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Why industry-specific software is best (especially for developer tools)
Discover the power of industry-specific software for developer-first companies. Learn why crowd.dev's tailored approach maximizes ROI, empowers teams with deep insights, and ensures sustained growth.
The Developer Marketing Tool Report 2023
Discover which tools and strategies marketing teams are using to reach developers effectively. Download the Marketing Tool Report 2023 for free.
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Increase community engagement with trunk-based management
A story about how to apply trunk-based development (TBD) to community management to increase engagement. By Florian Merian.
5 Insightful Podcasts for Building Open Source & DevTool Startups
Discover our curated list of the top 5 podcasts for open-source software and DevTool enthusiasts. These insightful podcasts offer expert advice, thought-provoking discussions, and open-source trends.
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What is Developer-led Growth, and how to implement it for B2D?
Discover the Power of Developer-led Growth for Business-to-Developers (B2D). Learn how to tap into the influence of developers and optimize your growth strategy.
Five Mistakes to Avoid on the Road to $1M ARR as a COSS Company
Explore the journey of Flagsmith as they reached $1M ARR as a COSS company and uncover five key lessons they learned along the way to help future open-source creators succeed.
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The missing piece to our developer marketing stack
Zevi Reinitz shares the developer marketing tool stack at Livecycle, ranging from content creation over publishing to community. Learn what he was missing until he discovered crowd.dev.
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The Best CRM for DevTool Companies - HubSpot vs Salesforce vs Pipedrive
Discover the best CRM for developer-focused businesses & make the right choice for your needs. Compare HubSpot, Salesforce, and Pipedrive.
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What is Product-Community Fit?
Learn about Product-Community Fit for open-source companies. Discover why it matters and how to measure it with Monthly Active Contributors.
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Introducing Eagle Eye - Grow your DevTool by engaging with content
Monitor 10+ developer platforms, including GitHub, Reddit, Stack Overflow, to discover and engage with relevant content.
How to measure the ROI of your developer community - a complete guideĀ
Discover how to measure your community's return on investment. Our guide will help you understand the key metrics & how to communicate them.
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How to engage your developer community
Learn how to measure and increase engagement in your developer community using crowd.dev.
Introducing the first data enrichment built for developer communities
Leverage your developer community with crowd.dev's member enrichment - the only data enrichment tailored to developers.
Product Updates - January 2023
We started 2023 out with a bang, releasing the first data enrichment tailored to developers and the much-requested LinkedIn integration.
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What sets crowd.dev apart from Orbit, Common Room & other community tools
Unlock the potential of your developer community: Get 5 reasons to choose crowd.dev over other community data platforms.
Introducing AnalyzeMyRepo: Free analysis & insights for any GitHub repository
AnalyzeMyRepo is a powerful tool to learn about the adoption, contributions, diversity, & governance of any GitHub repo.
Product Updates - December 2022
In December 2022, we introduced the Growth plan, a Reddit integration, and several UX improvements. Learn more in our product updates.
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5 use cases for crowd.dev
Learn more about amazing (and maybe surprising) use cases for crowd.dev - the community-led growth platform for developer tools.
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Are AI models like ChatGPT the future of community building?
Discover how AI models like ChatGPT are changing the way we approach community building: from community definition to community management.
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Product Updates - November 2022
Organization lists & profiles, Tasks, Notes, a Hacker News integration, and many more resources for you in November.
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What is a Developer Advocate & why are they Essential for DevTools?
What is a Developer Advocate, what are their main responsibilities, what makes them essential for DevTools, & how do you find them?
The Fundamentals of Open-Source Licensing for Startup Founders
Learn about popular open-source licenses, how they differ, when one is preferable to another, & examples of how startups use them
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Product Updates - October 2022
October marks crowd.devās biggest product update yet - from sentiment analysis to rich member profiles, there are changes to help you grow.
How to build a developer community: a step-by-step guideā
Building developer communities is hard work. We lay out the most important elements and steps in this comprehensive guide. Enjoy!
Why traditional marketing fails for developers and what to do about it
Developers are a special audience to market & sell to. They donāt respond well to traditional marketing. We tell you what you can do.
The recipe for open-source startup pitch decks, by a former VC
Here's how to build your open-source startup seed round pitch deck, according to a former open-source focused VC. Including a template.
Should I wait for a big ālaunch day" to release my open-source startup, or do it now?
Should I wait for a launch day? This question can be even harder if you are an open source startup. In this blog we go through pros & cons.
