Guess what? You don't have to learn more than 15 minutes of HTML knowledge to significantly improve the quality of your articles. In today's issue, I'm going to show you the top 7 easy-to-learn essential HTML skills that can help any article author make better looking articles before the day is over.

The 7 HTML "MUST KNOW" article author skills include how to format a URL or an email address, how to enhance your text with BOLD, ITALICS, or the UNDERLINE font attribute and how to set up a bullet or numbered list in HTML.

1. How To Make A URL/Website Address "Linkable":
   
   This: <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">http://EzineArticles.com/</a> will create this: http://EzineArticles.com/
   
   Just substitute your website address from the above code and now you know how to "link" up a website address. Some like to create anchor text links. Here is the code to create links out of keywords:
   
   <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">Ezine Articles</a> will create this: Ezine Articles
   
   One Note: Use anchor text links *sparingly* when submitting articles to directories as some have limitations on the number of times the same URL can be linked up. For example, with EzineArticles.com, you are only allowed to have one URL in a given article that is the same and your article could be rejected if you have two links to the same URL regardless as to whether you linked it up like the first and/or second example above.
   
   
2. How To Make Your Email Address "Linkable":
   
   This: <a href="mailto:youraddress@your-domain-name.tld">youraddress@your-domain-name.tld</a> will create this: youraddress@your-domain-name.tld
   
   One Note: It is never a good idea to put your email address in your article because your email address will get harvested by spammers who use web email extractor bots to scour the Internet. Better to put a link to your contact information if you must.
   
   
3. How To Make
   Overregulation Choking All Aspects of Human Life
   No human civilization runs perfectly, that is not to say one couldn’t, as it is possible. Surely the United States runs better than most civilizations on the Planet in this present period, but with its top heavy Government it is not the epitome of efficiency by any means. As a matter of fact almost every problem in our modern society can be traced back to the inefficiencies of our humongous and ineffective bureaucracy.Whether you are a lover of the mess of government bureaucracy or not, or even if you work in it, can you name any thing that government does well? Well, don’t feel like you have failed to guess the answer to the question; it is a trick question, because there is nothing that our government is exceptional at, besides wasting our money. Does this mean we should shut our government down? Of course not it is a necessity of 300 million people living together in harmony.Unfortunately government has only a few responsibilities, one of their most important responsibilities is to protect her people, well we know they cannot do that. Look at our leaking borders, the 9-11 attack or even the response to major disasters. The fact is that the government is inefficient in every single thing they do, including those agencies, which monitor other agencies; they themselves are wasting money.Since the government is so inept and the corporations make them look so bad, they keep increasing regulation, yet conveniently forget that they are inherently corrupt and wasteful with the most important job of all, working for us. It is our government and therefore the inefficiencies are our fault. Yet when was the last time you stood up and said anything about it? You see it is You t
   the quality of your articles. In today's issue, I'm going to show you the top 7 easy-to-learn essential HTML skills that can help any article author make better looking articles before the day is over.

   The 7 HTML "MUST KNOW" article author skills include how to format a URL or an email address, how to enhance your text with BOLD, ITALICS, or the UNDERLINE font attribute and how to set up a bullet or numbered list in HTML.

   1. How To Make A URL/Website Address "Linkable":
      
      This: <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">http://EzineArticles.com/</a> will create this: http://EzineArticles.com/
      
      Just substitute your website address from the above code and now you know how to "link" up a website address. Some like to create anchor text links. Here is the code to create links out of keywords:
      
      <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">Ezine Articles</a> will create this: Ezine Articles
      
      One Note: Use anchor text links *sparingly* when submitting articles to directories as some have limitations on the number of times the same URL can be linked up. For example, with EzineArticles.com, you are only allowed to have one URL in a given article that is the same and your article could be rejected if you have two links to the same URL regardless as to whether you linked it up like the first and/or second example above.
      
      
   2. How To Make Your Email Address "Linkable":
      
      This: <a href="mailto:youraddress@your-domain-name.tld">youraddress@your-domain-name.tld</a> will create this: youraddress@your-domain-name.tld
      
      One Note: It is never a good idea to put your email address in your article because your email address will get harvested by spammers who use web email extractor bots to scour the Internet. Better to put a link to your contact information if you must.
      
      
   3. How To Make
      Choosing The Right Business Plan Format To Help Your Business Move To The Next Level
      A business plan just may be the most important document for any business, both a newly created startup business and an existing and growing business.A business plan is vital to getting a newly created startup up and running and anyone considering investing money in such a company will need to see and verify the information contained in the business plan.== What Is Included In Your Business Plan? ==A business plan is also important as the existing business grows and expands such as if the business needs to purchase additional equipment, for instance.In that case, the business plan should not only contain financial statements and cash flow history, but should contain specific information on how the proposed equipment will help the company to earn even more money.==The Format Of A Business Plan Will Vary Considerably From Company To Company ==The format of a business plan will vary considerably from company to company, and there is no one standard business plan format that will be right for everyone.Even so, every good business plan will include crucial elements such as a summary of what the company does; descriptions of the products the company produces or the services it provides the mission statement of the company, a thorough market analysis, and a break-even analysis. In addition, the business plan should include a section which details the key challenges and opportunities facing the business.It is important to state the challenges facing both the market sector as a whole, and the company as a specific entity.== Formatting And Researching The Business Plan ==It is important to lay out the format
      This: <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">http://EzineArticles.com/</a> will create this: http://EzineArticles.com/
      
      Just substitute your website address from the above code and now you know how to "link" up a website address. Some like to create anchor text links. Here is the code to create links out of keywords:
      
      <a href="http://EzineArticles.com/">Ezine Articles</a> will create this: Ezine Articles
      
      One Note: Use anchor text links *sparingly* when submitting articles to directories as some have limitations on the number of times the same URL can be linked up. For example, with EzineArticles.com, you are only allowed to have one URL in a given article that is the same and your article could be rejected if you have two links to the same URL regardless as to whether you linked it up like the first and/or second example above.
      
      
   4. How To Make Your Email Address "Linkable":
      
      This: <a href="mailto:youraddress@your-domain-name.tld">youraddress@your-domain-name.tld</a> will create this: youraddress@your-domain-name.tld
      
      One Note: It is never a good idea to put your email address in your article because your email address will get harvested by spammers who use web email extractor bots to scour the Internet. Better to put a link to your contact information if you must.
      
      
   5. How To Make
      Article Marketing: Does My Article Have to Be Perfect?
      Article marketing and article writing is challenging enough without someone givng you wrong information.On a recent E-Articles Writers Club teleseminar, one of the members asked me this question:"On another teleseminar, I guy that markets articles told me it was better to create one perfect journal style article than it was to have many non-journal style articles on the internet. What do you think about what he said?"A direct answerI think he is wrong.If you are publishing an article in a journal, you are creating an academic article that requires a certain academic style, footnotes, etc.When you are writing articles for the average reader in your niche to read, you want to write on a regular conversational level. You want to write articles that are content rich and readable, because as the Doobie Brothers sang, you are "takin' to the streets."I am not encouraging you to write crummy articles.I am encouraging you to write high quality, content rich, spelling and grammar checked articles that will relate to you ideal audience and help them to know, like and trust you.For example, if you are familiar with the term NLP, you know that it stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, which is a model of communication and a method to quickly effect the changes people want to make in their lives.The problem with NLP is that the originators made it very hard to understand and use.Now, most of us are familiar with motivational expert Tony Robbins, of late night infomercial fame, who as a result of what he teaches has become a multi-millionaire.All he did was take NLP and turn it into street level understandable t
      les
      
      One Note: Use anchor text links *sparingly* when submitting articles to directories as some have limitations on the number of times the same URL can be linked up. For example, with EzineArticles.com, you are only allowed to have one URL in a given article that is the same and your article could be rejected if you have two links to the same URL regardless as to whether you linked it up like the first and/or second example above.
      
      
   6. How To Make Your Email Address "Linkable":
      
      This: <a href="mailto:youraddress@your-domain-name.tld">youraddress@your-domain-name.tld</a> will create this: youraddress@your-domain-name.tld
      
      One Note: It is never a good idea to put your email address in your article because your email address will get harvested by spammers who use web email extractor bots to scour the Internet. Better to put a link to your contact information if you must.
      
      
   7. How To Make
      Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
      Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability of individuals or businesses to discharge their debts. A declared state of bankruptcy can be requested not only by creditors in an effort to get what they are owed but also by the insolvent individual or organization. If it is difficult to repay debts, declaring the bankruptcy may be the right solution to debt problems.Out of six basic types of under the Bankruptcy Code, Chapter 7 is a “liquidation” of nonexempt assets to pay debts. In a court-supervised procedure, a court appoints a trustee who liquidates the non-exempt assets of the debtor’s estate and makes distributions to creditors. The Bankruptcy Code allows the debtor to keep certain exempt property; but a trustee will liquidate the debtor's remaining assets.According to the amendments to the Bankruptcy Code enacted in to the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, if a debtor’s income is in excess of certain thresholds, the debtor may not be eligible for chapter 7 relief. Filing a petition under chapter 7, automatically stays most collection actions against the debtor or the debtor's property, but potential debtors should realize that the filing of a petition under chapter 7 might result in the loss of property.After Chapter 7 bankruptcy, one will not longer owe money on credit cards, unsecured loans, unpaid hospital, medical and utility bills and unpaid rent. But debts like state and federal taxes (unless they are more than three years old), child support required by law; alimony, government-backed student loans, debts due to fraud, fines, penalties and debts due to willful injury to another person or property are not eliminated by Chapter 7
      >
      
      This: <a href="mailto:youraddress@your-domain-name.tld">youraddress@your-domain-name.tld</a> will create this: youraddress@your-domain-name.tld
      
      One Note: It is never a good idea to put your email address in your article because your email address will get harvested by spammers who use web email extractor bots to scour the Internet. Better to put a link to your contact information if you must.
      
      
   8. How To Make Something BOLD:
      
      This: <b>Make my words bold</b> will create this: Make my words bold
      
      
   9. How To Make Something ITALICS:
      
      This: <i>Make my words italics</i> will create this: Make my words italics
      
      
   10. How To Make Something UNDERLINED:
       
       This: <u>Make my words underlined</u> will create this: Make my words underlined
       
       
   11. How To Make A Bullet Point List:
       
       This: <ul><li>First bullet</li><li>Second bullet</li><li>Third bullet</li></ul> will create this:
       
       • First bullet
       • Second bullet
       • Third bullet
       
       
       
   12. How To Make A Numbered List:
       
       This: <ol> <li>First point</li> <li>Second point</li> <li>Third point</li> </ol> will create this:
       
       1. First point
       2. Second point
       3. Third point
       
       
       

   By opening up your mind to allow yourself to learn the above 7 essential HTML tips for article authors, you can improve the quality of your articles immediately.