The Michel Fortin Blog

The word, Satyagraha, is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit words Satya and Agraha. Loosely translated, the word means "Truth Power". Satyagraha was popularized by Mohandas Ghandi in his fight for Indian independence and became synonymous with the...

In an earlier blog post, I talked about the fact that lately I've been leaning a lot more towards testing the reduction in bottlenecks. Some of the results are staggering! In short, the more I increase the sense of security and trust, better...

A recent study found that 65% of online shoppers are "window shoppers," and take on average up to 33 hours to make a purchase -- often over security concerns. Some interesting findings show that most people who abandon their shopping carts don't...

The other day I was asked, "How do I motivate a potential joint venture partner to bite? When you have a great idea and you've located the perfect partner, how do you motivate them to do business with you?" In my last post, I talked about the...

In today's Internet, conversations are cropping up all over the place. People are talking. They are talking about products. They are talking about businesses. And they are certainly talking about their experiences. When you look at how blogs,...

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...

Long, scrolling salesletters are dying. It’s a fact. There are two main reasons for this. Remember, I said an evolution and a revolution are currently taking place. And both of these are contributing to the death of the salesletter. The...