Local Internet Advertising also referred to as i-marketing, web marketing, online marketing, or eMarketing, is the marketing of products or services over the Internet.The Internet has brought many unique benefits to marketing, one of which being lower costs for the distribution of information and media to a global audience. The interactive nature of Internet marketing, both in terms of providing instant response and eliciting responses, is a unique quality of the medium. Internet marketing is sometimes considered to have a broader scope because it not only refers to digital media such as the Internet, e-mail, and wireless media; however, Internet marketing also includes management of digital customer data and electronic customer relationship management systems.Internet marketing ties together creative and technical aspects of the Internet, including design, development, advertising, and sale.

The promise of the web has been a global one. It connects companies to telecommuters, outsourcers, far-off countries and customers around the world. But a new trend in the web is bringing it closer to home . . . and business. The “local web” is the way the internet helps connect people with places in their hometowns as well as their business and travel destinations. For local Branding, it’s about using the web to reach customers and vice versa.We’re not here to preach the value of having a website. You already know about that. This is a look at how to use your site and the many other internet resources available to help customers find you. It’s not so much about e-commerce as it is about getting people to your door. “What we have now is a complicated world where people use many different sources of information to find local businesses. They’re using the traditional mediums that they’ve always used, but now the internet has become a very powerful--and in many cases, [the] primary--resource for people,” says Greg Sterling, founder of Sterling Market Intelligence, an Oakland, California, consulting and research firm with an emphasis on the local search marketplace.

Traditional media, in today's highly competitive world, has proved to be insufficient in fulfilling any advertisers' exacting standards of efficiency and customer interaction. The interactive Internet is the solution to the your requirements, since it is a two-way interpersonal communication medium, with key distinguishing factors of feedback and interaction in real time. It is Interactive, Interpersonal & Cost effective - these are but a few of the many advantages that the Internet, as an advertising medium offers. The Internet offers unlimited low cost space compared to the expense and limited capacity of traditional media and the ability to accurately measure audience usage. Every day millions of new users spend increasing amounts of time online. And that's where the opportunity lies - for every minute spent online is an advertising opportunity for you.
Internet advertising is very similar to TV and radio advertising. The programs are offered as a free service; commercial advertising pays the expenses. The same is true of Internet advertising. The information is free, with the costs defrayed by advertising. A major advantage of Internet advertising is the ability to attract a specific target audience. This advantage is limited or nonexistent in other forms of media advertising. With the Internet, ads are directed towards the right group of people. Internet ads are known as banners. Virtually all banners are links to other sites, but there are still those few that are just meant to be seen, like billboards. One advantage of Internet advertising is that it opens new possibilities to spread messages to a targeted audience. By advertising to a particular group, chances of success are indeed great.

Online advertising is a form of promotion that uses the Internet and World Wide Web for the expressed purpose of delivering marketing messages to attract customers. Examples of online advertising include contextual ads on search engine results pages, banner ads, Rich Media Ads, Social network advertising, online classified advertising, advertising networks and e-mail marketing.