Danielle Robinson, Account Representative for EXpert Advertising, Tells D'Orazio Tile

question 155

Multiple Choice

Danielle Robinson, account representative for EXpert Advertising, tells D'Orazio Tile Products that she is proposing to use 5 full-page, four-color ads in home-decorating magazines to achieve an increase in consumer and builder inquiries of 15 percent. This approach is an example of which of the following methods of determining advertising expenditure levels?

• A)Competitive parity
• B)Percent of sales
• C)Arbitrary
• D)Affordability
• E)Objective-and-task

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Definitions:

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