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Negotiation vs Bargaining   Negotiation and bargaining are two techniques that are on display in everyday life at flea markets, roadside vendors, and even in up market stores where the consumer feels asking price is a bit too high and he haggles to get the price lowered. People confuse between bargaining and negotiation... 

Above the Line vs Below the Line   Above the line and below the line are marketing strategies used by companies to promote their products. Often the phrases like these are enough to confuse an outsider or for those who have just joined the industry. Communication with customers is a process that is taken up by... 

Flyers vs Posters   If you have been to a mall to see a movie, you must have seen lots of posters of various movies containing actors and actresses of those films hung up on walls or places specially meant to display such posters. These are informative devices that are made on paper and contain both text... 

Image vs Brand Brand is a concept that separates one seller or company or its products or services from its competitors. We all know about Coca-Cola, McDonald, Apple, Microsoft, and so on. Of course, these are giants of companies in their chosen field of manufacture or service, but there is something that separates... 

Questionnaire vs Survey Whether it is marketing, health care services, gathering of information from a population on social issues or just about any other matter, questionnaire and survey are two of the most important methods to collect and analyze information from public. In fact, questionnaire is one of the... 

Brand vs Trademark It is commonly seen that people remain confused between brand and trademark of a company. The two concepts, despite many similarities have different purposes and nature that people either overlook, or are not aware of. Using them interchangeably as if the two were synonyms is a big mistake... 

Client vs Customer Ever wondered why a doctor and a lawyer have only clients, whereas retail shopkeepers, irrespective of items they are selling get customers and not clients? This is a puzzling dichotomy, and what really are the differences between customers and clients. There are people who think that the... 

Margin vs Markup Margin and markup are words that do not bother common people, but they are extremely important for those who are in a retail business. Markup and margin are related concepts as both are frequently used while pricing goods for selling. If the establishment has a fixed percentage set for profit,... 

Quality vs Value Quality and value are attributes of a product or a service that ultimately decide its higher or lower sales and also help in creating an image of the company. There is quite a gap between what organizations think about quality and how customers perceive presence or absence of quality in a product... 

Public Relations vs Publicity Firms that specialize in public relations do publicity, but they also do much more than publicity. Thus it is clear with this sentence that ‘public relations’ (PR) is a bigger term comprising publicity. Publicity is easier than PR and almost anyone can do it. But PR requires... 

Strategic Marketing vs Strategic Management If a company is producing a product that is not unique and one that is being produced by several other companies, what is that extra a company must do to lure customers towards its product? If the product does not look or perform any differently, ordinary ways of management... 

Informative vs Persuasive Advertising For any company making products for mass consumption or specializing in any service, advertisement is a must. Advertisement is a part of the overall marketing strategy though it is in itself divided into many types. This article will confine itself to two forms of advertising,... 

Consumer vs Customer Consumer and customer are people who buy goods and merchandise. They are people who are constantly looking for good deals and discounts in order to save money and make the economy better. Despite their similarities, they also have their own differences. Consumer This is a broad term for individuals... 

Pamphlet vs Brochure Many techniques are used by businesses to attract people to their products and services, and pamphlets and brochures are two tools that are very popular for this purpose. Though they are similar, and also serve similar purpose, there are many differences in a brochure and pamphlet. People... 

Customer Care vs Customer Service Customer care and customer service is all about thinking of the welfare of the customers. These two are always present no matter how large or small a company is. Companies are always striving in providing good care and service to their clients. Customer Care Customer care is the... 

Differences Between B2B vs B2C Marketing B2B and B2C marketing stand for business to business and business to consumer marketing respectively. There are people who think that whether you are marketing your product directly to consumers (B2C), or to companies (B2B), it is one and the same thing, which is a wrong...