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Explain the distinction between marketing and sales
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"Sales" is only one of the competences of the marketing function and it mostly keep contacts with clients and manages the transaction.. Marketing is a more complex function, it defines the characteristics of the product, its price, the placement, and the promotion. These 4p define a marketing strategy which aim is to satisfy individual and organizational goals, not only to sell goods.
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marketing is selling the brand name.... sales is the selling the products
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Marketing includes branding, positioning, competitive strategy, naming products or services, creating taglines and headlines, developing ads, brochures, direct mail, websites, tradeshow events, and overall communications about a company and its products and services.. . Sales includes targeting customer groups, creating proposals, meeting with buyers, and closing deals.. . Marketing is a necessary tool to provide leads, name recognition and collateral materials to allow a sales force to do its job.. . In the direct to consumer market like the stuff you buy in stores, marketing is everything. In the business to business relationship, one-to-one world, marketing is just a support mechanisum for the sales team.. . [email protected]
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marketing is telling you to go to hell and you cant wait to buy a ticket
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If you want to dumb down to the mutt mind and cut out the money boys jabber, then here is the difference:. . MARKETING: Finding out what people want and giving it to them at a price.. SALES:Giving people what you have at a price. . However, Sales is a very important part of the marketing function and it is what drives every business. But sales would be much difficult without the marketing process
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Sales are a function of Marketing efforts. Marketing is everything a company does to make advertising work.
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