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Sittercity has been featured in thousands of stories in the nation's best-known media outlets. Here are some of our greatest hits.
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Today Show - Adventures in Babysitting "Within 24 hours after posting a job, parents usually get an average of 17 replies. No one in America ever has the excuse of "I can't find a babysitter" ever again." |
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Time - 50 Coolest Websites "Calling itself the Match.com for childcare, Sittercity provides an invaluable service at a reasonable rate." |
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CBS Morning News - New Adventures in Babysitting "Through Sittercity's Website, subscribers can access what looks like a parents dream come true!" |
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Wall Street Journal - Adventures in Finding a Babysitter "Sites like Sittercity.com allow sitters to post their profiles without charge and parents to peruse them for a fee. They even give tips for interviewing potential sitters." |
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New York Times - Memo to Nanny: No Juice Boxes "Genevieve Thiers' site receives so many queries about food that she is preparing to post an online worksheet on which parents can specify diet preferences." |
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The Big Idea - Why Didn't I Think Of That? "Genevieve you are new to the show. This is definitely, for any parents a 'why didn't I think of that.' Your moment was when you actually saw a pregnant woman scurrying about." |
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iVillage Live - Babysitter Politics "iVillage babysitting expert and CEO of Sittercity, Genevieve Thiers, gives great advice for the age old question of who is good enough to be watching your kids." |
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Martha Stewart Living Radio - Start Ups for Women who Own their own Businesses "When I meet someone and they say Sittercity changed my life, that's the best reward." |
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Working Mother - Find a Good Sitter Ð Fast! "Stranded without a sitter on a Saturday night...again? Here comes www.sittercity.com to the rescue!" |
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Real Simple - Simplify your Life this Month "Even if you have a reliable babysitter, you still need a backup plan for sick days and vacations (hers, that is). Sittercity.com connects parents to qualified sitters." |
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Fit Pregnancy - Where To Find Your Mary Poppins "Best if you want someone to work full time..." |
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Kiplingers - Sitting Pretty "Need a last-minute sitter for a party or child care on a regular basis? Sittercity.com has a database of college-age sitters." |
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Newsweek - How Women Lead "Parents can check Sittercity.com to find sitters who are qualified." |
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Figure Magazine - Sitting on a Gold Mine "As the oldest of seven, Genevieve Thiers is a born babysitter. Now 27 years old, Thiers has turned this familial chore into a successful business...she launched Sittercity.com, an online database that links babysitters with parents." |
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Better Homes & Gardens - The Right Sitter "Genevieve Thiers, who put herself through college by babysitting, has put the Internet to work helping parents." |
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Redbook - News from your Neighbor "Finding a sitter in a jam just got easier - and cheaper - for Atlantan Paul O. He's taking advantage of a new benefit offered by his employer, which provides discounted access to the online babysitter search service Sittercity." |
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Ladies' Home Journal - A Smarter Way to Hire a Sitter "Parents can post jobs and keep a list of favorite sitters on the site." |
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Parents - Surfing for Sitters "Looking for a sitter when youÕre away from home? Check out Sittercity.com." |
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CBS MarketWatch - What you should know about the jump in online background checks "Sittercity, a Web site that helps parents connect with babysitters, allows sitters to provide the site with information for a background screening. A LexusNexis [sic.] search is then done on that sitter, and the results are made available to parents looking for a match." |
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Today Show - Interview with Al Roker "September is a crazy month for finding babysitters because sitters and kids are both going back to school, so post now and post early." |