Learn Basic HTML!
When I first started out marketing online there were tons of website builders that did not require any HTML programing knowledge and today they’re even more options to choose from. This type of website design is convenient and can more than take care of most of your website needs. However what I have been doing over the last couple of years is slowly learning the HTML and the newer XHTML programing language to supplement my classified ads and surprisingly many other places like blog post, forums submissions and company owned websites that I use. I’m not talking about getting to know HTML well enough to design websites here…for that job I still rely on my favorite website builder (bluevoda) which I use with VodaHost, I only need enough knowledge to find the different parts of the website inside the HTML code that makes up each page of my website and to make simple additions like placing the Google Analytics codes into my sites for my own site tracking and the Google Webmaster Center which helps Google and other search engines find my site and index it. With basic knowledge of HTML you can learn enough to make your new online ventures profitable.
I have taken and recommend the free HTML course offered by About.com. The 10 week course will give you the basic knowledge that you need and you will be surprised how much you will use your new online degree to improve your efforts. You can sign up at: About.com free HTML Course Trust me on this one… you will thank me later.
