The Michel Fortin Blog

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...

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...

When a sales page is not performing or if it's not performing up to your expectations, the worst thing you can do is... nothing. By taking action and making changes, you can strengthen your copy quickly and improve your sales conversions. In most...

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...

The following is probably the greatest commandment in "Power Positioning." Now that we've talked about lead generation advertising, the next step is where to advertise. And the trick to having as many pre-qualified prospects come forward is to...

Some of the tests results I love to follow are those from The Poynter Institute. Their eyetracking studies are some of the largest ever conducted in this space. While their tests are primarily done for, and funded by, major newspapers, their...

So what exactly is Web 2.0? I’m not an analyst or some dotcom pundit. But being online since 1991 (or since 1982 if you consider bulletin board services), I’ve witnessed enough to have a good grasp of what’s going on. So here’s my...

What seems to have exploded lately are blog networks and multi-author blogs. It's part of the whole "social" concept that seems prolific in today's Web 2.0 environment. Take Engadget.com, TechCrunch.com, Performancing.com and others. Because of...

Copy is all about words. Or is it? Copy is about using words to describe the benefits of your offer. About using words to paint vivid mental imagery. About using words to stir the senses, press all the "hot buttons" and push the reader to take some...