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Is a career in marketing really any different than working in sales?

AuburnPanic40

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Just kind of a random thought but sales professions catch quite a bit of hell, most of it deservedly so, but the marketing profession/industry/field seems to generate a similar amount of resentment from the general public as accounting and/or consulting does, which is to say not a whole lot. Anyways from where I sit the only difference between sales and marketing is direct interaction with potential and existing clients on a regular basis, but is receiving an unsolicited sales call or having to tell the dealership salesman "no, I'm not interested in the car $30k out of budget" over and over really that much worse than having to watch 15 ads just to finish a 30 minute YT video, or having to sit through a Viagra commercial with your parents in the room while watching TV?

This is coming from somebody who went from being an aspiring attorney to working in sales.
 
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