This document compares and contrasts direct and indirect marketing. Direct marketing uses intrusive tactics like telemarketing and direct mail that have low response rates, are costly, and can annoy customers. Indirect marketing focuses on gaining customer trust over time through brand awareness tactics like social media engagement, content marketing, SEO, and word-of-mouth. Both direct and indirect marketing have a place, with direct providing quicker results but indirect building longer-term customer loyalty and recall through trust and information sharing. The best approach uses a mix of both.