Marketing Mix Refers to

question 18

Multiple Choice

marketing mix refers to

• A) the selection of product benefits and attributes that are to be added to or subtracted from a given product to create variations within a product line.
• B) the specific ratio within a budget that divides resources between advertising, sales promotion, and personal selling.
• C) the marketing manager's controllable factors-product, price, promotion, and place-that can be used to solve a marketing problem.
• D) the allocation of resources within a firm towards individual marketing programs.
• E) the environmental forces-social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory-that impact the marketing decisions for a particular product at any given time.

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