necessity of devangelists

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Marketing to developers is not an easy task. That’s why developer evangelism jobs are in high demand. In this presentation, Tony, a developer evangelist for Context.IO, will give an overview of the necessity of devangelists, their role and effectiveness, and provide a few lessons from the road. He will explain that becoming an API platform is not possible without good API evangelists. Be sure to catch this session, and learn from this seasoned professional.

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The Necessity of Devangelists

Tony Blank @thetonyblank

What is developer evangelism?

Marketing / Advertising?

Sales?

Training / Support?

Helping Developers

NO BULLSHIT

Two sides of the same coin

Direct Evangelism

Conferences

Hackathons

Meetups

Meetups

Mentoring

Content Strategy

Blog

Social Media

Code Samples

Documentation / Client Libs

Customer Interaction

Event Discovery

Budget

Travel Planning

Burnout

Value of Devanglism

Raise Awareness

Gives tech a face

Learn what resonates

Product Discovery

Success Metrics

# of people engaged at

events

Key Signups

Web Views

Blog Visits

Social Media

Engagement

270%

Lessons From The Road

Hone how you present your API

Start broad

Learn

Provide value

Concrete use cases

Hackathon Pitches

Demonstration!

Email knows a lot. Use it.

contacts

filesmessages

threads

webhooks

A NEW CAR!!

A NEW CAR!!

drawing, signed by me!

GADGET?

MONEY!

BOOZE!!

A PUPPY!

10 PUPPIES!

http://context.io

WORK WITH US

(we are awesome)

tony@context.io @thetonyblank

Email knows a lot. Use it.

CONTEXT.IO

EMAIL DATA

TONYBLANK

A lot of information

Stop. Collaborate. Listen.

The Necessity of Devangelists

Tony Blank @thetonyblank

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