Wikipedia: Demand generation is the discipline of utilizing marketing efforts to generate and manage interest in, and demand for, products or services. Commonly used in business to business, business to government, or longer sales cycle business to consumer sales cycles, demand generation involves three core areas of effort in order to increase the level of demand for a product or service.
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