Crack the code to captivating developer audiences with powerful marketing

Walk away with a comprehensive toolkit for crafting compelling content, building engaged developer communities, and utilizing data-driven strategies to effectively promote your software product.
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Course
overview 

Gain an in-depth understanding of the unique developer persona and master strategies for effectively promoting your software. 

Our accomplished instructors provide comprehensive training to build impactful developer programs, deeply understand your audience, and cultivate influential advocates.

By course completion, you'll possess career-defining skills, ideas, and hacks to skyrocket your impact. Learn at your pace, then apply game-changing strategies to your company.

Curriculum

Chapters

  • The origins of developers
  • What developer marketing is
  • Why you should market to developers
  • The challenges of marketing to developers
  • Developer first vs developer plus
  • Low-code vs no-code
  • Will low-code/no-code replace traditional developers?
  • The rise of APIs

Chapters

  • Understanding your developer audience
  • The different types of developers
  • Ideal customer profiles
  • Creating developer personas
  • Researching your personas
  • Empathy mapping
  • The developer journey
  • Building a developer community
  • Developer marketing trends in 2022

Chapters

  • What is a developer program?
  • Should you have a developer program?
  • Establishing cross-company alignment
  • Developer relation (DevRel)
  • DevRel and developer advocates

Chapters

  • An intro to developer-focused content
  • Writing developer documentation
  • What is a case study in marketing?
  • Whitepapers

Chapters

  • Why metrics matter
  • Measuring the success of your developer program
  • Time to first hello world
  • Developer surveys
  • Share of conversation
  • What success looks like in DevRel: Define meaningful goals
  • Reporting findings

Chapters

Chapters

Chapters

Chapters

Chapters

Introduction

Chapters

  • The origins of developers
  • What developer marketing is
  • Why you should market to developers
  • The challenges of marketing to developers
  • Developer first vs developer plus
  • Low-code vs no-code
  • Will low-code/no-code replace traditional developers?
  • The rise of APIs
Becoming developer-centric

Chapters

  • Understanding your developer audience
  • The different types of developers
  • Ideal customer profiles
  • Creating developer personas
  • Researching your personas
  • Empathy mapping
  • The developer journey
  • Building a developer community
  • Developer marketing trends in 2022
Building a developer program

Chapters

  • What is a developer program?
  • Should you have a developer program?
  • Establishing cross-company alignment
  • Developer relation (DevRel)
  • DevRel and developer advocates
Writing developer-focused content

Chapters

  • An intro to developer-focused content
  • Writing developer documentation
  • What is a case study in marketing?
  • Whitepapers
Measuring success

Chapters

  • Why metrics matter
  • Measuring the success of your developer program
  • Time to first hello world
  • Developer surveys
  • Share of conversation
  • What success looks like in DevRel: Define meaningful goals
  • Reporting findings

Chapters

Chapters

Modules

Modules

Modules

Our stats

8+
Hours of content
5
Modules
50+
Exam questions
12
Templates
2+
Hours of bonus footage

“I loved that the course was broken up into easy-to-digest ‘chapters.’ I often would work on them between meetings or when I had some free time during the day. I began with a good foundation or understanding of Developer Marketing, but the course brought up insights and points that gave me new ideas and made me excited to see how I could implement them at the company."

Sara Zenner

Senior Product Marketing Manager

"This course should be mandatory for anyone starting in a developer-first company. It really helps to understand where to focus marketing efforts, how to get stakeholders on board and how to actually market products for developers. The contents are top-notch, from video lessons to fireside chats with industry leaders."

Joana Cizinauskaite

Marketing Coordinator

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By the end of the course
‍‍you'll be able to...

Build personas

Truly understand what makes developers tick and how to reach them effectively.

Develop relationships

Get proven ways to build and energize communities of loyal developer fans.

Streamline data

Become a data-driven marketing wizard for continuously leveling up your campaigns.

What's
‍‍included  

01
Content

8+ hours of course material that explores the science of developer marketing.

02
Studies

5 modules with activities to help you put the theory into practice and solidify your learning.

03
Q&A

Gain new insights with the ability to ask text-based questions throughout the course and have them answered by a PMM expert.

04
Exams

50+ exam questions to test your newfound knowledge and understanding.

05
Templates

12 tried and tested templates to guide your journey toward masterful developer marketing.

06
Access

Enjoy lifetime access to all the developer marketing course materials. Fit your learning around your schedule, and revisit the content whenever you need a refresher.

07
Certificate

Earn a developer marketing certification upon passing all the exams.

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With every single one of our courses and certifications, you can get your hands on templates, frameworks, and toolkits. All are designed with the cumulative knowledge of our community to help you implement your newfound knowledge the very next day.

B2D buyer persona template and example

B2D user persona template and example

Developer persona career archetypes

B2D persona questions list

Empathy map

Checklist to engage your developer community

Checklist to engage your developer community

Guide to help you build a developer community

Developer journey template

Content mapping template

Content mapping example

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Course‍
benefits

Gain highly marketable expertise for driving success in the developer market.

Unlock accelerated career growth and advancement opportunities within product marketing.

Get a competitive edge when applying for product marketing roles at prestigious tech companies.

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Interact with peers and the instructor live with real-time feedback.
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Direct support to guide you through the curriculum from a PMM expert.
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Hands-on activities and tangible exercises.
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Build your network with PMMs near you and bond over drinks.

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FAQS

How does the Developer Marketing Certified: Core course work?

The course is 100% online and self-paced. You’ll work through the modules in chronological order and be invited to take part in activities. At the end of each module, you’ll be presented with exam questions and, if you pass all these, you’ll become certified!

How long will the Developer Marketing Certified: Core course take to complete?

The course content, activities, and exams will take approximately 8 hours to complete.

What happens if I don’t pass the course exams?

If you fail the first time around you'll be given the option to retake the exam. If you fail the second attempt, unfortunately, it means you won’t get the certificate. However, all’s not lost – you’ll have still learned lots and you’ll be given access to the course materials for life, so you can brush up on the bits you slipped up on forevermore.

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