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Sponsorship / Rate card

reach.
devs.
who buy.

I have spent 25 years writing code and the last ten teaching other people to write it. The developers who follow me are the ones evaluating tools, filing the expense report, and deciding what their team standardizes on. If that is who you are trying to reach, this page has the prices on it so neither of us has to schedule a call.

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Email me the brief
01 / Placements

Pick one, or take the room.

LinkedIn

Sponsored post

$1,500per post
26,000+ followers · LinkedIn Top Voice
  • A full post written by me, in my voice, from your brief
  • Disclosed as a paid partnership
  • I stay in the comments and answer questions
  • You get the analytics screenshot after 7 days
M Bytes newsletter

Primary slot

$750per send
10,000+ developers · sent bi-weekly
  • One dedicated block, top of the issue, no competing ads
  • Written by me, roughly 80 to 120 words
  • One link, tracked however you want to track it
  • Open and click numbers sent after the issue
YouTube

Integrated segment

$2,500per video
6,500+ subscribers · evergreen tutorials
  • 60 to 90 seconds, integrated, not a pre-roll bumper
  • Pinned comment and a description link
  • The catalog is evergreen, so it keeps earning views for years
  • 420,000+ lifetime views across the channel
All three, one campaign

The full run

LinkedIn post, newsletter slot, and a YouTube integration inside a single 30-day window, so the same developer sees you three times in three different contexts. That is what actually moves installs. Booked as one invoice.

$4,750 separately
$4,000
Book the run
RULES
02 / How I run it

three rules.
no exceptions.

01

I write it

Send a brief, key messages, whatever you need hit. The words are mine. No agency copy in my mouth, ever. This is the one that is not negotiable, and it is the reason the placement works at all.

02

It gets disclosed

Every paid placement is marked as paid. My audience respects "this one is an ad" a lot more than they respect a plug they figure out later.

03

I have to actually use it

Default answer is no. If I have not put my hands on the product and come away impressed, I will pass and tell you why. That is what your money is buying.

03 / Getting started

There is no form. Just email me.

One address, one message, and you will hear back within two business days either way. If it is not a fit I will say so and tell you why, which saves us both the follow-up.

mark@shust.com
That button pre-fills everything below. On a phone, it just opens your mail app.
Sponsorship inquiry
Hey Mark,

Product / company:
Link:

Placement I want:
(LinkedIn post / newsletter / YouTube integration / all three)

Target window:
Budget confirmed:

What a win looks like for us:

Anything else you should know:

Thanks,

Save yourself the email

  • ×Crypto, trading, and anything with a referral tier
  • ×Products I have not used, or cannot get access to before we book
  • ×Ghostwritten posts, or copy I am asked to run verbatim
  • ×Link-building and SEO guest-post schemes
  • ×Anything aimed at a general business audience instead of developers
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