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.