Originally Posted by Fetish Gimp

If you're starting from zero with PHP and MySQL I highly recommend this book


Sure, you can get the same information from the hundreds of tutorials out there, but it's nice to have the info in one place, written in a clear manner and taking you from start to end.

As for the marketing aspect, that depends on what kind of promoting you want to do. Stick around, turn out the noise and wait for those nuggets of worthwhile info that pop up.