TY - BOOK AU - Penenberg, Adam L TI - Viral loop: : from facebook to twitter how todays smartest businesses grow themselves SN - 9781401323493 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Hyperion KW - Viral marketing. KW - Online social networks KW - Economic aspects. KW - Electronic commerce KW - Marketing. N1 - 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 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 -