Being part of online communities, forums, and networks related to your industry is not just a must-to-do process. You don’t do that because others do so.

You do that to explode your reach, get informed about the latest news and updates, network with like-minded people, make connections, relationships, and partnerships that will help you in business and life.

We compiled a list of time-tested and reliable platforms for marketing professionals, business owners, and publishers.

It’s a list we’ll be updating regularly. 

Let’s dive right in!

WarriorForum

Main slogan: The world’s largest internet marketing community and marketplace.

Forums:

• Main internet marketing discussion
• Special offers
• Affiliate programs database, learn, the warrior path
• Beginner’s area, the war room, ad networks
• Pay per click, search engine marketing, email marketing
• Growth hacking, social media, offline marketing
• Copywriting, eCommerce, wholesaling, dropshipping
• Mind warriors, internet marketing product reviews & ratings
• Member contests and challenges
• Private forums: warrior book club, high voltage video forum, viral traffic network
• Developer forums: programming, website design
• Joint ventures, articles, eBooks: reciprocal links
• The chat room: off-topic forum
• Warrior events: local meetups, mastermind groups, warrior events
• Support forums: suggestions, help, test

Threads: 776,914, Posts: 9,015,619, Members: 1,580,303.

Marketplace:

• Special offers: exclusive products and services available only at Warrior Forum
• The underground
• Warriors for hire
• Other website products and services
• Wanted – members looking to hire you
• Web hosting offers
• Affiliate program database
• Evergreen marketplace

Other departments and resources: FAQ, report abuse, classified ads, learn about internet marketing, advertise, directory, WSO service, help & support.

About: an advertising company that operates an online forum for marketers and entrepreneurs. The company was founded by Clifton Allen in 1997 and is based in Sydney, New South Wales.

CPA Elites

Main slogan: the original incentive CPA affiliate marketing forum online, solely based on “Cost Per Action”.

Forums:

• News, closed beta
• Affiliate networks, groups & listings: CPA networks and affiliate programs, affiliate network groups and applications
• CPA marketing, help desk, and experiences: for newbies, main CPA discussions & elites helpdesk, non-incentive CPA & eCommerce, dropshipping, case studies, journeys & bragging, niches, tutorial,s downloads
• Cryptocurrency: crypto hub – invest now, profit later
• SEO, social media, code, webmaster: whitehat & blackhat SEO, social media, coding, design, creatives, spying, research
• Open discussions: elites lounge
• Marketplace: VIP services & products, want to buy, deal disputes
• Announcements, introductions, and rules
• Sandbox and trashcan

About: Threads 51,693, Messages 565,050, Members 131,243. The forum was started back in 2013 and grown rapidly month by month, with over 130,000 active users.

200+

Business & Marketing Tools Collection

Work management, tracking, organizing, payments, accounting, Google, keyword, market, and competition research, SEO, analytics, and related, marketing & advertising, web development, website monitoring, domains & website hosting, coding, and related, design & multimedia, marketplaces, entrepreneurial communities, hiring & outsourcing.

WickedFire

Main slogan: Affiliate Marketing Forum – Internet Marketing Webmaster SEO Forum

Forums:

• Rules of engagement
• Main section: shooting the shit, startups, product development, business strategy, affiliate marketing, enlightened members, traffic & content, the art of mailing, design, development & programming, hosting & domains, sell, buy & trade area, education center, industry news, affiliate managers, newbie questions
• Other stuff: suggestion box

Other departments: WF live, iTrader, members list, advertise, 

About: Threads: 147,893, Posts: 2,115,279, Members: 222,106. An international registered Trademark of Coastal Synergy LLC.

V7N

Main slogan: providing a reputable internet marketing and web development resource where you can discuss running an online business, marketing, social networking, coding, and much more.

Forums:

• Webmaster forums: getting started, forum lobby, tech talk
• Business forums: online business, internet legal issues
• Marketing forums: Google, SEO, marketing, writing for the web, webmaster revenue, web directory issues
• Web development: coding, blogging, web design, forum management, graphic design, multimedia video, digital photography, web hosting, domain name
• Webmaster marketplace: market, looking to hire
• Support

Other departments: network, advertise, web directory.

AffiliateFix

Main slogan: he Most Active and Friendliest Affiliate Marketing Community Online!

Forums:

• Business centre, verified members
• Getting started: what is affiliate marketing, introductions, newbie helpdesk
• Learn and share: learn to earn webinars, follow along and online journeys, guides, case studies, tutorials, success stories and bragging
• Publishers: general, business management, copywriting, design and creatives, domains and hosting, eCommerce solutions, programming and scripts, research and intelligence, testing, optimization, and scaling, tracking
• Advertisers: general merchant and advertisers forum, affiliate management and recruitment, customer relationship management (CRM)
• Traffic sources: general internet marketing, adult marketing, display media buying, email marketing, incentive marketing, lead generation, mobile marketing, native ads, pay per call, pay per click, pay per view, SEO, social media, video
• Business: affiliate marketing networks, affiliate marketing programs, coaching, programs, and courses, cryptocurrency, events and networking, industry-related employment, resources, SaaS software
• General forums: disputes and resolution, general discussions and lounge, news and announcements, support and feedback

Resources: Free, goodies, advertisers, affiliate management, affiliate networks, affiliate programs, apps, coaching and courses, cryptocurrency, digital products, events and networking, proxies, publishers, SaaS & software, services, traffic sources.

Other departments: FAQ, blog, landing page design, investment forum, internet marketing coupons. 

About: 100K+ discussions, 540K+ messages, 112K+ members. A company by Oliver Kenyon.

WebmasterWorld

Forums:

• Sub-message boards: Google SEO, supporters, Webhosting issues and options, website software support and usage, social media optimization, technology exhibitions and conferences, the wall, review my site
• Social media: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, social media marketing, LinkedIn, deprecated – Google Plus
• Mobile internet: native mobile and tablet application design and development, mobile website design and development, mobile and tablet advertising and marketing
• Code, content, and presentation: Javascript and AJAX, HTML, CSS, Apache web server, PHP server-side scripting, Perl side server CGI scripting, WYSIWYG and text code editors, databases, content management, flash and shockwave, XML development, site graphics and multimedia design, RSS, ATOM, and related technologies, blogging, SEO blog administration, WordPress
• Hardware and OS related technologies: webmaster hardware, website technology issues, Linux, Unix, and *nix like operating systems, smartphone, wireless, and mobile technologies
• Webmaster world: website analytics, tracking and logging, content, writing, and copyright, webmaster general, eCommerce, new to web development, domain names, professional webmaster business issues, Apple software and technology, community building and user-generated content, accessibility and usability, web video creation and optimization, website security, website regulatory compliance news, issues, and guidelines, 
• Browsers: Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer
• Microsoft: IIS server and ASP.net, Windows OS, bing ads, bing search engine news, corporate, deprecated – Windows 7, deprecated – Windows 8
• Yahoo: search engine and directory, publisher contextual ad network, search marketing pay per click marketing. Altavista, Altaweb, corporate
• Marketing and Biz dev: link building, cloaking, keyword, SEM research, general search engine marketing issues, search engine submission
• Advertising: paid inclusion engines and topics, affiliates, pay per click engines
• Google: SEO news and discussion, APIs maps, tools and labs project, Alphabet Inc, finance, government, policy, and business issues, GoogleAds, AdSense, shopping, news archive, Gmail advertising, AMP
• Search engines: sitemaps, metadata, robots.txt, Ask – Teoma, alternative search engines, directories, UK search and internet marketing news, Asia and Pacific region, search engine spider and user-agent identification, local search
• Local: community center, commercial exchange, ?Foo, Pubcon
• SEOchat
• DevShed

Other departments and resources: SEO tools (website crawler, SE comparison tool, on-page SEO, keyword suggest, image and link analysis, page comparison), Social tools (author crawler, social activity tracker, edit social images, authorship, YouTube reputation search), Webmaster tools (HTTP response headers, find my IP, Whois domain look up, what\s my browser size, block image hot linking in .htaccess), Free tools (schema, PPC, web design, other, disavow backlinks, in-depth schema code), Resources (report a problem, library, hire experts), control panel, newsletter archives, supporters forum, hire.

About: owned by Pubcon Inc.

STM

Main slogan: the #1 premium affiliate marketing community, your gateway to affiliate marketing, Whether you are experienced and need a networking hub, or want to launch your first campaign online, we have something for you.

Departments: partners, meetups, Duiquianba, preview forum.

Forums: 

• Adult traffic, affiliate city guides, affiliate marketing
• Affiliate world conferences, copywriting, conversion, and psychology, design
• eCommerce, extras, Facebook
• Fitness and health, managing work, life & money, mobile, native
• Networks/offers, off-topic, outsourcing and employment
• POP/PPV/Redirect, programming, servers & scripts, search/PPC
• Local networking events, London 2015, success stories, tracking campaigns, travel
• and more 

About:  launched late one night in January 2011 with the goal of providing case studies, guides, high-quality information on a variety of topics and to act as a core networking hub for industry veterans.

7 years later we are ​ the authoritative forum on affiliate marketing and our reach continues to expand. We now provide higher education, host conferences, and local networking events, and are continuing to improve and expand what the forum offers every affiliate marketer.

Final Thoughts

This is just the beginning of an extended catalog. I will keep the thread updated frequently.

In the meantime, check out the other related resources we have in store for you.

That’s it, another article has finished, here on Web Market Support. I’m waiting for your comments and thoughts. Which community is your favorite? Which one should I add? Till next time.