These two forces have historically been aligned, but not without tensions. The link below is a pretty cute look at the lay of the land. One thing I’ve always noticed is that sales and marketing people also tend to exist along an extrovert/introvert scale: Sales folks tend to lead with relationship (selling themselves), where marketing people (like myself) tend to want to stand behind ideas.

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Julian Scarfe

Strategic marketing consultant & digital media expert, helping clients in the investment industry - mutual fund, hedge fund & ETF firms, advisor organizations, IR and other financial services. Strategy, branding, web, social, outreach, inbound, video, sales support materials, marketing cost auditing.