TY - BOOK AU - Petrescu,Maria TI - Viral marketing and social networks T2 - Digital and social media marketing and advertising collection, AV - HF5415.1265 .P478 2014 U1 - 658.872 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) PB - Business Expert Press KW - Social networks KW - Viral marketing KW - word-of-mouse KW - word-of-mouth KW - viral marketing KW - viral advertising KW - user generated content KW - social network KW - social media KW - message seeding KW - advertising appeals KW - buzz marketing KW - market mavens KW - Electronic books N1 - Part of: 2014 digital library; Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-125) and index; 1. Viral marketing -- 2. The social network -- 3. Viral marketing media -- 4. Viral marketing characteristics and tools -- 5. Viral advertising -- 6. Hybrid marketing -- 7. Releasing the virus -- 8. Results and evaluation -- 9. Negative viral campaigns -- 10. Conclusions -- References -- Index; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions N2 - Viral marketing is the key to marketing success in the 21st century, and advertising is one of the most important tools in the viral marketing toolkit. This book offers an in-depth look at viral marketing, beginning with a short overview of the history and evolution of the viral marketing term. As well as, differences between connected terms, such as marketing buzz, are explored. The book provides a viral marketing toolkit and explores the use of each tool in social media. Viral advertising, as a significant tool and source of viral message, is discussed in detail and examples of various companies' viral campaigns are described. The discussion also focuses on how and where businesses can post messages with viral objectives and which consumer segment is the focus of the initial targeting initiative. How to contend with negative viral campaigns is another topic of interest debated in the text. This book is intended for a broad audience, including students, and professors in business and communication schools as well as marketing practitioners. The purpose of the book is to clarify the viral marketing term and discuss the key points related to the successful creation and management of a viral marketing campaign UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=1684366 ER -