Fixing the gulf between sales and marketing with Jenny Knighting - MAF285

This week, let's talk about the tension that often exists between sales and marketing departments in companies

Both want the same thing - business success - so how can we bridge the gulf between the two

My guest is Jenny Knighting and this is episode 285 of the Marketing and Finance Podcast

We chat about:

• From sales background to marketing - what makes Jenny tick?

• Why is there sometimes a gulf between sales and marketing?

• Is strategy the right way to fix the tension?

• Do the goals of sales and marketing create a clash

• How the Nutcracker Agency offers a virtual marketing team

Links and Show Notes.

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What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast?

This podcast is all about keeping marketing simple and all things finance.

I’m Roger Edwards, a consultant, speaker and trainer from Edinburgh, helping you keep your marketing simple.

The MAF Podcast is a 30-minute radio show you download from http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF, iTunes or Spotify.

Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entrepreneurs and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath!

We talk about:

• How you can grow your business using content marketing and social media

• How you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simple

• Topics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance

You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So, you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business.

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