i work in sales.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships. Marketing is used to create, keep and satisfy the customer. With the customer as the focus of its activities, it can be concluded that Marketing is one of the premier components of Business Management - the other being Innovation. Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as \"\"the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.\"\" The term developed from the original meaning which referred literally to going to market with goods for sale. From a Sales process engineering perspective, marketing is \"\"a set of processes that are interconnected and interdependent with other functions\"\" of a business aimed at achieving customer interest and satisfaction.\"\" The Chartered Institute of Marketing defines marketing as \"\"the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.\"\" A similar concept is the value-based marketing which states the role of marketing to contribute to increasing shareholder value. In this context, marketing can be defined as \"\"the management process that seeks to maximise returns to shareholders by developing relationships with valued customers and creating a competitive advantage.\"\"\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I work in the field of marketing which manages the exchange relationship."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting. I've always wondered what a job in marketing would be like."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well in essence, the main purpose of marketing is to create, keep and satisfy the customer."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I bet there is a lot of research that goes into improving such an industry! Understanding humans and their desires seems complex."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Exactly! This is why marketing is one of the premier components of Business Management."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Seems like a very competitive job market as well."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The original meaning of marketing refers to going to the market with goods for sale."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That makes a lot of sense. How long do you need to go to get a degree in marketing?"}]