[consulting] Site credit question

[Cameron Eagans]

hip2save.com has a developer credit. It's not a -huge- site, but it gets
about as many visitors as drupal.org every month.

Thanks,
Cameron



On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 13:16, Sam Cohen <sam at samcohen.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> Sam Cohen, Principal
>>> New Media Solutions <http://new-media-solutions.com>
>>> Drupal Training & Services
>>>
>>> http://twitter.com/samcohen
>>>
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