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...

One morning, you go into your mailbox and discover there's an envelope waiting for you from an unknown source. You bring the package into your living room, tear open the envelope, pull out what's inside, put on your reading glasses, unfold the...

If you played video arcade games in the late 80's or early 90's, you might remember Zero Wing -- a game in which a battle takes place in the year 2101, where you must defend the planet Earth from an alien invasion. Zero Wing may have been a...

Part of my job as a copywriter is coming up with names. A while ago, I wrote a blog post on the power of names. I won't repeat it here, except to reiterate that branding, albeit not a priority for most, is still incredibly important. And it's...

Rant warning: what follows may offend some people. But I wanted to throw in my three cents on the topic of "forced continuity," which seems to be the subject of a lot of debate these days. Several well-known marketers have made offers of late...

With spam incessantly inundating our inboxes and people's attention spans constantly shrinking, some have claimed that email marketing is on the way out. I say "nonsense." In fact, it's because of those very reasons that email marketing is now...

What is it with people lately? Browbeating, bashing, and bullyragging. Flames, stains, and blames. Put downs, let downs and showdowns. On forums, blogs, and social networking sites. Sure, I understand people are fed up with scam artists and...

Nowadays, it’s no longer a choice between the A and B piles. It’s no longer a choice between hundreds of stations or channels. It’s a choice between millions if not billions of options called “websites.” But there’s something...

Gary: I want you to imagine that an ad was written by me. I mean it was just a brilliant ad... a brilliant headline... a brilliant copy. It just flowed, etc. and it was about knitting machines. Now, I am guessing that most of the people on this...