Marketing Budget Spending

Discussions center on the substantial amounts companies spend on marketing budgets, often debating their size relative to R&D, revenue, or product development, and questioning their effectiveness or necessity.

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brentm Apr 21, 2022 View on HN

Marketing spend was a big part.

throw-10-8 Oct 9, 2025 View on HN

They spend a lot of money on marketing.

medicineman Apr 8, 2021 View on HN

Because marketing costs money, not just time.

raybb Sep 21, 2020 View on HN

I wonder how much is/was spent on marketing.

robertlagrant Aug 10, 2023 View on HN

The people who spend on marketing are not incentivised to spend less :)

democracy Nov 20, 2019 View on HN

The marketing budgets are there to be spent :)

andai Feb 4, 2025 View on HN

Maybe they spent the marketing budget on lobbying ;)

adambratt Jun 23, 2015 View on HN

You're forgetting all the money that we had to spend on marketing.

gorlilla Mar 31, 2024 View on HN

It's part of the marketing budget spend.

iolothebard Sep 12, 2015 View on HN

They spend more on marketing than R&D.