A question that's often asked of evangelists and advocates is "What's the ROI" of the activities they perform. In this talk from Dev Rel Con London 2015 I cover how I feel about developer relations, how Pusher has approached dev rel activity over the past 4 years, what we can learn from that, what our focus is now and why you sometimes simply have to believe.
13. What we used to do
• Blog posts/Demos
• Tutorials
• “Thought Leadership”
• Events
• Hackathons
• Give talks
• Rock the sponsorship booth
• Sales
• Pre-sales technical calls
• Community/Customer Service
• Support
• Provide input into 3rd party libraries
• Product
• Gather feedback
• Maintain libraries
• Write & update docs
14. AARRR! Metrics, Dave McClure 500hats.typepad.com/
500blogs/2007/09/startup-metrics.html
16. Activation
If we can achieve activation,
48.69% of those accounts will
result in $$.
17. What we focus on now: Acquisition & Activation
• Blog posts/Demos
• Tutorials
• “Thought Leadership”
• Events
• Hackathons
• Talks
• Rock the sponsorship booth
18. What can we track?
Digital
Events
blog
website
referralssocial
20. Tracking Events
• No direct tracking
• We could use coupons at signup - do they really work?
• We could get business cards and then check if they’ve signed up
• We could go digital
• Event website/social referrals (we do this)
• Related blogs
• Webinars & Live Coding
21. Qualitative Analysis of Events
• Cost
• Target developers
• Number of attendees
• Talks quality
• Attendee engagement
• People in your talk
• How many had heard of Pusher before
22. Correlation
• Matching Developer Relations activity…
• Publishing content using technology X
• Being at an event focusing on technology X
• With stats…
• Sign-ups using technology X
• API usage from technology X