How do you differentiate between Sales & Business Development?

Such a great question !, people always mix between sales and development, they are related, but they're not the same.

 

Business Development : Developing the company and raising it's rank in every aspect including, image, sales, positioning and rank, pursuing strategic opportunities and identifying new markets for the company products. 

 

Sales : selling service/product, closing deals and targets.

 

Sales and Marketing departments are usually under business development department, working and coordinating according to their vision and goals. 

 

1.Sales is generating transcations. 2.Bussiness development leads generation strategies that are designed to start conversations.

Sales its all about the product ,business development is when there is growth with the business industries.

SALES IS MAIN PROCESS TO DEVELOP BUSINESS

Sales is the consumption of goods and services by the customers, which automatically brings about certain innovations that boost the business that as known as business development.

Actually, sales and business development should not be considered the same job at all.Instead, think of the two roles as complementary halves of a whole.

It’s true that both positions exist to help grow your business, but they achieve this end in different ways

In the traditional sense, business development refers to activities designed to expand your organization's reach into a new market

Sales reps are also responsible for demonstrating the product, handling prospect objections, and drafting contracts.