Anyone who owns and operates an online website must decide how much they can afford to spend on internet marketing. The Internet is full of different ways to use internet marketing advertising strategies so how does the website owner know which one is best? For most people, it is a process of elimination that requires valuable time and money before they hit on what internet marketing advertising works best for them. Personally, I do not like pay per click advertising and the discount online advertising rarely delivers what they promise. Researching all the different methods of internet marketing advertising methods and companies will help the website owner choose what works best for them. I personally like banner advertising and use this on my websites. Another method I use is writing relevant posts for my blogs and linking the posts up with social media networking sites like Digg and Ning. This method is very cheap internet advertising and brings quick results in increasing the traffic numbers to your website or blog. Sprinkle in a few affiliate banners with your posts or articles and you should see an increase in traffic and sales.