Is there a difference between a law enforcement profiler and a marketer ( market research analyst)? Aren't they the same thing? The difference being with marketing you are trying to sell something to someone when you find the soft spots.    Can't a marketer look at someone for a moment and deduce the same things a profiler can?  The difference being that one is looking for a bad guy and a way to find him, while the marketer wants to sell the target all the goods and services needed, or better yet, not needed.  

Do corporate marketing firms hire law enforcement profilers, or vice versa?

Isn't this a beautiful country, with this internet and freedom to ask  silly questions and make the social observation...Sorry. I get in the habit of writing to myself on here.  Darn magic boxes.

If you have followed my blog at all, you will see many posts on marketing and marketers. I find the job fascinating and am studying the subject when I can.  I simply have to keep getting better at it, but I am also trying to find a way to get ahead of it. It seems that if you don't get ahead of trends, you will get lost in the crowd.
Yes, the internet is a trend, just like paper newspapers and magazines, land line phones and drive- in movies. Everything is a trend and the cycles are getting faster and faster, while our lives are getting longer and longer.

Anyway, lost in the crowd is a bad place to be.  One can get overlooked in the crowd, and gather too much misinformation that is no help at all.  Luck starts to play with results.