Do You Need to Be Able to Code to Be a Successful Online Marketer? | Ep. #85

<p>In Episode #85 Neil and Eric ask whether or not you need to be able to code to be a successful marketer. Coding will help you in a lot of ways but it’s not the only thing you should know about! Listen as Eric and Neil share what you should consider.</p> <h3>Time Stamped Show Notes:</h3> <ul> <li>00:28 – Today’s topic: <em>Do you need to be able to code to be a successful online marketer?</em></li> <li>00:37 – NO, You don’t need to do coding <ul> <li>00:42 – HTML skills are helpful but it’s not necessary</li> <li>00:50 – Some tools to help you become successful are <a href= "https://www.clickfunnels.com/">ClickFunnels</a>, <a href= "https://www.leadpages.net/">Lead Pages</a>, <a href= "http://www.unbounce.com/">Unbounce</a>, and <a href= "https://wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>01:12 – In general, you don’t need to learn to code</li> <li>01:31 – You can always hire a developer in <a href= "https://www.upwork.com/">Upwork</a></li> <li>01:59 – Eric joined <a href= "https://teamtreehouse.com/">Treehouse</a> to learn coding but ended up doing marketing more</li> <li>03:03 – Stay in your lane, stay focused</li> <li>03:13 – Be very creative and technical</li> <li>03:44 – You also need to be able to understand math</li> <li>05:17 – Use <a href="https://zapier.com/">Zapier</a> so you can hook different web applications together</li> <li>06:17 – If you want to learn data science, check <a href= "https://www.datacamp.com/">DataCamp</a></li> <li>06:34 – If you want to learn coding, check Treehouse and <a href="https://www.codecademy.com">Codecademy</a></li> <li>06:44 – Check <a href= "http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/digital-marketing-and-measurement-model/"> web analytics</a> to learn more about analytics</li> <li>07:10 – Read Kaushik’s <a href= "http://www.kaushik.net">blog</a></li> <li>07:42 – That’s it for today’s episode!</li> </ul> <h3>3 Key Points:</h3> <ol> <li>Coding is not a requirement but it’s helpful.</li> <li>You can always hire people to code for you.</li> <li>Remember to be creative, techn