[consulting] Site credit question

[David Notik]

I think site credits are old school and unprofessional.  As you discovered,
you won't find many great sites with site credits, certainly not in the
footer that appears on every page.  The client has paid you to build them a
site and so I think it wrong to indefinitely exploit the relationship by in
effect advertising on their site.  (Hosted products/services are a different
matter.  Bartering for some advertising via a commercial site's established
advertising channels is another story too.)  Rather, leverage the success by
way of a case study, and share it on drupal.org.  And most folks who really
want to know who developed a site will contact your client via the site (be
sure they like you enough to refer you), which is better than a cold lead
anyway.

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On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Sam Cohen <sam at samcohen.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently decided it would be a good idea to ask my clients if it would be
> ok to add a site credit on their site linking back to my site.  Well, most
> agreed, but one of my bigger clients balked and asked for examples of other
> sites that give a site credit to the developer.  Well, I thought this would
> be easy to find an example, but I'm having a hard time finding larger sites
> that give the development shop any credit for the site, at least in the
> footer (as opposed to buried somewhere)
>
> Just wondering if anyone has any examples of site credits for site
> developers, either in the footer or somewhere else?  This client is willing
> to do it, just wants to know what the common practice is.
>
> Also, do most of you even ask for a credit on the sites you develop?  Is
> giving a site credit to the developer is a thing of the past or something
> only done for small sites?  And if they don't put it in the footer, where
> would it go?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam
>
> Sam Cohen, Principal
> New Media Solutions <http://new-media-solutions.com>
> Drupal Training & Services
>
> http://twitter.com/samcohen
>
>
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