The Grom Social Story: Zach Marks started working on the concept of Grom Social after being kicked off of Facebook twice by his parents. Zach’s vision was to create a safe, educational, fun, and highly interactive social media platform “By Kids for Kids” between the ages of 5-16. So, Zach, along with his brothers, sister, and friends of the family developed the platform and brought the various characters to “ A Social Networking Site for Kids By Kids™”
Grom Social has many cool features for kids that help them connect with other friends, chat, share photos, and post interesting discussions, and more.
Also, the Grom Pound serves as headquarters for Grom Social. This dynamic location features a motocross track, a six-foot half pipe, a quarter pipe, a pool, as well as a trampoline, and is located down the street from the world-famous surf break, Sebastian Inlet. This locale provides endless recreational and educational stories for our weekly Grom Spots as does the active lifestyle of the Marks family and their passion for adventure.
The site has attracted kids from around the world, as well as industry leaders, because of the ingenuity of Zach, the value proposition of Grom Social, and the active lifestyle and sense of giving back to others demonstrated by the Marks family. These
Entrepreneur Magazine. Grom Social’s Value Proposition: Grom Social is focused on providing kids between the ages of 5-16: The Marks Family: The Marks family has rallied around the concept of Grom Social with great the children are home-schooled through the award-winning Florida Virtual School program and two attend their local elementary school. The family travels throughout the United States and the world working on Grom, as or her real life pursuits and adventures. The Grom Pound is home base for pool, and trampoline. The Grom Pound is located down the street from the world-famous surf break, Sebastian Inlet, (training ground for 11X World Champion Kelly Slater). This locale provides endless recreational and educational stories for weekly Grom Spots, as does the active lifestyle of the Marks family and their passion for adventure.
sports. Zach is a comedian at heart who dreams big by creating new exciting concepts and makes those ideas come to life. Zach loves his work at Grom Social, but makes sure he has time for his friends and playing the guitar. Zach is an “A” student and is currently enrolled at Code Academy, an online web coding and programming school. Zach admires and is inspired by Mark Zuckerburg and the late Steve Jobs.
trainer, spinning instructor, and group exercise trainer. She is a competitive tri-athlete and believes in leading by inspiring others. When Sarah is not busy being a mom to six children, “Sarah the Trainer” provides content on health
builder and currently he is an occasional competitive surfer and motocross rider. “Pumped Up Paul” provides health
ESM magazine, and other leading surf websites, and has a segment in the Fox surf movie “No Filter.” The
anything and has a very adventuresome spirit that his parents and siblings love. Following in the family tradition,
immediately captures everyone’s heart. Victoria is learning by example and is following in her siblings footsteps. She is always helping out Mom, constantly talking about Grom Social and most The Grom Social Team: Zach Marks, Founder parents Zach set off on the biggest adventure of his young life - the creation of Grom Social. Zach, with his brothers, sister, and friends of the family have developed a safe, educational, fun, and highly interactive digital social media platform for kids between the ages of 5 and 16.
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Brenda Romero, Executive Vice President, Games director, including Atari, Sir-Tech Software, Electronics Arts, and numerous companies in the social and mobile game company. who are making the world a more stimulating place.
Dan Putnam, Vice President and Creative Director Advisory Board: John Romero Eric Tannenbaum Thomas J. Rutherford, MD, PhD Julie Young Grom Social Corporate Partners and Media Relationships: Florida Virtual School (FLVS) - students in Florida, and students worldwide have completed approximately
into a three-year partnership to facilitate Grom Social’s education components. Grom Social have agreed to develop and market a
MTV2 - on the basic tier of some providers. The channel is also broadcast over-the-air in selected markets. Available in things and remixes of cultural classics.
A Grom Social “Family Business” segment was taped at the Grom Pound of “Jobs that Don’t Suck” feature Zack and the family working on Grom Social and will show the family dynamics at the Grom Pound. The story will be inspirational by demonstrating the ingenuity and entrepreneurial success of Zack and the family in the creation of the Grom Social brand, and the core values of the business that are focused on education, anti-bullying, no smoking, and saying no to drugs. Grom Social Corporate Partners and Media Relationships:
Kendall Schmidt - Big Time Rush ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, Gilmore Girls, and Frasier to connect with Grom members by posting weekly messages on an exclusive Grom Social Kendall Schmidt the anti-bulling initiative on Grom Social and Anti-Bullying Tour at stops around the United States during the year that will wrap up with
Kendall Schmidt will be personally endorsing and recommending Grom Social to his extensive fan base, including almost three million followers from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Grom Social will provide a platform for Kendall organically, exercise, and anti-bullying.
Disney “Citizen Kid” - extraordinary things with their lives and in their communities.
entertainment experiences for families across all current and emerging digital media platforms. Also, it produces original programming and a suite of premium web entertainment destinations that serve as the online and mobile gateway
has sparked an interest in on-demand content viewable across multiple platforms. “Citizen Kid” is part of an interactive programming slate that will serve the entire family with premium, original shows. It will premiere on known for, on whichever devices and platforms they prefer, including mobile, social and console games, online virtual worlds and web destinations. The Media Buzz “Is Zach Marks the next Mark Zuckerberg?” Links to recent media stories. Entrepreneur USA Today Magazine Fox News Channel MSNBC The CBS News Hollywood Gossip USA Today NBC Digital Life Dr Drew Show TechDaily News on Today Fox News Radio CBS The Couch Florida Today Yahoo News Hollywood Life Live Science
Time For Kids Download more than 20 high-resolution photos MEDIA PHOTOS: of Zach Marks here: DOWNLOAD
Download Grom Social LOGOS: logos and guidelines here: DOWNLOAD
Download Grom Social character Artwork: artwork, original characters created by Zach Marks and his siblings, as well as the current Grom Helper characters and the Mark’s Family avatar artwork here: DOWNLOAD
VIDEOS: Download the latest The Grom Spot episodes here: DOWNLOAD What Parents Want to Know about Grom Social: Q: How is the site safe for my child? A: Grom Social has several layers of security built into the site and features 24/7 real time LIVE monitoring, parent ap- proval only.
Q: How does my child become friends with others on the site?
Q: How will I know what my child is doing on the site? A: E-mails/Report Cards will be available to parents or guardians outlining who the child was communicating with and what topics the child viewed on the site.
Q: Can adults become members? A: No, the only way any person over the age of 16 can be on the site is as a parent.
Q: Can these parent/adults become friends with my child? becoming friends with site members.
Q: How does the site stop undesirables from entering the site?
Q: What content will my child see on this site? A: We offer all kinds of fun, interesting and educational information, on the site. Categories include: Gaming, Action Sports, Entertainment, Health and Fitness, Team Sports, Earth, and Education, among others.
Q: What type of messages may be communicated to my child? A: Grom Social strongly supports NO Bullies, Saying NO to Drugs, and NO Smoking. These messages, along with other positive messages, are published within our site. We believe in helping pressure.
Q: Does the site have strict policies against inappropriate language use and cursing? A: YES. Cursing is not allowed on Grom Social. In fact, our custom software will not allow children to type curse words. Q: What if my child is bullied on the site? Grom Social account, and LIVE cast members are watching for inappropriate comments. Q: How do I report a problem on Grom Social? A: You may report any problem in several ways. Depending on the problem, you may immediately notify a real person on Live Chat that is available 24/7 through one of the characters logged on, or you may send an email to our Grom Social support team at [email protected] and they will get back to you within a reasonable amount of time.
Q: What is live monitoring? Live monitoring means that on Grom Social an actual live person is monitoring and interacting with the site 24/7, without gaps, 365 days a year!