What is difference between affiliate marketing & search engine marketing?

[indiaastro]

Hello friends,

 

What is difference between affiliate marketing & search engine marketing?

[sophiawils59]

In Short, Affiliate marketing means you're selling someone else's product and rewarded by owner. Search engine marketing (SEM) is a form of Internet marketing that involves the promotion of websites by increasing their visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs) primarily through paid advertising.
 

[chiragm984]

Main difference between affiliate marketing vs search engine marketing : Search engine marketing is all about creating your own digital or physical products.  On the other hand, affiliate marketing is a sub-category of digital marketing that focuses on promoting another company’s products.

[RH-Calvin]

Affiliate marketing is the process of earning a commission by promoting other people's (or company's) products. You find a product you like, promote it to others, and earn a piece of the profit for each sale that you make.

Search engine marketing is the process of promoting your website in various search engines to build its popularity and reputation. Search engine optimization and social media optimization are two major processes used for search engine marketing.

[cliftonmor]

Affiliate marketing is merely selling someone else's product or service through an affiliate / profit share. ... Search engine marketing (SEM) is a form of Internet marketing that involves the promotion of websites by increasing their visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs) primarily through paid advertising.

[djoke]

Thanks for the info here. I am learning about marketing, and it is very helpful!

[VortexAlpha]

In affiliate marketing you are basically connecting with others to promote their offers on your site and vice versa and get/give some comission based on that, which means you are working directly with publishers and advertisers, and in SEM you are making ads on Google or some similar browser and they choose based on your preferences where they will place your ads, and you don't make other ways of contacts with publishers here.