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Your paid media collective.

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Paid Media Collective is a resource hub and community for paid media marketers, bringing together advertising news, tools, practical learning and credited contributions.

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Conversations

Ask a question, compare approaches or share a lesson from a campaign.

People

Meet paid media practitioners and explore their original work.

Guides & playbooks

Find practical ideas and methods to try on your next campaign.

Tools

Browse software for managing, measuring and improving campaigns.

MANY CHANNELS. ONE COLLECTIVE.

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MAKE TIME FOR YOUR PEOPLE

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Workation & conference

Nomad Cruise 18: Barcelona to the Caribbean

2–16 Nov 2026In person

Barcelona, Spain

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A 15-day workation voyage for remote workers, founders and entrepreneurs, combining a community programme with talks, workshops and peer connection.

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WORTH YOUR ATTENTION

A little insight goes a long way.

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Paid socialCORE READING

The Master Brief: My Complete Approach to Meta Ads

Original work: Jon Loomer

Consolidates Loomer’s approach to Meta structure, creative, targeting and measurement.

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Paid socialCORE READING

LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms Playbook: 10 Ways to Supercharge Your Lead Gen Strategy

Original work: LinkedIn

Links the offer, form, lead handling and follow-up into one campaign plan.

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PMC reading note: Creative Codes. Original source: TikTok for Business.

EXPLORE THE TOOLKIT

Tools for the task.

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Manage campaigns

Explore specialist software for audits, budgets and optimisation.

Create and review ads

Explore specialist software for creative testing and ad production.

Build reports and analyse data

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GOOD IDEAS, ON SCREEN

A fresh perspective. Just press play.

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8:30

Paid searchVIDEO

Secure Your Google Merchant Center Account With Passkey

Emmanuel Flossie / FeedArmy

Uploaded 23 Oct 2026

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Emmanuel Flossie’s FeedArmy walkthrough explains passkeys and account-access precautions for Merchant Center, with related Google Ads security context.

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37:37

StrategyVIDEO

How he grew his Google Ads agency with CRO and AI w/ Seth Gorton

Miles & Bob: PPC Mastery

TAKE A FRESH PERSPECTIVE WITH YOU

Good thinking. Great company.

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Paid searchPODCAST

Paid Search Podcast

Chris SchaefferLatest collected: 12 Oct 2026

A practical Google Ads question-and-answer companion. Episode 524 covers high CPCs, call reports, Performance Max versus Search and budget constraints.

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Paid socialPODCAST

Perpetual Traffic

Ralph BurnsLatest collected: 13 Oct 2026

Paid acquisition discussions with a commercial growth lens. Episode 806 outlines a process for turning customer interviews, support conversations and event material into distinct creative themes.

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF SCROLL

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StrategyBOOK

How Brands Grow

Byron Sharp

Examines buying patterns and the evidence behind brand growth. Useful for questioning audience and loyalty assumptions in a client's media strategy.

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CreativeBOOK

Ogilvy on Advertising

David Ogilvy

A historical perspective on advertising craft, research and agency life. Useful for revisiting the promise, evidence and selling idea behind an ad.

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Made to Stick book cover by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

PAID MEDIA COLLECTIVE RECOGNITION

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