The Michel Fortin Blog

The other day, one of my readers asked me the following question, which I found rather interesting: "Why should the author of a product be included in their sales copy?" Seems like a pretty redundant question, right? Especially to any veteran...

One of the most popular threads on my now defunct discussion forum for copywriters was one started by my friend Dean Jackson. If you don't know Dean Jackson, he is a Torontonian, a real estate mogul, an information marketing millionaire (author...

Yesterday, I had a tweet burp. (If you've been living under a rock in the past year, a "tweet" is a brief, text message on micro-blogging platform Twitter.) I call it a "tweet burp" because it's something like a brain fart. But I prefer "brain...

What's the most important part in copywriting? Is it the headline? The bullets? The benefits? The testimonials? The guarantee? The offer? Nope. While all important, none of these are as important as this single yet powerful element. It trumps...

Why is it that successful marketers and online entrepreneurs seem to have this virtual "6th sense" when it comes to pinpointing hot, hungry, and highly profitable markets they can sell products to? We see this again and again and...

My recent article about Facebook not being a viable marketing tool has created quite a stir. Many people agreed with me. But some people didn't, and I respect that. However, while a few were scathing and harsh in their remarks, others posted some...

Core expansion is far different than extension. Extension is often referred to as franchising, licensing, line extension, or branching out -- also known as conglomerating. In this context, I am referring to expansion by division. If you're a...

Facebook is growing by leaps and bounds. If you don't know what Facebook is, it's a social networking site much like MySpace, but with a lot more control, flexibility, and verstility. (Check out my profile.) But after testing it for a while, I've...

Competition is a "killer" for a lot of commodity businesses. Doesn't really matter whether you market online or offline. If you sell a commodity product then chances are you compete for customers with hundreds of other businesses. In the next few...