The Michel Fortin Blog

A recent blog post has stirred quite a lot of controversy. It specifically made some stark accusations about a certain number of marketers who appear to be colluding. Some call it unethical. Others call it smart business. And a few go as far as...

After 30 years, yesterday, which was Independence Day, I declared my own independence... from cigarette smoke. If you're a non-smoker, this may not be a big issue. But for me, it's huge. And it's all because of one ingenious little tool I would...

I deeply value my readers and subscribers, as much as they value me, my expertise, and my recommendations. For this reason, I try to be as open and forthright as possible. I'm a big fan of disclosure. I believe in it. While I will make every...

I love social media. And I love trying and testing new stuff. If there's some new social media tool, website, or community, I'll be one of the first ones to try it out. But there is a limit. And I think we need to be careful. Because social media...

"If you like to gamble, I tell you I'm your man. You win some, you lose some, it's all the same to me." -- Motorhead's "Ace of Spades" I'm getting fed up. It seems to me that product launches of late have less to do with substance and...

A lot of people ask me what's my blogging strategy. They want to know, for instance, how I post articles, build a list, and drive traffic to my blog. More important, they want to know how I make money with it. Those are good questions. The short...

Here at the Big Seminar in Atlanta, the same question seems to pop up over and over again. I walk with a cane now, and people keep asking me, "Michel, What's wrong? Are you OK? What happened?" I don't blame them. My wife told me I was turning as...

< (You're in for a real treat. In this post, I'm publishing an answer I gave to one of my coaching clients, in which I describe one of my moneymaking strategies. I won't do this often. So sit back and get ready to take notes.) Some people,...

John Chow recently posted a call to moneymaking British-Columbia bloggers for a newspaper interview in his province. (Too bad it's not about Canadian bloggers, since I'm in Ottawa, Ontario, and I would have loved the extra...