Let’s start by defining the term.\u00a0 Although it is constantly changing, at its essence Internet Marketing<\/strong> is the selling of products or services over the internet. It takes in a wide variety of practices and there are a number of different business models that can be followed.\u00a0\u00a0 Three basic ones are:<\/p>\n 1. Affiliate Marketing<\/strong>: In the real world, we see affiliate marketers<\/strong> all the time – stockbrokers, car salesmen, supermarkets selling magazines, travel agents selling tour packages.\u00a0 Affiliate marketers are middlemen – they sell a product they don’t make and take a cut, a commission or a mark-up.\u00a0 No sale, no cut.\u00a0 The best-known internet-based affiliate marketer is Amazon<\/strong>, but there are at least a bazillion more.<\/p>\n 2. E-Commerce<\/strong>: You make widgets.\u00a0 You put a website online to sell your widgets.\u00a0 You sell your widgets from your website.\u00a0 You are an E-commerce business.\u00a0 Is there anyone left in the world that is not selling on the web?\u00a0 Yes, but most real-world businesses have a web presence<\/strong>, even if they sell most of their goods in old-fashioned stores.\u00a0 The lines are blurring more each day.\u00a0 About 5% of everything sold to consumers today is sold online, with projections ranging as high as 20% in five years.<\/p>\n 3. Email Marketing<\/strong>: Think catalog companies.\u00a0 They buy a list; your name is on that list, so you get a catalog.\u00a0 Or a thousand.\u00a0\u00a0 An email marketer can build a list<\/strong> organically or buy one, then pepper the list with emails until, well, forever.\u00a0 The cost is virtually zero, (so long, Postal Service, been nice knowing you!) and the rewards can be substantial, $1 or more for every name on the list for well executed email marketing campaigns<\/strong>.\u00a0 Of course that long-lost Ethiopian prince may do less well.<\/p>\n So what\u2019s in it for you?\u00a0 Freedom.\u00a0 Peace of mind.\u00a0 A creative outlet for your artistic self and your long-dormant fascination with statistical analysis.\u00a0 What ever you want it to be.\u00a0 The budding marketing genius inside of you is busting to get started.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Internet marketing is a great way to make money online and work from home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,101,198,204,205,324,591],"yoast_head":"\n