... marketing performance.34The marketing audit examines six major marketing components:(1) the macroenvironment and task environment, (2) marketing strategy,(3) marketing organization, (4) marketing systems, (5) marketing ... the company must carry out internal marketing as well as external marketing. External marketing is marketing directed atpeople outside the company. Internal marketing is the task of hiring, training, ... to their marketing strategies. Within these envi-ronments, marketers apply the marketing mix—the set of marketing tools used to pur-sue marketing objectives in the target market. The marketing...