I am currently taking the CodingPhase HTML Email Developer Course. Even though, I’m studying frontend web development, I fell in love with email development and landed my first freelance client.
This is how it is so far being an email developer.
Week 1
The first thing I learned from Week 01 is to go back and review HTML5 and CSS3 code. This is a must if you are going to be a email developer. I’m halfway through CodingPhase Timeline.
CodingPhase Timeline is great a resource.
I didn’t forget HTML5 and CSS3, but you sometimes forget the little things like how to I make text uppercase. I think it’s text-something. I had to go back and reread all of my notes on HTML5 and CSS3 until I drilled most of it in my head.
Week 2
This is my second week as a freelance email developer and I master time management.
My life works like this:
- 40 hour work week
- 10 hours a week on studying on CodingPhase
- Wife
- Some sort of social life
With all of these things, I had to learn time management. I had deadlines to meet for my client and if I didn’t meet them then I would loose my first freelance client and I didn’t want that. So, I set 1 hour each day to work on my client’s email designs for his weekly newsletter. I also learned how to use the Pomodoro technique to become more focused and get more done.
Week 3
In my third week, I learned the most important skill of all.
Research.
I wanted to do some cool new CSS3 features I read in Web Developer magazine. I thought these features would look great in this weeks newsletter for my client.
However, some email clients do not support the newest CSS3 features. By doing some research, I was able a workaround and still create a killer newsletter for my client.
Conclusion
In the past 3 weeks, I learned a lot about email development but more importantly how to better serve my clients through better time management and research.
Thanks for reading,
Ivan Hurt
HTML Email Developer
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