BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH DEVELOPER LOVE

API Strategy & Practice Conference 2015

@taylor_atx

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THIS IS MY ABOUT ME SLIDE

SO, YOU WANT DEVELOPERS TO LOVE YOUR API…

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ARE THEY LIKE ME?

WILL THEY LIKE ME?

SHARING

FACE TO FACE

SNAIL MAIL AND EMAIL

SUPPORT

SHARING

• Showcase existing members and useful projects

• Twitter, Facebook, and other social media channels

• Share quotes from current community members

• Guest blog posts

• Case studies

SHARING

• Showcase existing members and useful projects

• Twitter, Facebook, and other social media channels

• Share quotes from current community members

• Guest blog posts

• Case studies

SHARING

• Showcase existing members and useful projects

• Twitter, Facebook, and other social media channels

• Share quotes from current community members

• Guest blog posts

• Case studies

SHARING

• Showcase existing members and useful projects

• Twitter, Facebook, and other social media channels

• Share quotes from current community members

• Guest blog posts

• Case studies

FACE TO FACE

• Non-company focused happy hours

• Office hours

• Meet up for a coffee or beer

• Open source show and tell

opensourceshowandtell.com

Happy Data Hour

SNAIL MAIL AND EMAIL

• T-shirts (hint hint API endpoint)

• Handwritten notes

• Care packages

• Invitations to pair

• Random emails

SUPPORT

• Sponsor individuals to go to conferences

• Jump into support channels

• Help everyone and anyone at hackathons, hack nights, etc.

• Help fix pain points

ALWAYS ASK WHY

Source: Douglas Atkin, The Glue Project

http://bit.ly/communitycurve

" THANK YOU!

@taylor_atx taylor@keen.io