According to the Text Discussion on Setting a Marketing Budget

question 26

Multiple Choice

According to the text discussion on setting a marketing budget,

• A) the most objective approach is to use "pushing" approaches.
• B) the only practical alternative is to match what competitors are spending.
• C) the most sensible approach is to determine the cost of the tasks to be accomplished.
• D) the task method is likely to result in too low a budget when sales are going well.
• E) it is generally best to simply use some predetermined percentage of past or forecast sales.

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