Marketing vs. Communications — What's the Difference?

Marketing refers to activities a company undertakes to promote the buying or selling of a product, service, or good.It is one of the primary components of business management and commerce. Marketers can direct their product to other businesses (B2B marketing) or directly to consumers (B2C marketing).

The act of communicating; transmission.

The act or process of buying and selling in a market.

The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior.

The strategic functions involved in identifying and appealing to particular groups of consumers, often including activities such as advertising, branding, pricing, and sales.

Interpersonal rapport.

Present participle of market

The art and technique of using words effectively to impart information or ideas.

Buying and/or selling in a market (street market or market fair).

The field of study concerned with the transmission of information by various means, such as print or broadcasting.

Shopping, going to market as a buyer.

Any of various professions involved with the transmission of information, such as advertising, broadcasting, or journalism.

(dated) Attending market as a seller.

Something communicated; a message.

(uncountable) The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.

A system, such as mail, telephone, or television, for sending and receiving messages.

The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a market.

A network of routes for sending messages and transporting troops and supplies.

Articles in, or from, a market; supplies.

Communications The technology employed in transmitting messages.

The activities required by a producer to sell his products, including advertising, storing, taking orders, and distribution to vendors or individuals.

(Biology) The transfer of information from one molecule, cell, or organism to another, as by chemical or electrical signals or by behaviors.

The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money

An opening or connecting passage between two structures.

The commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service;

A joining or connecting of solid fibrous structures, such as tendons and nerves.

Shopping at a market;

Plural of communication

Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means.

The discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.);