (2009) Age 10+  8. Sweety High (2010) Age 11+  9. Imbee (2011) Age 10+  10. YourCause (2009) Age 13+ (

 Nickelodeon ◦ Currently offers a fun zone where kids can play online games ◦ Does not offer social interaction or friendly competition to other users  Facebook ◦ Could decide to design and offer a similar application ◦ At this point facebook does not offer any

 ScuttlePad ◦ Does not offer parental interaction ◦ Target Audience 6-11 ◦ Children only have a drop box key board option ◦ Children do not learn many skills with the time spent on ScuttlePad ◦ Purely a Social Media Site

 Disney’s Club Penguin ◦ Target Audience 6-14 ◦ Offers many of the same benefits ◦ “While kids can join for free, play is highly limited compared to paying members.” ◦ Cost: $6.00 per month/ $58.00 per year

 Application Service fee $1.99 Per month  Charge added to Cell phone providers bill or credit card  Can cancel at anytime with no termination fee

 Child Online Safety  Improve Typing Skills  Increase Family Communication  Improve Social Status  Ability to Learn from Gaming  FUN!!!!

This application offers children the opportunity to make many new friends with in the local community as well as gaining knowledge from the interactive and educational gaming. Parents feel safe with the product for KID ZONE puts the security of the children and the awareness of the parents first.