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How do you balance messaging to developers when (in b2b) they are usually not the buyers?

Chase Wilson
Figma Director, AI & Developer Marketing | Formerly Atlassian8mo
In situations where developers are not the buyer — but remain an influencer — in the sales process, I think it's helpful to think from the developer's perspective.They ma...
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Justine Davis
ServiceNow VP Dev marketing, Community, Dev rel3y
You have to message and target both, with different messages/tactics. Example: Let’s say the platform team evaluate the product themselves. If the developers don’t see ...
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Rinita Datta
Splunk Director, Product Marketing | Formerly Morgan Stanley1y
While developers may not be the buyers in B2B, they are most certainly influencing the purchase decisions. Developers also influence purchase decisions in their personal ...
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Lauren Buchman
GitHub Senior Director of Product Marketing | Formerly Cloudflare, Google Cloud, Google Developers, Observable, Orb4mo
Developers can be highly influential to the buying process so I wouldn't count them out just because they don't own a budget. That said, I would look at persona-driven ca...
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Amit Bhojraj
Orkes Head of Marketing1y
You don't market to them as buyers—it is as simple as that. Instead, focus on content Developers care about, primarily middle-of-funnel blogs and documents. For your buye...
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