what is difference between direct and indirect marketing?

Answer Posted / dan steer, training consultant

Direct = you directly get feedback from the potential
customer

eg: Face-to-face interviews, people standing in
supermarkets cooking food, door-to-door sales, interactive
surveying

Indirect = you don't

eg: Print, radio, TV, mailings...

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