Marketing V/S Branding

Tricky question for most, but the answer to this question of how marketing is different from branding and vice versa is that for most people both are one and the same.

But I think the answer lies in both the terms itself. Just remove the last 3 letters from both words (ing) and think for a minute what both words stand for .......

Am sure you would have guessed the answers by now....

In my view a market is full of brands (branded products) and unbranded products but a brand is a distinct individual identity in market. Marketing makes brands which means brands are derived from marketing. A lot of established and well to do companies have designations of brand managers and marketing managers but in reality there is negligible difference in both roles.

A role of a marketing manager is much richer as compared to brand manager but still people take pride in saying I am a brand manager as compared to a marketing manager..