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>Do people agree?

Ken,

Of course we do! Directness and honesty are the cornerstones of everything!

And it is a two-way street. So when you proffer the "status" (opinion) that the more sales there are, the more marketing there will be, you can't blame some of us for opining that that is back-asswards to conventional wisdom [that says that if you want to sell more product, do more marketing].