A marketing team has to fulfill three or four vital functions. The first and foremost is the line function consisting of the sales team for actual selling of the products or services of the company. They do the legwork going about meeting people, actual users and finding out their reactions about the company's product. It is also their function to regularly visit distributors, dealers, stockist, and retail outlets, to have a regular check on the supply line to them so that there is no complaint about the product at the end of the line which is the retail outlet. They are also responsible for collecting payments due to company from main distributors and also ensuring that retailers do not overcharge or create a shortage for company's products....