[consulting] Site credit question

[Sam Cohen]

D,

I can certainly see why a client wouldn't want developer credits on their
site, but I'm not sure why a developer wouldn't at least ask for it, as if
can only bring in business.  I'm also not sure why it would be seen as
exploiting a relationship.  Does Honda exploit me by putting their logo on
my car?  I'd like to think the client is happy enough with the work I did
that they would want to put my name on their site.

Though I have to acknowledge, it does seem like an old school practice.

I'm interested to hear what others think about this?

Sam





On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:09 PM, David Notik <dave at d202.org> wrote:

> 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
>>
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