Diversification means that you invest in 1) a variety of types of investments in order to minimize risk 2) a variety of stocks to minimize risk 3) the types of investments that are easy to get your money out 4) the riskiest types of investments

This activity is important because as a marketing manager, you must allocate resources to reach your target market. during the strategic marketing process, managers move through three important phases to determine how to optimally allocate resources: a planning phase, an implementation phase, and an evaluation phase. in this interactive exercise, you are asked to review various strategic marketing actions and determine where in the strategic marketing process the action would occur. the goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding of the strategic marketing process and related marketing actions.