The Marketing Mix Refers to

question 216

Multiple Choice

The 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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