Maybe this info can answer your question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_marketing Affiliate marketing is a method in Internet marketing to promote merchant products on the Internet.
My understanding of Inter Marketing would emcompass everthing from Search Engine optimisation, Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC), Banner (Display) advertising, Email Marketing and Affiliate Marketing. Loads of information and resources available at http://www.e-consultancy.com/topic/affiliate-marketing/
I would say that affiliate marketing is just based on affiliate programs and internet marketing is every sort of marketing that is done online including with affiliate programs.
Affiliate marketing is selling someone else's product and getting a commission. Internet marketing is one way of doing that. You can be an offline affiliate as well. Stavra
They are the same. Internet marketing is the BIG brother - encompassing all facet of online marketing, while affiliate is a branch of Internt marketing. For example, while you and I know that affiliate marketing is selling others' products (though it is Internet marketing), but in the broader sense, Internet marketing is everything about selling online.
Affiliate marketing involves getting traffic for your affiliate programs and IM refers to the set of practices for promoting websites and getting traffic in general.
i think they both work hand in hand because you need to promote your affiliate to get that cash flow, and anyways marketing is marketing, no matter how you say it