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Marketing's fundamental problem today is low productivity and lack of measuring. Responding to competitive pressure, changes in business environment, technological challenges and other business drivers theory and practice of marketing created valuable diagnostic device - marketing audit. In theory it should be the starting point for any considered course of managerial action in marketing. In practice there is often confusion about how to translate the principles of marketing auditing into tangible outcomes. This article explains the role of marketing audit in contemporary business management.