Sales is real. Marketing is bullshit. It stung, but she was right. I don't want to slam the ideals of marketing. The problem is, that's not what marketing is usually paid to do .
Marketers are in the influence business.
Marketing's customers aren't consumers. They're companies that want to influence consumers. But most consumers would rather be customers. They'd rather have a voice. They don't want to reinforce the customer influence machinery we call marketing.