Are there any difference between sales and marketing department of a company?

[Tanny]

Usually most big companies merge the two as one department as they both work together to bringing the products of the company to the customers notice and increasing the profit margin of the business

 

[Trojan8]

While "Sales" and "Marketing" are two diverse words, there's no need separating the two departments. Marketing efforts are geared towards making sales a possibility. So in essence marketing are activities done to generate sales by a business.

 

[Ruthyfizy]

There is a general consensus that sales is that department in a company that is in charge of boosting the sales of a company while marketing is also a department that is meant to improve the sales of a business.
Knowing these two, are there difference between them or they mean the same thing?

Sales and marketing are two different functions which requires different skills to achieve a goal.The sales department sells what's in stock to the customers or channel partners,they overcome objections and negotiate price in order to fill the needs of the customers.The marketing's jobs are to direct the organization towards a group of customers or channels where the company can profitable compete and modify the products offering and it's pricing to meet the customers needs..

 

[Bookwormlux1]

They are two different departments all together. Sales department are responsible for transacting with buyers while the marketing department team are the ones who seek for the buyers by trying to convince them to buy. They just have some kind of similar roles that makes l them to work together.

 

[Sammyesx]

There is a general consensus that sales is that department in a company that is in charge of boosting the sales of a company while marketing is also a department that is meant to improve the sales of a business.
Knowing these two, are there difference between them or they mean the same thing?

Though closely related but their a little difference, from my own opinion, like the name implies sale department deals with selling of the product of firm while marketing department deals creating publicity and advert to enhance sales.

 

[Adeyoola7]

The term, sales, refers to all activities that lead to the selling of goods and services. And marketing is the process of getting people interested in the goods and services being sold. ... Marketing departments are responsible for running campaigns to attract people to the business' brand, product, or service

 

[Pirate]

I think there is much difference between sales and marketing departments, because if not there won't be sales and marketing departments separate in a company.
The marketing department works on promoting the sales of a product, while the sales department makes sure the sales are made.

 

[Oloritoks]

There is a different between sales and marketing. Marketing is making the targeted customers to be aware of the goods and services while sales is conveying the goods to the consumers after payment has been made.

 

[joy101]

It depend on the size of the company, because both of them work hand to hand, I think some companies even tag sales and marketing department, so them can't work without the other, so them work hand in hand in order to achieve success in their company products,

 

[Dylinks]

There is a wild difference between Sales & Marketing department. Marketing is saddling with the responsibility to bring up clients by introduction of the company's product and service while Sales is in charge of supplying the product that has been advertised by the marketing team. However, in some organization there is no clear difference in the two department because of inadequate fund to run it.

 

[Shaffy]

There's actually a difference between the two units, even though they need to eventually work together to generate revenue for the company.

The marketing department is responsible for making the market aware of the products, the research and promotions.

The sales department works to close and finalise sales. They work more closely with the customers, in a lot of cases, working one-on-one to close the deal.

 

[Gilead]

In my opinion,there lots of similarities between sales and marketing departments but there are Differences as well,sales department basically deals with boosting and sales of a product while the department of marketing deals in the public awareness of the company products, advertisements and the likes..

 

[BrolySSJ]

Yes, there's a huge difference between sales and marketing. sales is commodity exchange for money or act of selling something. Marketing is the business of promoting and selling products or services.

This is a great way to establish the difference between the two. Sales is more of a direct link from the product to the customer in order for them to acquire it and to get it through the sales that they make, whereas with marketing the adverts are more of an intermediary where you are able to grab their attention and make them question whether or not they want the product.

 

[Highflyer]

Although sales and marketing reside in different departments in most organizations, integration between the two can help to improve overall performance in terms of revenue and profit. Sales is important because it is the bottom line. ... You cannot sell a product without marketing. Marketing comes first.sales are not a part of marketing it is a completely different department. Sales refers to selling goods or services in return of earning money. Marketing includes the selling, promoting and distributing a product or services.

 

[shakky2]

The marketing department of a company are in charge of developing promotional skills to increase the sales of the available products in the company while the sales department deals with the sales of good and products of the company.

 

[Godleads1]

These departments are the same but could be splitted depending on the desire of the business. Sales and marketing department of a firm team up to make sure that the product of the firm don't lay fallow. This is where the sales department uses the marketing department which could be embedded into one department or body. A person can be a marketing personnel and a s sales personnel.

 

[Hasan Raza]

Of course there is a great difference in sales and marketing department. Marketing departments deals with promotion of goods and services.
While sales department focus on executing sales, based on the marketing. Some organizations merge them together to cut down their expenses.

 

[MarieArie]

The marketing function takes different forms in different companies at different product life-cycle stages—all of which can deeply affect the relationship between Sales and Marketing. The strains between Sales and Marketing fall into two main categories: economic and cultural.
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The marketing function takes different forms in different companies at different product life-cycle stages—all of which can deeply affect the relationship between Sales and Marketing. The strains between Sales and Marketing fall into two main categories: economic and cultural.

 

[Meerab]

There is not a big gap between sales and marketing. They have the same targit. Sales department leads tosellings of goods n Marketing departments are responsible for running campaigns to attract the peoples both pf these department are engaged with each other

 

[Eyiteepraise]

Sales and marketing departments of a business organisation preforms different task. The sales department are in charge of selling of products while the marketing department are in charge of creating awareness about the business or product