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They may not make sense to you now, but it is important, if you want to be successful in making money online, you understand the terms so that you can then make decisions on how you will make money.

One phrase you will see used an awful lot, is 'internet marketing'. The other term used considerably on the internet is 'affiliate marketing'. This article attempts to clearly outline the two and give you the important information necessary, for you to fully understand the two terms, but to also understand what to expect from either option, particularly when looking to make money online.

Lets look at affiliate marketing first. Affiliate marketing in easy terms, just means you are helping to sell someone else's product for them. The owner of the product, will then split with you, the proceeds of what you have sold.

Many people take this option as it seems free, only to find further down the line it is a lot harder than what they first thought. In saying that though, there are many affiliate marketers making a lot of money online and if they are, they understand affiliate marketing and internet marketing and have mastered both.

It is important that if you pick this option to make money online, you have finished your research into the product and check how many of the products are currently being sold. This may give you a better suggestion on how difficult or easy it is to sell.

Beware, that there will be expenses involved in this method of making money online. Although, you will not need to pay for an upfront fee for the product, when you are new to making money online other costs will crop up.

This could be marketing or advertising costs, learning how to market effectively online or lots of your valuable time, which is a very expensive commodity.

Imagine, going to work one day and your boss hands you over the keys to his apartment in Spain and tells you to sell it for him. Once sold he will split the profits equally with you. How would you approach it? Would you pay fees to other agents in Spain to sell it for you? Would you pay and attend training courses teaching you how to sell properties in Spain or would just start asking everyone you see, if they would like to buy the property from you? The same issues you would encounter in this scenario, would be the same issues you would encounter in affiliate marketing.

It is important to understand your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats before embarking on affiliate marketing, when new to the internet world of making money.

Internet marketing is any type of marketing a person will, do to sell something online. The product or service could be theirs or someone else's. The real disadvantage is that many people think if they have invested in a product or service to market upfront, that they will of course get the training to market it. But the point is, you should already know how to market if you are an internet marketer or you should at least, be associated with someone who does while you are in training.

97% of people fail making money online because they were unable to get, enough people to buy their products or services. The more people who see your service or product, the more people who will buy.

Internet marketing is about, using the internet to target enough of the right people to view your products or service and then buy,for you to make a profit.

If you are looking to make money online in either affiliate marketing or internet marketing, the key is you must learn how to effectively market. To learn how to market effectively can be very steep part of this industry and it can be time consuming. If you master how to effectively market online, then you will be will make a fortune.