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title: Performance Marketing & Paid Media · Thought Leaders | RGM®
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updated: 2026-06-10
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## 4 entries

[**Aakash Gupta**

Verified entry

Product growth writer and former PM at Apollo and Affirm.

View deep-dive →](/appendix/people/performance-paid-media/aakash-gupta/)[**Ethan Curtis**

Verified entry

DTC growth marketer and writer.

View deep-dive →](/appendix/people/performance-paid-media/ethan-curtis/)[**Common Thread Collective**

Verified entry

DTC agency publishing widely-cited operator content.

View deep-dive →](/appendix/people/performance-paid-media/common-thread-collective/)[**Tinuiti**

Verified entry

Performance marketing agency; publishes quarterly benchmark reports.

View deep-dive →](/appendix/people/performance-paid-media/tinuiti/)

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