"Show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are” has never been more real—which is why we sourced this no-BS list of 13+ fab marketing communities.
You take a deep breath, push open the cafeteria doors, and step into the lion’s den.
As the 2004 cult classic, Mean Girls, taught us all: “Where you sit in the cafeteria is crucial.”
Let’s put the debate of whether this movie has aged well aside (for now), and respect the truth of that statement. Because that certainly hasn’t changed.
Your community—who you sit with—is crucial to your career, and often, your wellbeing.
Do you care more about building connections with people who can act as sounding boards, cheerleaders, door openers, and educators. Or, would you rather be a wallflower and watch in-depth discussions happen on certain topics?
What you want out of a community can determine which community is best for you.
But, finding your people online can be hard. There’s a million communities all claiming to be #1, but they can’t all be the best, right?
That’s why we want to break down the top marketing communities for you (the lay of the lunchroom-land, so to speak)… so you can make a more informed decision of who to sit with, and why.
What makes a great marketing community?
You don’t want to join a community that’s riddled with spam and an endless stream of self-promoting posts.
You want a community that…
- Helps you learn from experienced marketers you respect at companies you admire
- Provides warm introductions and authentic connections that advance your career
- Has real tactical examples—whether in the chats, webinars, or Q&As—of marketing playbooks
- Connects you to people who are happy to help you get a leg up
- Is led by people who value the importance of connections
- Isn’t too big to get lost in—but not too small that it gets quiet
- Offers insider info about new jobs, projects, and opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else
- Teaches you in a way you like learning
- Doesn’t spam you with offers, promos, or anything else
Ultimately, good communities don’t feel like spam—they feel like friendships.
13+ Marketing communities you could join (if ya wanted to)
Yes, we ranked them based on awesomeness. Just kidding. (Or are we?)
1. Gather, by Growclass
You’re reading this on our website so we won’t beat around the bush…
The Growclass Gather community is part of the Growth Marketing certification, and like all things Growclass… is next level. Whether we’re talking AB tests or podcasts, Spotify daylist titles, or growth marketing jobs—that you get direct intros for—Growclass is unmatched when it comes to accountability, education, and the sort of community you can be yourself in. Find yourself among friends in the #solo-marketers-club, #gratitoad, or #what-im-building channels—and everywhere else.
Best for: Solo marketers, founders, or freelancers of the marketing persuasion
You should join if: You need real work-friends, accountability, and the occasional push to get-er-done.
Cost: Included in your growth marketing certification
People say:
“Quick little moment of appreciation for the work Growclass have been doing. I haven’t seen a community this vibrant, this diverse, and this helpful in a really long time. Community is hard - but I’m super excited by this one. ✨”
- Emily Lonetto, Director of Community & Agency Marketing at Webflow
“Growclass has such an engaged community, one where everyone *really* roots for you. Such a breath of fresh air. It makes someone as introverted as myself way more comfortable joining the discussion & asking questions. Knowledge sharing seems to be ever flowing in this community!”
- Jennee Rasavong, Content Marketing Strategist at Encircle
2. All In, by Growth Sprints
In-house SaaS marketers need a venting ground, referrals, references, and playbooks—from other real marketers. All In is the best place to get all those—with a healthy dose of memes on the side. Run by former teacher-turned-growth marketer, Brendan Hufford, All In was created for marketers who “wanted to go ‘all in’ on their careers without sacrificing everything else that makes them such a wonderful human.”
Best for: SaaS or growth marketers who work in-house at a company
You should join if: You like shooting the sh*t, building real friendships in marketing, or need actual, tactical advice from folks who’ve been there at every stage of their careers.
Cost: Free!
People say:
“Building a network should be about finding your people, not just about collecting a random set of connections. ALL IN does more than just help you build a versatile network—it opens up doors you never even knew existed to learn from and grow with fellow marketers and professionals who are all on this crazy career ride with you. If you're going to join any group, let it be ALL IN. You won't regret it (in fact, you'll benefit from it).”
- Jacalyn Beales, Head of Lifecycle Marketing at Copy.ai
3. Superpath
Leave it to Jimmy Daly (ex-VP of Growth at Animalz, ex-EIC at QuickBooks, etc) to put together a tagline that gets to the heart of the problem: “Content marketers talking about stuff you can't Google”.
Superpath is a content engine in itself, but it’s also a great place to talk networking, career development, content strategy, creation, and distribution, GTM tactics, SEO, tools, workflow and lots more.
Best for: Content marketers and anyone adjacent (like freelance content writers)
You should join if: You know how to put in the hustle to make connections with folks—this group is BIG—or you want access to a consolidated list of freelance gigs and jobs you may not see anywhere else.
Cost: Free for limited access, $20/month for the private Slack (or $220/year), or join Superpath Pro for $500/year, which includes office hours, courses, and content strategy teardowns.
People say:
"The Superpath community is like being part of the content marketing Avengers — the community has so many talented, kind people to learn from."
- Sean Blanda, VP of Content at Crossbeam
4. Women in Tech SEO
Women in Tech SEO (WTS) is “the place where you can ask any question, anytime”. Meaning, it’s not just for pros, but for any global marketers in search, marketing, and tech who are looking to join a no-ego community that’s full-on about inclusivity. WTS offers live events, mentorship, a podcast, and exposure for your company, team, or mind.
Best for: Women in technical SEO, digital PR, eComm, code, analytics, and everything in between
You should join if: You want a truly engaged, inclusive community that has your back.
Cost: Free to join 5,000+ other female marketers
People say:
“As someone who has been a member of Women in Tech SEO since the beginning, I highly recommend checking it out and joining. It is a safe space, and such a welcoming and supportive community. 💕”
- Joelle Irvine, Director of Brand Marketing at Moz
5. Email Geeks
Email Geeks is the place where 23,000+ marketers, designers, and developers meet to talk shop. If you’re struggling with code, need a better handle on deliverability analytics, or need specific email marketing service/provider fixes for emails… this is the place you go.
Best for: We welcome anyone passionate about email, whether you have decades of strategy experience or you just want your code to work in Outlook.
You should join if: You work day-in-day-out in Hubspot, Salesforce, or any other email marketing automation platform—and need the buds to back it up or test-drive ideas.
Cost: Free!
People say:
“I've dealt with SFMC for 5 years and I still learn something new about it nearly every day in this community. Plus, I get to keep an eye on the market to see if I'm worth what I'm getting paid, there are LOTS of great technical SFMC discussions, people asking awesome questions every day AND people answering those questions every day. Lots of great reasons to stick around.”
- Josh Hoff, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer at Precision Nutrition
6. Online Geniuses
Online Geniuses is the “largest” Slack community for marketers (35,000+ manually vetted members) who get regular Q&A’s with folks like Gary Vaynerchuk, Courtland Allen (founder of Indie Hackers), and Guy Kawasaki (Chief Evangelist, Canva). Big names, plus—thanks to their size—discounts for conferences, software, invite-only webinars and more....
Best for: SEO, digital marketing folks
You should join if: Big communities don’t intimidate you—because you know exactly where to go to get your questions answered, and connections built. Or, you need to hire, promote, or otherwise be “seen” by a large audience of marketers.
Cost: Free Slack community, or $9.99/month (or $99.99/year) if you want the perks. Or, pay $129.99 to fast-track your application past the 600+ folks on the waitlist to join.
People say:
“Online Geniuses is an actual community of smart and supportive marketing experts sharing information across all aspects of the discipline. It should be the go-to source for anyone wanting to up their game and stay on top of the latest in marketing.”
- Barry W. Enderwick, Former Director of Global Marketing, Netflix
7. ExitFive
ExitFive is the brainchild of Dave Gerhardt—former VP Marketing and CMO at Drift, and Privy. Dave’s spent the past 10+ years in B2B SaaS, and over time realized that there’s no school for B2B marketing… and you can’t get a degree in how to build a lead pipeline—but there should be. That’s what ExitFive was created to solve, but it’s not just a community: it’s a membership and an online resource to help people build successful careers in B2B marketing.
Best for: B2B marketers and leaders
You should join if: You don’t want to just connect—but learn from some of the top minds in B2B.
Cost: 7-day free trial, then $30/month or $275/year
People say:
“Just a few days in as a member of the ExitFive community and I can already see how it's changing the game for B2B Marketers.
- Looking for inspiration from great campaigns and copywriting examples? ✅
- Need a recommendation for a freelance graphic designer? ✅
- Want to get feedback on a new content idea? ✅
And that's barely scratching the surface.”
- Jeff Porter, Marketing Manager at EventPipe
8. Top of the Funnel (TOFU)
Top of the Funnel (or TOFU as they lovingly call themselves) is a fierce community of content marketers that’s spun-off from Tyler Hakes’ content marketing agency, Yes, Optimist. They have fantastic job and freelance opportunity posts, and education based on real experience doing content marketing within tech brands.
Best for: Freelancers, content marketers, inbound marketers & SEO folks
You should join if: You like good vibes, active leaders, and reminders to keep learning. TOFU has some incredible resources to keep you on your tippy-toes when it comes to content marketing.
Cost: Free! Can join MOFU (to grow your agency or freelance business) for $99/month
People say:
"My favorite part about TOFU is how helpful and encouraging the community really is.
Have a question? Need referrals? Everyone pulls together to come through and help you in the best way they can. It's truly a unique group with dynamic personalities and an 'all hands on deck' feel. I love it here."
- Quay Morris, Freelance Marketing Consultant
9. MKTG WMN
The only acronym we will accept here is MKTG WMN, mainly because we know how impactful (and detrimental) Boys Clubs are—and how big that networking gap is for women. That’s why MKTG WMN was born: so women can climb higher, earn more, and rewrite the rules. You can get access to industry intelligence, insights, teasers, and professional connections (see: friends) who give you the low-down on whatever you need and want to know.
Best for: Women in marketing
You should join if: You need some tight-knit professional camaraderie (ahem, besties) who know what the marketing trenches feel like in the day-to-day—and prefer smaller communities (1,300+)
Cost: 14-day free trial, then $15 monthly, or $150 yearly.
People say:
"The MKTG WMN community allowed me to connect with other marketers (both Boston-based and across the world) during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown. In a remote-environment, it’s a valuable space for women marketers to come together and provide career support, mentorship, and helpful resources.”
- Jenna Calderara, Senior Marketing Copywriter at UKG
10. RevGenius
Marketers always get asked about ROI. Brand strategists in particular hate this question, but this can even be difficult to answer for performance marketers, social media marketers, and content marketers because so much of marketing’s impact is a slow burn towards awareness and trust. That’s where the RevGenius community comes in: 45,000+ marketers, salespeople, and revenue operations people coming together to make a bigger impact and learn as they earn.
Best for: SaaS marketers, RevOps, content marketers, and everyone in between who wants to better understand how SaaS marketing helps companies scale
You should join if: You’re interested in the numbers, analytics, and results.
Cost: Free for the 45,000+ strong Slack channel
People say:
“I find that there’s less ‘pretending’ around RevGenius as there is in some other networks. Less bravado and more humanity.”
- Nate Nasralla, Founder at Fluint
11. MarketingOps
Marketing ops may not be sexy, but it’s necessary. And undoubtedly, those marketing folks planning everything need a place to vent, learn, and collaborate on the best ways to get sh*t done. In comes: MarketingOps.
Best for: Marketing operations people, project managers, and solo marketers
You should join if: You like No Bullsh*t Demos. Because they have those. And 5,500+ MOps professionals who give a damn.
Cost: Free to join on Slack—and $30/month for the Pro membership, and $1200 for the Pro Plus, which includes curated experiences, MOps templates, and big discounts on courses, swag, and events.
People say:
“I’m a little bit of an introvert so I may not contribute all the time but I absolutely love this community and recommend it to everyone I work with in marketing operations. It’s been extremely useful to me on many occasions and definitely feel less alone. Especially when I’m the only one at my company who gets it. It’s nice to have other people out there to vent to, work with and learn from 🙂”
- Cady Blaine, Director of Marketing Technology and Operations at Hawaiian Airlines
12. Traffic Think Tank
Traffic Think Tank is a private training community that was acquired by SemRush. Created by three co-founders the likes of HubSpot’s VP Marketing, and Directors of SEO and Digital Marketing at various startups, TTT was well-loved by SEOs due to their in-depth educational content, and tight-knit community (especially due to the price of it!)
Best for: SEO marketers, content marketers, and anyone that cares about website traffic.
You should join if: You want the tea, the real tea, and nothing but the SEO tea—not just the spam.
Cost:
Full Accelerator (Academy + Mastermind): $119 USD monthly
Yearly: $1,190 USD
Self-Guided Learning (Only Academy): $99 USD monthly
Yearly: $999 USD
People say:
“The Academy is full of gems you wouldn’t find anywhere else. It’s pretty much a full course library with tips from practitioners. I always find something to learn in it.”
- Kevin Indig, SEO Director at Shopify
13. Lenny’s Newsletter
Lenny’s newsletter (and his podcast) have become one of the most referenced growth marketing assets on the web among everyone from top-tier marketing leaders to product folks. An ex-AirBNB product lead, Lenny Rachitsky’s posts, newsletters, and episodes are tactical, smart, and well-created—as is his community.
“I think that's a lesson also: If your product has collected a bunch of really smart, interesting people, there's probably an opportunity to bring them together and often good things happen.”
- Lenny
Best for: Product marketers, growth marketers, and everyone in between. product managers, growth leaders, PMs and engineers usually or marketing people, and then founders. Then there's also designers, and researchers, and people that work with these functions.
You should join if: You want real stories from real marketers and product people from the companies whose names you know (Notion, DoorDash, Shopify, etc).
Cost: Free tier offers 1 newsletter per month, with no Slack community. $21/month gets you access to the 15,000+ community, newsletter, and resources ($210/year).
People say:
“My stages of joining Lenny’s Newsletter:
1. Free
2. Paid - oh wow this deep dive content is great esp in the growth PM community
3. Wait, there’s a slack?
4. Everyone in here is smart, lots of industry relevant chats
5. New ideas from the community turns into more content 🔥”
- Andrew Yu, ex-LinkedIN, ex-OnDeck, Founder & Advisor
Joining a community is so fetch
Finding the right community for you—and the way you like to learn, socialize, and grow—can be tough, but magical when you do.
No Regina George’s.
No Gretchen Weiners’.
Just Damian and Janis around, cheering you on, calling you out, and picking you up.
Just Cady, post-teenage-realization.
And, if you want to join the best growth marketing community in the perceivable universe, and get razor-sharp growth marketing skills to boot: join the waitlist for Growclass’ Growth Marketing Certification. It’s where you can be yourself: black eyeliner, weird music taste, and all.
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