I wanted to share some good tools (many of them free) for building landing pages.
First, you need an image editor. Photoshop is great but it also expensive and can be overkill for what you actually need to do. Instead try these free alternatives:
Image Editors/ Photoshop Alternatives
Next you'll need an HTML editor.
HTML Editors
Kompozer is free and works great
WYSIWYG Web Builder – Makes it really easy to add effects and code for non programmers
Add Some Extras
Want to make blinking GIF's? Try these:
Want to add audio to your page?
Fiverr is a great place to hire people for custom audio recordings
Need some images to use?
Check out this collection of 25 resources for free stock photos
If you haven't already, be sure and check out this post on using jQuery to explode your LP CTR
These are great sites. Especially for those just starting out and on a budget.
I would say that once you get that money coming in, to invest in Photoshop. Very easy to pick up and learn.