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crowd.dev explained for everyone, from a child to an engineer
Community-led growth explained in 6 ways. To a child, college grad, marketeer, community expert, DevTool founder, & Engineer
Why traditional marketing fails for developers and what to do about it
Developers are a special audience to market & sell to. They don’t 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 “launch 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.
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Conduct user interviews with your community
To build a thriving community and product, you need to understand the needs of your members. Here you'll learn how to conduct community research calls.
Discourse vs Reddit vs Vanilla Forums - The ultimate guide to community forums
Community forums are a gateway for people to connect and discuss shared interests.
Crowd.dev Product Updates - August 2022
In August 2022, crowd.dev shipped the new app Eagle Eye, a DEV integration, support for GitHub discussions and a few other improvements.
How kern.ai grew their stargazers from 0 to 800 in 1 week
In this case study you can learn how Kern.ai - the IDE for data-centric NLP - grew their GitHub stargazers from 0 to 800 with crowd.dev.
Slack vs Discord vs Mattermost - The ultimate guide to community chat platforms
Deciding on a platform to start your community journey is challenging. We compared the 3 top ones: Slack, Discord, and Mattermost?
The Open Source Community Funnel
Building communities is a critical part of the success of open source projects. Learn how to build them.
10 non-obvious Open Source Alternatives
With OpenSourceAlternative.To growing each day, we have taken the time and compiled a list of our top ten open-source projects.
The Top 7 Newsletters about Developer Community Building
Seven fantastic newsletters about the latest trends, news and tools concerning developer communities.
A Step-By-Step Guide To Successful Community Onboarding
Onboarding new members is critical for community building. Check out this guide to ensure you make it as good as can be.
Top 6 Books on Developer Community Building
Longing for some great book recommendations about dev community building? We have combined our top six picks into a conclusive list for you.
How To Find A Developer Community To Belong To?
Check out our step-by-step guide, where we help you through the challenging process of finding the right community for you.
Why size matters - at least when it comes to community
Discover the three stages of community growth and learn how to navigate them successfully.
Introducing: Open Source Alternative To
Crowd.dev has launched a directory with 250+ open source alternatives to proprietary software. Learn more in our blog post.
Let Google discover your Slack or Discord community
Turn your community’s conversations on Discord, Slack & co into SEO-friendly landing pages to drive traffic and reduce duplicate questions.
Open Community Analytics
crowd.dev is brining open metrics to community-driven companies. Learn more in this blog.
How to build a developer community - a step-by-step guide (2021)
Building a healthy, strong developer community is not an easy task. That is why we created this guide to get you through the first steps.
How to write a good blog for your community, not Google
Creating a great blog is not easy. We have 10 tips to improve your blogging skills to help you grow your community & business.
10 metrics you should track in your open source community
Get a sense of how your community is doing and understand their activities. With the right metrics, you can get useful information.
How ownCloud’s community has changed over time
Diving into how and why they build community at the open-source collaboration tool company ownCloud.
5 virtual event platforms that will turn your event into a success
If you want to turn your virtual event into a success, you need the right platform. We compared & different platforms picked out 5 for you.
How Plausible bootstrapped to $500k ARR through community
Marko Saric, the Co-founder of Plausible analytics, gives insights into their marketing strategy & rapid success as an open-source company.
How to get talks? Growing communities through your presence.
This guide explains WHY it is essential to speak at a conference and HOW you can get invited to one.
Community as the key factor for Nextcloud's success
Learn what an impact open source communities had on Nextcloud's success.
