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   An audit plays a vital role in imparting knowledge about the market and its 
	environment. It is a tool for recording and analyzing information. The audit 
	for recording, analyzing, and measuring the performance of the company's 
	marketing activities is called marketing audit.  
	 
	Marketing audit has two variables namely the external audit and the internal 
	audit. The marketing performance of an organization is gauged in terms of 
	its market share, profitability, and growth of sales. The marketing 
	effectiveness depends on the customer philosophy, marketing orientation, 
	marketing information, strategic orientation, and operational efficiency.
	 
	 
	An effective audit should be systematic, comprehensive, independent, and 
	periodic. A marketing audit has six components: the marketing environment 
	audit, marketing strategy audit, marketing organization audit, marketing 
	systems audit, marketing productivity audit, and marketing function audit.  | 
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