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C. Lewko, J. PartonDeveloper Relationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7164-3_14

14. Messaging

Caroline Lewko1   and James Parton2
(1)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
(2)
London, UK
 

“An easier way to develop!”

The preceding sentence is a tagline1 used by many developer programs. It may seem concise and catchy, but, unfortunately, it’s not effective.

In our chapter on segmentation, we took a product-centric approach to identify the type of developer required to make your product successful. With messaging, you must take a developer-centric approach driven by your personas. Both your segmentation and personas are used to pinpoint what will entice developers to give your ...

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