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What is the difference between Sales, Marketing and Business Development?

What are the definitions of Sales, marketing and Business Development?

Sales are people that sale stuff, like car salesman
Marketing – market a product, not necessary outcome into a sale. More of promoting the products espeically new ones.

Business Development – nowadays corporations go for this instead of the above. The tasks are wider. One need to understand the market, know their clients needs and wants, and research to develop the product that the market needs. Promote and market them. Make a sale.

This is what i understood.

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One Response to “What is the difference between Sales, Marketing and Business Development?”

Jocelyn on March 29th, 2009 at 7:42 am

Sales are people that sale stuff, like car salesman
Marketing – market a product, not necessary outcome into a sale. More of promoting the products espeically new ones.

Business Development – nowadays corporations go for this instead of the above. The tasks are wider. One need to understand the market, know their clients needs and wants, and research to develop the product that the market needs. Promote and market them. Make a sale.

This is what i understood.
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