How to market to developers during a recession

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Argues that recession-era DevRel switches to self‑service growth: prioritize inbound content, one-click integrations (GitHub, Heroku, AWS), and behavioral email drip sequences tied to product events. Measure signup → first API call → 100 payment transactions as funnel milestones, track conversion rates and time‑to‑value, and instrument which channels drive actual API use (example: Reddit drove 42% signup→first‑call conversion and seven hours median time‑to‑first‑call). Gate high‑value assets, keep core docs ungated.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker background
2. 1:05Why developers are hard to adopt
3. 3:35Stakeholders and recession challenges
4. 5:22Self-service adoption strategy
5. 6:47Inbound marketing for developers
6. 8:12Content strategy and funnel alignment
7. 10:19Pre-integration content focus
8. 11:20Test and sandbox stage tactics
9. 12:03Production stage and case studies
10. 13:09Partner integrations for exposure
11. 14:09Lead capture in a low-budget era
12. 15:11High-quality content and landing pages
13. 16:12Analytics and follow-up sequences
14. 16:54Post-signup nurturing segments
15. 18:19Optimizing integration documentation
16. 19:00Test sandbox stage value demonstration
17. 19:43Production stage leadership focus
18. 20:10Mapping the developer funnel
19. 21:13Tracking conversion and time to value
20. 22:17Aligning paid ads to funnel stages
21. 23:42Retargeting and community engagement
22. 24:24Enterprise sales and account-based marketing
23. 25:49Role-based content for leadership
24. 26:32Measuring campaign effectiveness
25. 27:35Q&A and closing remarks

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