The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing Introduction Billions of dollars have been wasted on marketing programs that could never work. A marketing program can be well designed, well executed and well financed but still not work - because it violates one or many of the fundamental laws of marketing and is therefore doomed to failure. Marketing has fundamental laws just as nature does, but most marketers don't believe so. Programs that work are almost always in tune with some fundamental force in the marketplace. The principles that govern success and failure are called the 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing. Violate them.