Find people who understand the work. Compare the cost, the fit and the reason to join before adding another community to your week.
75 community profiles · 14 specialisms
31 new entries researched 8 Sept 2026. Each profile shows what was checked. Private activity is not implied. 4 conditional profiles added 19 Sept 2026. Their evidence limits remain visible.
1 profile
Growth and B2B marketing
Good for advertisers needing individual advice across acquisition, growth and career decisions, with peer discussion between mentoring calls.
Training & coaching · Member platform, Slack
$255 every three months or $600/year
Organiser / creator: GrowthMentor
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Choose one community close to your daily work and one that helps with an adjacent skill. Ask a specific question, contribute something useful, and see whether the conversations earn a place in your routine.
Consider paying when specialist feedback, structured sessions or access to relevant peers solves a clear need. A bigger membership count is not evidence of better conversations.
Editorial suggestions based on topic fit and the public offer. These starting sets do not imply independent quality clearance or an audit of private conversations.
PPC Chat (Free) · Paid Search Association (Free) · Measure Chat (#measure Slack) (Free) · God Tier Ads Community (Paid) · The PPC Hub: PPC Mastery (Paid)
GetAds Media Buyer Community (Free) · r/FacebookAds (Free) · Power Hitters Club: Elite (Paid) · The Paid Social Club (Paid) · Motion Creative Strategy Community (Free)
RevGenius (Free + paid) · B2L’s LinkedIn Ads Fanatics (Paid) · Exit Five (Paid)
Measure Chat (#measure Slack) (Free) · Analytics for Marketers (Free) · MeasureCamp (Free) · MeasureMasters (Paid) · CXL Membership Community (Paid)
AdTechGod Slack Community (Free) · r/adops (Free) · Beeler.Tech Community (Price unconfirmed)
Amazon PPC Academy (Free) · Advanced Amazon Ads (Free)
PPC Chat (Free) · The Marketing Meetup: Hive (Free) · Agency Hackers (Paid) · The Agency Collective (Paid)
affLIFT (Free + paid) · Affiliate World Forum (AW x STM) (Paid)
Don't Panic PPC (Free) · AdSkills Alumni Community (Paid)
Mobile Dev Memo Slack (Price unconfirmed) · ASO Stack Slack (Price unconfirmed) · Mobile Growth Stack Slack (Price unconfirmed)
MarketingOps.com / MO Pros (Free + paid) · RevOps Co-op (Free + paid)
Experiment Nation Slack (Price unconfirmed) · Analytics Mania GA4 Facebook Community (Free) · Analytics Mania Google Tag Manager Facebook Community (Price unconfirmed) · Simmer Community (Paid)
The eCom Unity (Free) · MDS / Million Dollar Sellers (Paid) · Titan Network (Paid)
The Women in Programmatic Network (Free) · r/programmatic (Free)
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Video and teaching credit: Motion and its featured instructors, including Sarah Levinger and Dara Denney. Recordings remain with the original publisher; a live cohort is not implied.
84 researched communities across 14 paid media and related specialisms. Includes peer networks, training memberships and event networks. Official product documentation and platform support forums are excluded. This is a curated directory, not an exhaustive census.
The initial directory was researched on 6 September 2026. Public joining and access information for 14 retained communities was rechecked on 7 September; those observations and subsequent corrections are preserved. Thirty-one new entries were researched on 8 September, including PPC Club 83. Each record retains its actual research and price-evidence dates. Topic-fit labels are editorial suggestions, not independent quality clearance. Private activity, checkout and invitation acceptance were not audited. Unknown prices do not mean free access. Nine research leads remain outside the detailed profiles.
Community names, programmes and original material belong to their respective creators and organisers, credited in each profile. Source credit does not imply submission to, partnership with, or endorsement of Paid Media Collective.
Editorial research and selection: Paid Media Collective, with AI assistance. Community organisers and educators are credited for their own work throughout.
