Tactics

Entries

  1. 01

    Ambassador programs

    Structured recognition programs for the company's most engaged external community members.

  2. 02

    Developer community building

    How developer communities form, grow, establish norms, and distribute responsibility beyond the founding team.

  3. 03

    Documentation as product

    Documentation as an owned product surface with users, measures, a roadmap, maintenance, and review requirements.

  4. 04

    Content strategy

    Planning, producing, distributing, measuring, and maintaining technical content for a developer audience.

  5. 05

    Event tactics

    Events consume a large fraction of most DevRel budgets. They are often the highest-cost activity per attendee reached. They also build relationships, brand, and content in ways that no other tactic does. This file is the operational guide.

  6. 06

    Sponsorships and partnerships

    Sponsoring something developers already pay attention to is often more efficient than building your own.

  7. 07

    Sample apps and demos

    A working sample application is the most credible evidence a developer can get that your product does what you say it does.

  8. 08

    New DevRel programs

    A practical guide for the founder, early-stage company, or DevRel manager building a program where none existed. This is the playbook the framework files prescribe; here distilled into operational steps.

  9. 09

    DevRel anti-patterns

    A field guide to the recurring failure modes. Each anti-pattern is described, attributed to its symptoms, and connected to the practices that prevent it.