Intro + what skills do you need to possess to start online?
I hope it's not too late for me to say hello to everyone as it's been 3.5 years since I first joined this forum!
On and off, I have been mindlessly and randomly reading on this forum for quite sometime now because I was attracted by this whole online marketing thing. Like everyone else, I was lured in because of the power of the internet and the the freedom from physical location. (Money was also a factor but at this moment that's not my main concern)
However, I think it's time to stop reading and start doing some work but instead of asking where to start, I would like to humbly ask, what skills do I need to possess in order to start online? (be it internet marketing, a blog, or even provide services to others). And in order to answer this question I have come up with the following. I would greatly appreciate if someone can provide me with feedback.
Basic html/css
Unless you need to start ditching the back end or customization, do people still hand code the site from scratch? Regardless, I believe no matter what you do online, you need to possess some basic knowledge of html/css, after all that's the fundamental. Can anyone suggest to me the best place to learn online and more importantly practice?
Wordpress skills
While a lot of people against it because of security etc, however I think being able to set one up is essential because it is one of the easiest way to start site or blog without building a CMS from scratch (at least from a personal use perspective anyway)
Web design
I am not sure about this one, while I love and admire designers'work I am by no mean any good at graphic design at all, so I am not sure how would to go about learning the basic. Any ideas?
Writing skills
I am definitely not a good and fast writer, however no matter how good or bad you as a writer, you need to know how to write to a certain degree, after all this is one of the most basic form of communication. While I am not intended to become a professional copy writer like kk075, but I do want to practice and improve this on.
Traffic generation
This is very board topic, it basically covers everything from social media traffic, PPC, video marketing, viral marketing, adsense, just to name a few. This is definitely one of the core skills needed but I deliberately place this at the end. How could one learn about this?
Is there anything else I missed? And any comment to the above is appreciated.
Thanks for reading and bigger thanks if you bother to reply.
xkm
PS: At this moment I would focus on writing skill and the basic of html/css/wordpress. I believe in learning by doing it, and if you need some work done I am more than happy to do it for free as this gives me a chance to practice as well. I have approximately 30 hours a week for the next 3 months. Feel free to post a reply or send me a PM. (sorry, a bit of off topic, but I suddenly realize I can gain some experience by asking for some practice sessions )
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