Marketing vs Selling: Understanding the Key Differences

Marketing focuses on product promotion, while selling focuses on market research

Marketing focuses on pushing products to customers, while selling focuses on creating long-term customer relationships

Marketing focuses on maximizing profits, while selling focuses on increasing brand awareness

Marketing focuses on customer needs and satisfaction, while selling focuses on product features and benefits (correct)

Selling is only concerned with product features, while marketing focuses on customer satisfaction

Selling aims to maximize profits, while marketing aims to create brand awareness

Selling is focused on market research, while marketing is focused on product promotion

Selling is transactional, while marketing is relational (correct)

Limited to promoting products through advertising

Aggressive and focused on closing sales quickly

Solely focused on increasing profits

Building and maintaining customer relationships (correct)