Isryl02:
Chai
Sorry eh
Buh, post the full gist, or this thread will just die a natural death

TheWhiteKnight:
Give the lady a break, she posts a lot of stuff here FREE, a CLICK on the blog link won't hurt

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That was an elightening piece, I think most multinational coys separate their Sales n Marketing Dept howbeit local coys merge them to cut cost

OP pls notify me of the rejoinder to the first part. Thanks

No10:
Seriously,you didn't get me curious enough to click on that link. Nice try tho.

Isryl02:
Chai
Sorry eh
Buh, post the full gist, or this thread will just die a natural death

dabiko:
bros just click the link...No big deal na!

No10:
. Ok Sir!!! Right away.

sugarbuns:

Hmmmmmm

Embarassing Interview Day 1
So I decide to write about one of the most embarrassing days of my life. It will be in series with questions I faced. It was my first time in Nairobi, Kenya, couldn't believe my luck an opportunity to be interviewed by top brand companies for a fellowship programme. Ok, let me start at the beginning. I applied for a fellowship that I wasn't even qualified for, no MBA, zero professional courses. In fact I had made no effort to improve myself in the 2 years after my NYSC. I concentrated solely on getting a job and earning money (typical Naija mentality).
Luckily I got a mail to attend with an all expense paid trip ( return flight, hotel and a lovely, lovely buffet) to Nairobi. It was my first time there, I was excited.
I bought my clothes, got my yellow card and renewed my passport. I googled assessment centre activities. I prepared for everything; maybe some interview questions here and there BUT with how it turned out I guess it wasn't good enough.
My interviewers were 2 Germans and a nice Kenyan lady, I was a bit nervous but I did a good job of faking it (fake it till you make it lol).
The first question was pretty easy then one of the deal breakers came:

Interviewer: Where do you see yourself in 5 years.

Me: In sales & marketing. I would like to cover product management and branding.

Interviewer (with a smile on his face): Hmmm, but sales and marketing are 2 different things.

Me thinking: Na wah oh I know even know sef. This one no be my country when all these pharmaceutical and insurance pepo they do all together. Ol' boy I don Bleep up, all these Naija jobs and their adverts when dey jam am (sales and marketing) don kee me).
I felt like dying, I think I almost crapped my pants because I had made a really cute fool of myself. I somehow in all my enlightened years did not know that their was a huge difference all though they are easily confused. Bush geh like me

So first lesson:
Sales and Marketing are two different things oh if I had tried using google.com I found that out.

So let's define it:

Marketing:
It should consist of strategies that you can measure your reach and work to persuade your prospects that you are the company for them. It's the message that prepares the prospect for the sale. It could consist of advertising, public relations, social media, relationship marketing, brand marketing, viral marketing, and direct mail.
Sales:
The sales process consists of interpersonal interaction. It is often done by a one-on-one meeting, cold calls, and networking. It's anything that engages you with the prospect or customer on a personal level rather than at a distance. Most the time the prospect or potential customer has been driven to you via marketing efforts.

Similarity: They are both aimed at increasing revenue.
Without marketing you would not have prospects or leads to follow up with, but yet without a good sales technique and strategy your closing rate may depress you. Marketing and sales should work simultaneously, but in most companies they are departments that don't even speak to each other.

Article credit: http://marketing.about.com/cs/advertising/a/mrktingvssales.htm

@sugarbuns, hope its better as ve copied it here on NL so everybody could read the so called tale without visitng your blog

Oluwatosean:
abeg, make person wey don read finish tell me the rest of d story. I don budget my 2mb for nl

chymystique:


@sugarbuns, hope its better as ve copied it here on NL so everybody could read the so called tale without visitng your blog

sugarbuns:

@chymystique it's cool....

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armadeo:


I read the story here I didn't visit the blog. However hafbi not seen the entire write up here I most likely would have gone to the blog. I would have been disappointed.
The start up and finale don't match. I expected some exposure on the foreign pattern if interviews as against our Nigerian pattern not just the sales and matketing . secondly you are a good writer keep it up.

chymystique:


@sugarbuns, hope its better as ve copied it here on NL so everybody could read the so called tale without visitng your blog

lanicky:



Can't stop laughing @ dis.....u must be a naughty lady

Thanks tho

LOL, yeeaahh! And you are welcome o..

chymystique:


@sugarbuns, hope its better as ve copied it here on NL so everybody could read the so called tale without visitng your blog

ceo4eva:

LMAO...U did that in a polite way by craving for the OP's attention. Luv ur comic style. Kudos!

lol.. Thanks .

Lero15:
GNLD and some Nigerian banks have abused these terms so bad...