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If marketing is truly successful, selling is unnecessary. Do you agree or disagree? Why? please give me your opinion and why you think this way in 200 words or more.

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I certainly do not agree to this. We must understand that 'Selling' is part of 'Marketing' and there can be no marketing without selling. Conceptually, if you read Philip Kotler's strategy of Marketing, you will appreciate that Selling is part and parcel of Marketing. In today's high tech world, some doubts may arise if we really need selling but one must ...

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