Comments on: Does Email Success Depend on Technical Know-How?

By: Rob Harry

Rob Harry — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:46:15 +0000

With all the information on the www, it is easy to find just enough infomation to get what you need, and not get bowled over with TMI.

By: david todd

david todd — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:58:06 +0000

this is very helpful for newcomers like me

By: Marc Kline

Marc Kline — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:37:00 +0000

Valerie,

This recording came from a short conversation Justin and I had and wanted to share via this post.

We do, however, offer a few webinars per week, where we present live video and audio on email marketing topics and answer questions from the audience.

You’ll find them via our Live Webinars schedule page:

http://www.aweber.com/webinars

By: valerie

valerie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:55:22 +0000

I would like to be notified when these seminars are on

By: kenneth young

kenneth young — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:29:02 +0000

This was an interesting and I would like to know more on squeeze page( how they made).

Also I would appreciate information on making URL clickable.

By: Betty Byrnes

Betty Byrnes — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:06:44 +0000

You can probably get by with little knowledge of HTML; but as Lori said, it is helpful to have a basic understanding of it so you can insert your forms properly.

Knowing some HTML also helps when the WYSIWYG editor has a mind of its own! I find this particularly helpful when there are formatting problems - font size, line breaks, etc. If you have some HTML knowledge, you can go in, play around with the code and try to correct the problem.

I have a very basic knowledge of HTML and most of what I learned was from w3schools.com. They have a great set of tutorials and a Tryit Editor. If I run into a problem with the WYSIWYG editor, I copy the code to the Tryit Editor and play around with it there. I can usually get the problem fixed. If not, I haven’t messed up my work in AWeber.

I know some of the problems I have with WYSIWYG editors is probably "operator error" but with some knowledge of HTML, I can work around the problems.

By: Lori Titus

Lori Titus — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:01:55 +0000

HTML has been an easy "language" to pick up. I took a 3-day class at a local community college ten years ago. As HTML has evolved, I have always been able to find updates online, retraining myself as I go along. I might not be an "expert", but I consider myself as well above a working knowledge.

I don’t think being an HTML "expert" is necessary for use with aWeber, although a working knowledge is useful. The form itself is generated by aWeber, and you just need to have enough knowledge of HTML to know how to insert it into your own website. aWeber offers plenty of pre-formatted newsletter styles, and although you may need to be skilled in HTML to understand the underlying code in some of them, there are still plenty of simpler newsletter styles to choose from. Plus, once you have one form set up correctly, you can simply duplicate it for the others.

For anyone running a website for the first time, I would recommend taking an HTML class, regardless if you are using a program such as Dreamweaver or straight programming. After a basic class, use of aWeber is a relative cinch.