tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133880392011-07-20T02:37:05.930-07:00There still exists a 'misunderstanding', however, none can be successful without the other. I try to explain ...Michael Richterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748153403005579308noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13388039.post-1117803455076991462005-06-03T05:55:00.000-07:002009-06-04T02:22:43.575-07:00<span style="font-family: arial;">"Without us" -</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">the salesman said</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> - "the company wouldn't have the success needed". And </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">the marketing specialist answered</span><span style="font-family: arial;">: "You couldn't sell anything properly, without us !" </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Who is right ?? Let's look a bit more into the details of their jobs. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">What is the duty of salespeople ? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">They normally sell a known product to known customers, in a known region and into known market-segments. They - should - know the competition of their buyers. They - should - know the birthdays, hobbies and family status ... </span><a href="http://www.marketing-und-vertrieb-international.com/en/news/selling-versus-marketing__8.htm" style="font-family: arial;">more</a><br><br><table><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/globalization" ><img src="http://www.linkedin.com/img/webpromo/btn_myprofile_160x33.gif" width="160" height="33" border="0" alt="View Michael Richter - International marketing advice's profile on LinkedIn"></a> | <a href="http://www.xing.com/profile/Michael_Richter"><img height="23" src="http://www.xing.com/img/buttons/1_de_btn.gif" width="85" border="0" alt="Michael Richter - Internationales Marketing, Exportberatung"/></a> | <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" onclick="addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; return addthis_click(this);" target="_blank"><img src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub = 'mrichter';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10"></script></td></tr></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13388039-111780345507699146?l=marketing-sales.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael Richterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748153403005579308noreply@blogger.com