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What is the difference between Sales and Marketing?

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Leo Samuels

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Leo Samuels
Leo Samuels, Content Writer, PG, California

Answered Jul 16, 2020

Sales and marketing are different in their functions. Both are important aspects that are needed for a business to function. Sales refer to the number of goods and services sold out. The sales team is responsible for having a good relationship with all their clients. Sales allow our business to become real to the client; the sales team takes the lead once it has been created by marketers. Marketing is the process of informing people about your business and enlighten them about the goods and services you can offer.

Sales and marketing are different in their functions. Both are important aspects that are needed
The marketers of a company use market research and analysis to know what their consumers want. Types of marketing include pay per click marketing, print marketing, social media marketing, and content marketing, and so on. The function of marketing involves planning and development of the product, market research, product pricing, sales promotion, and goods advertising.

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M. Kennedy

M. Kennedy

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M. Kennedy, Web Content Writer, Denver

Answered May 05, 2020

Sales are the transfer of ownership of a product from one person to another for some value, while marketing is the act of analyzing the market and understanding it. The main ambition of business or enterprise is that the activities of a company are directed towards an increase in sales.

Sales are the transfer of ownership of a product from one person to another for some value, while
It encompasses activities resulting in the selling of what the company offers to its customers for a specified period. In sales, you are persuading the customer that purchasing the company’s product will somehow be beneficial to them. Marketing is a process that involves a wide array of endeavors carried out by the business to encourage the company’s sales of a product.

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