I personally am a fan of both affiliate marketing and creating my own information products. I guess when it comes to figuring out which one is best, its all a matter of what your goals are and what you want to accomplish. Creating your own information products will without a doubt give you more control over the amount of money you make. When you are the product creator, you run the show. You set your own price and you determine will be paid out to affiliates.

If you are serious about being in internet marketing for the long haul, I definitely think product creation should be a part of your business at some point. But if you are completely new to making money online, they affiliate marketing is the way to go. When you are first starting out you want to make things as easy as possible on yourself. You don't want to have to worry about to many different tasks. As an affiliate marketer you only have one job. And that is to drive as much traffic as you can to the merchants site.

The more traffic you get, the more sales you will make. That's really how it works. Traffic equals money. Without, you don't have a business. Affiliate marketing will give you a chance to get your feet wet and really figure things out. You will learn valuable lessons that will carry over into other parts of your online business.

So when you ask me which one is best, affiliate marketing or creating your own information products, I guess it all depends on what stage you are in your internet marketing business. For a beginner, affiliate marketing is a great place to start. If you are a little more advanced, its a great idea to start creating your one products so you can make more money.