Write one to two paragraphs explaining the importance of the seven marketing functions. Include examples to illustrate your points.

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Explanation:

The seven functions of marketing include:

1. Marketing Information Management: This helps an organization to understand what the customers need. Information can be gathered through the review of market research reports, social media, feedback from sales team.

2. Distribution: An organization's distribution strategy helps the customers to know where to get the product or the company. Marketing helps in the distribution of goods and services to ones customers.

3. Pricing: Pricing plays a role in the success of a particular product. Marketing helps one to be aware of the pricing strategy to use in order to have a competitive edge over ones rivals.

4. Product/Service Management: Marketing is vital for the development of a product as the information gotten from customers can be used to incorporate in new products.

5. Promotion: Through marketing, prospective customers can be made aware of a particular product through promotional activities.

6. Sale - Marketing aids sales as it brings about an increase in the volume of goods sold to the public and also on ways to improve the product through feedbacks.

7. Financing: Successful marketing gives revenue to a business and help in strengthening the loyalty of customers and help in gaining new customers.

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