Save Big on the Go with Yowza!

POPULAR FREE MOBILE COUPONING APP. YOWZA!! CO-CREATED BY HEROES’ STAR, GREG GRUNBERG, LAUNCHES YOWZA!! VERSION 2.0 WITH ADVANCED FEATURES AND MORE RETAIL PARTNERS

New Version– Including Maps, Push Notifications, New Offer Alerts at Consumers’ Favorite Stores, Better Social Media Integration & More – is Now Available for Free via the iTunes App. Store and can be used on iPhone and iPod Touch Devices

Los Angeles, CA – September 9, 2009 –Yowza!! (www.getyowza.com) has announced the launch of Version 2.0 of its free mobile couponing application is designed to save consumers money and stimulate retail business.

Yowza!! removes the need to clip coupons or print out emails with promo codes by offering deals directly to the mobile device. Users can search for nearby, participating retailers either via zip code or by using the device’s built-in GPS to find stores within 1, 5, 15, 25 or even 50 miles of their current location. Once an offer is selected, a mobile coupon code or scan-able barcode can be redeemed at checkout.

Yowza!! Version 2.0 makes saving even easier. New features include the "My Stores" tab which lets the user keep track of their favorite stores and the number of new offers available at that particular location and push notifications that can be sent to the phone every time a favorite store adds a new offer, even when the application is closed. Yowza!! Version 2.0 also provides users with integrated maps: simply rotate the phone 90 degrees and a road map with all of the nearby retailers will appear making it even easier to get to a specific store and save money.

Another new addition, "Share your Savings," allows users to pass information on about the amount of money they have saved using Yowza!! – using social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as via e-mail.

“We have gotten a great deal of feedback from our consumer users and retail partners – via social media, email and personal conversations, and – we are excited about how the new features will add to the overall mobile couponing experience for all parties,” said Greg Grunberg, co-creator of Yowza!! “We are building off of our successful launch to add new features that all of our retailer partners can now take advantage of.”

Yowza!! downloads have increased an average of 46% every month since its launch, and more than 200 merchants – in over 10,000 locations – are now participating. Retailers who have partnered with Yowza!! since its June launch include Sports Chalet, Loehmann’s, Madison Square Garden, Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt, Cirque du Soleil, Maria’s Italian Kitchen, Lobster Festival Weekend and Concerts, Little Joe’s Famous Pizza, San Jose Earthquakes, Vans Stores, Pat & Oscar’s Restaurants, 17th Street Café, Killer Dana Surf Shop, Shore Club Miami Beach and Spa at Shore Club, Sears Hometown and Hardware Stores, Plaza Hotel & Suites, additional Aveda Salon and Spa locations and Guitar Center stores nationwide.

They join these retailers on the cutting edge of the growing mobile couponing trend: Pier 1 Imports, Sears, Sports Authority, McDonald’s, Polacheck’s Jewelers, Finish Line, ESPN Zone, The Container Store, Islands Restaurant, Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill, REI, Saks Fifth Avenue, Regency Shopping Centers, California Pizza Kitchen, American Golf Corporation, Cavallo Point Lodge, Marmalade Café, Traditional Jewelers, American Car Movers, Aveda Salon/Spa, Inner You Pilates, JRK Hotel Group, Cheeseburger Restaurants, Kiehl’s, Midway Car Rental, Santana Row Lifestyle Center, Seaton, Jill Roberts and Paige Premium Denim as well as Sysco, a national wholesale distributor with sales and service relationships with approximately 400,000 customers in the foodservice industry.

Jeff Haddox, Direct Marketing Analyst, Pier 1 Imports said, “The Yowza mobile application has allowed Pier 1 Imports to target potential customers within the vicinity of a particular store location. This enhanced targeting allows us to speak in a more concise and relevant manner regarding the event and pricing of an individual store.”

About Yowza!!
Founded by television and film writer/producer/actor Greg Grunberg (currently starring in NBC’s Heroes), along with technology entrepreneurs August Trometer and Rick Yaeger, and launched in June 2009, Yowza!! is an innovative mobile couponing application designed to save consumers money and stimulate retail businesses. Yowza!! is currently available in the U.S. as a free application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. Yowza!! provides consumers with deals and discounts while also giving businesses the ability to monitor performance on an up-to-the-minute basis. Unlike traditional forms of couponing such as newspaper ads and insertions, Yowza!! offers can be updated instantly and targeted per region or particular store location and are environmentally-friendly.

For more information on Yowza!!, visit www.getyowza.com or www.twitter.com/yowza.

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Special Interview with Actor Greg Grunberg

Watch the replay with Danielle Smith from the popular blog, ExtraOrdinaryMommy.com on her interview with Greg (click to watch on MomTV).

Actor, Greg Grunberg, star of shows such as Heroes, Felicity, and Alias, and leader of Band From TV, has launched his cause: Talk About It. TalkAboutIt.org is a new website created to educate the world about seizures and epilepsy on behalf of the 50 million people around the globe, who are cope with the condition, including his oldest son. Greg is also the co-founder of Yowza!!

Actor Greg Grunberg to be LIVE on MomTV June 30th at 10 PM EST

Danielle from Extraordinarymommy.com will be conducting a special 30 minute interview with Greg Grunberg on June 30th at 7 PM PST / 10 PM EST to talk about his cause: epilepsy on MomTV.

From a recent Press Release:

TV, FILM AND MUSIC STARS SPEAK OUT ABOUT SEIZURES TO HELP FIND CURE FOR EPILEPSY

HOLLYWOOD, March 26, 2009 – Actor, Greg Grunberg, star of shows such as Heroes, Felicity, and Alias, and leader of Band From TV, unveils Talk About It today. TalkAboutIt.org is a new star-studded Web site created to educate the world about seizures and epilepsy on behalf of the 50 million people around the globe, who are coping with the condition, including his oldest son.

TalkAboutIt.org features celebrities of television, film and music talking about epilepsy awareness and proper seizure first aid.

Grunberg collaborated with the Epilepsy Foundation and its professional advisory board of epilepsy experts to create the medical presentations on the site, and ensure the most accurate and timely information is available to site visitors.

The site also features an online community where the public can post videos, photos, stories and make other creative contributions highlighting their participation in fulfilling the Talk About It Promise to raise awareness and end the misperceptions about people with epilepsy in communities throughout America and around the globe.

“Being the parent of a child with epilepsy can be such a lonely feeling,” Said Grunberg. “Going through the process of finding any way you can to make your child better is complicated and draining. But, what we found even more emotionally devastating was how society reacted to people with epilepsy. Most people don’t know what epilepsy is, what to do when someone has a seizure, or how they should respond when they hear someone has epilepsy. I created Talk About It.org so parents of children with epilepsy – anyone with epilepsy – will not feel isolated or afraid ever again. I am so excited and thankful so many of my friends joined me to spread the Talk About It Promise.”

Grunberg’s ALIAS co-star Jennifer Garner, Grammy-winning artist John Mayer and the entire HEROES cast are among the celebrities helping fulfill the Talk About It Promise.

“Greg Grunberg has been a strong advocate for our community and has helped significantly in bringing epilepsy out of the shadows.” said Eric Hargis, President and CEO of the Epilepsy Foundation “Now, with Talk About It.org, Greg has brought together dozens of celebrity friends and helped provide a platform for everyone –with or without epilepsy – to literally talk about it. I believe that with TalkAboutIt.org and other Epilepsy Foundation resources nationally and locally, we are at the tipping point to end the stigma around epilepsy and seizures.”

About Epilepsy When a person has two or more unprovoked seizures, they have epilepsy, which affects 3 million people in the United States and 40 to 50 million people worldwide. This year, another 200,000 people in our country will be diagnosed with epilepsy. To date, there is no known cure.

About Greg Grunberg Greg Grunberg, whose oldest son has seizures, has been a vigorous advocate for epilepsy awareness on the national stage and in the Los Angeles area. Grunberg serves as spokesperson for the Epilepsy Foundation’s annual National Walk for Epilepsy in Washington, DC. He also is an active supporter of the Pediatric Epilepsy Project at UCLA and of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Grunberg is best known for starring roles on the television series ‘Felicity,’ ‘ALIAS,’ and currently on ‘Heroes.’

About the Epilepsy Foundation The Epilepsy Foundation is a nonprofit organization with the goal of ensuring that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences, and works to prevent, control and cure epilepsy through services, education, advocacy and research. For more information, visit www.EpilepsyFoundation.org.