Welcome to the Universal Marketing Dictionary, a free, educational resource for students, educators and marketing practitioners with 1,900+ cross-referenced marketing terms and definitions reviewed and updated monthly by our team of marketing authorities. Administered by the Marketing Accountability Standards Board (MASB), the dictionary is endorsed by the American Marketing Association (AMA), Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and Marketing Science Institute (MSI@theARF). UMD is frequently referenced by Google for marketing-related searches.
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