Online marketing, or Internet marketing, refers to advertising and marketing efforts that use the Web and email to drive direct sales via electronic commerce, in addition to sales leads from Web sites or emails. Internet marketing and online advertising efforts are typically used in conjunction with traditional types of advertising like radio, television, newspapers and magazines.
Specialized Areas of Internet Marketing
Internet marketing can also be broken down into more specialized areas such as Web marketing, email marketing and social media marketing.
Web marketing
Includes e-commerce Web sites, affiliate marketing Web sites, promotional or informative Web sites, online advertising on search engines, and organic search engine results via SEO
SMS/Email marketing
Involves both advertising and promotional marketing efforts via SMS/ E-mail messages to current and prospective customers.
Social media marketing
Involves both advertising and marketing (including viral marketing) efforts via social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube……


