1. E-mail advertising is claimed to be very effective for viral marketing purposes—that is, buzz…

1. E-mail advertising is claimed to be very effective for viral marketing purposes—that is, buzz generation. This is accomplished by requesting an e-mail recipient to forward the message to a friend. Return to the discussion of buzz generation in Chapter 7 along with the Global Focus insert in the present chapter, and then present your views on the effectiveness of the e-mail viral marketing practice. In other words, explain what makes e-mail buzz generation effective or not.

2. Behavioral targeting was characterized as search engine advertising on steroids. Explain what the practitioner who used this clever expression had in mind.