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* Improve discover-ability of resources for our Web, Add-ons, Mobile, Firefox/Mozilla and Labs developer communities.
==Strategic Objectives==
* Create a home for developer marketing and evangelism efforts for Mozilla as a company and community.
*Support the Mozilla Mission by surfacing & creating relevant content and resources for developers
* Engage with developer communities more frequently to raisehttps://wiki.mozilla.org/ awareness of Mozilla programs and increase participation.
*Engage the developer community across technologies and grow Mozilla contribution
* Re-establish Mozilla as leader in "open Web" innovation through higher visibility for our developer communities.
*MDN is the top search result & most trafficked web developer resource site
* Areas of improvement
 
** Website and wiki platform selection, customization, and maintenance (learn from our issues with MindTouch Deki)
===Tactics (how to obtain the objectives)===
** Better communication and collaboration with product teams (Firefox, Add-ons, Labs, etc) for a more integrated developer marketing program
====Support the Mozilla Mission by surfacing & creating relevant content and resources for developers====
** Surfacing important developer issues and addressing their needs through direct and frequent feedback (surveys, User Voice integration, etc)
*Document web standards and compatibility
** Showcasing our leadership in Web innovation and standards support (woff, open video, etc) to stay ahead of the competition
*Help developers learn open web technologies
** Better use of metrics to track engagement and more research to understand our developer segments in order to provide useful insights to drive our decisions.
*Provide valuable content, features & tools to developers
** Rebuild our developer ground game by bringing back community events like Developer Days and trying new experiments like the Mozilla User Groups (MUGs) program or Hacks Nights.
*Improve user experience, improve cross-site linkage & expose the broader suite of developer-focused content at Mozilla
*Support key Mozilla projects with documentation for developers
*Drive content localization through local communities  
*Integrate additional sources of content, such as WebMaker and github, to provide more complete & dynamic content
 
====Engage the developer community across technologies and grow Mozilla contribution====
*Create and maintain programs to encourage and promote contribution
*Improve site features to encourage & support community participation and content contribution - social, editing, localization, support, etc.
*Outreach to developers through events, communications, community
**Countries with strong Mozilla communities, lots of developers, but low participation in MDN
**Focus on training current community to reach out to their local developers, promote MDN, hold MDN events
**Upskill Reps in regions with low MDN penetration to become MDN advocates
**OpenSource, web developer (particularly JS), and university events that attract a regional audience preferred
*Partner with WebMaker to reach novice developers and encourage learning web development skills
 
====MDN is the top search result & most trafficked web developer resource site====
*Improve user experience of MDN to broaden appeal
*Improve SEO & search results
*Improve metrics on MDN and use collected data to drive traffic, user involvement, and participation
*Research site traffic, user feedback, industry trends, & market research to determine what developers are looking for
*Integrate MDN into Mozilla technical speaker presentations
*Localize key documentation to appeal to local developers
*Improve MDN platform to allow improvements to user experience and performance
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