Sales versus Business Development
What exactly is the difference between a sales executive and a business development executive? Any suggestions welcome...
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Lebona Tsotetsi, South Africa
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Difference Between Sales and Business Development
- Marketing is a demand creation activity
- Sales is a demand realisation activity
- Development is an active initiation activity
- Business is a for-profit commercial activity
Therefore, it is clear that business development involves sales AND marketing in addition to other critical operational activities for the purpose of making a profit, thus it is more complex than sales.
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Uditha Liyanage, Sri Lanka
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Sales Executive versus Business Development Executive
Sales Executives focus on today's business and Business Development Executives focus on tomorrow's b... Sign up
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