Broadening the concept of Marketing
In the January 1969 issue of the Journal of Marketing, Kotler and Levy published an extremely controversial article, “Broadening the concept of Marketing”, stating that marketing is a pervasive societal activity that goes considerably beyond the selling of a widget or service. The further went on to recommend that the marketing concept should be expanded to include the nonprofit sector since marketing is a generic activity for all organizations.

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