TY - BOOK AU - Penenberg,Adam L TI - Viral loop: from Facebook to Twitter, how today's smartest businesses grow themselves SN - 9781401323493 AV - HF5827.P398.V573 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Hyperion KW - Viral marketing KW - Online social networks KW - Economic aspects KW - Electronic commerce KW - Marketing KW - Business KW - Computer network resources N1 - 1 (pages 253.-266) and index; An insanely viral scheme --; Viral president --; Tupperware and ponzi schemes--the original viral models --; The first online viral expansion loop --; The spreadable product as new business paradigm --; The perpetual viral advertisement --; When the audience decides what's good --; Viral video as marketing strategy (Psst. Pass in on ....) -- eBay and the viral growth conundrum --; PayPal : the first stackable network --; Flickr, YouTube, MySpace --; Tweaking the viral coefficient --; Viral clusters --; The search for a new ad unit; 2 N2 - From Google to Facebook, the author delves into how a "viral loop," a situation where using a product means needing to share it with others, can make an online business a success ER -