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Productized Developer-Focused Content Agency (Draft.dev model)

Sell recurring packages of technically-accurate content written by practicing software engineers to companies that sell to developers.

Summary

Start as a solo writer/editor, validate demand with a few customers, then scale by hiring a pool of engineer-writers, editors and tech reviewers to deliver recurring content packages to developer-focused companies.

Problem

Developer audiences ignore generic marketing content; companies selling developer tools need technically-accurate, trusted content to build authority and trust.

Target customer

SaaS and tooling companies that sell to software engineers (developer tools, testing, security, SDKs, platforms).

Solution

Offer subscription packages (e.g., 12/24/48 articles per quarter) of developer-focused blog posts, tutorials and technical guides written and tech-reviewed by engineers.

Business model

quarterly subscription / retainerper-article pricingtiered packages (volume + technical depth)

Distribution

referrals / word of mouthorganic search / seo contentsocial media (developer-focused)cold outreach

Required skills

technical writingsoftware engineering domain knowledgeediting and content operationssales / outboundclient success

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