a single source, nothing corroborates it
Publish a page of the tools you back
A public list of what you use already pulls traffic in developer circles, which makes it free distribution for anything you are affiliated with. A permanent line in the footer naming the tools you stand behind does the quieter version of the same thing, worded as a position rather than a plug.
The method
- 01
Keep a public page listing the tools you use, since that format already pulls traffic among developers.
- 02
Put a permanent line in your site footer naming the tools you back, worded as a value statement rather than a plug.
What it returned
Named examples are Kent Dodds at kentcdodds.com/uses and Femke's stack page at femke.design/stack.
Suggested footer wordings signal the stance, along the lines of privacy-respecting analytics or just simple privacy-focused analytics.
Sources
- Best practices for promoting your affiliate links - Fathom AnalyticsPaul Jarvis · usefathom.com · Best practice #2: Have a dedicated page or global link in your footer · 2022-08-09
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
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