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The indie developer's guide to getting your first users
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The indie developer's guide to getting your first users

You built something. Now what? A practical guide to getting your first users, then your first hundred, then your first thousand. No marketing degree required. Just tactics that actually work for indie developers.

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10 developer marketing best practices for 2026
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10 developer marketing best practices for 2026

Developer marketing continues to evolve. Here are the ten practices that separate successful developer marketing programs from the rest in 2026.

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Developer marketing for startups: the no-budget playbook
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Developer marketing for startups: the no-budget playbook

You don't need a big budget to market effectively to developers. Here's how early-stage startups can build awareness, drive adoption, and compete with well-funded competitors.

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Making your content AI-friendly in 2026
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Making your content AI-friendly in 2026

AI coding assistants are now the primary consumers of developer documentation. Here's the technical playbook for making your website, docs, and blog fully consumable by AI systems.

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The 5 best developer marketing books in 2026
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The 5 best developer marketing books in 2026

A comprehensive guide to the essential books for developer marketing and developer relations professionals. From foundational texts to the latest strategies for the AI era.

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Writing the perfect launch blog post
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Writing the perfect launch blog post

Don't bury the lede. Learn how to write effective launch blog posts with a proven structure that gets readers' attention from the first sentence. This post covers everything from crafting the perfect opening to structuring below-the-fold content that converts.

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The complete developer marketing guide (2026 edition)
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The complete developer marketing guide (2026 edition)

Everything you need to know about marketing to developers in 2026. From positioning and messaging to content strategy and measurement, this is the definitive guide for anyone building developer-focused products.

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How to measure developer marketing ROI
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How to measure developer marketing ROI

Measuring developer marketing is notoriously difficult. Long buying cycles, word-of-mouth influence, and indirect attribution make traditional metrics incomplete. Here's how to build a measurement framework that actually works.

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Developer marketing frameworks and templates you can steal
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Developer marketing frameworks and templates you can steal

Practical frameworks and templates for developer marketing. Positioning documents, launch plans, content strategies, and more, all ready to adapt for your products.

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AI Prompt: From Meetups to Mega‑Conferences
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AI Prompt: From Meetups to Mega‑Conferences

Most developer events fail because marketers plan them like sales conferences. They book flashy venues, hire motivational speakers, and wonder why developers don't show up or engage.

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What exactly is the product?
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What exactly is the product?

As PMMs, our job is not to sell features. Our job is to sell the complete experience. Every touchpoint. Every workflow. Every moment of friction. If any piece of the customer journey sucks, the whole product sucks.

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How I use Claude to automate developer marketing (and how you can too)
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How I use Claude to automate developer marketing (and how you can too)

I built a system that turns the marketing frameworks I wrote about in my book into Claude-powered tools. Now I generate in minutes what used to take hours. The output follows the same frameworks I've refined over years of practice. And I can focus on strategy instead of execution.

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