RGM® Certification Program
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Industry-standard training for growth & performance marketers.

The same training every RGM operator completes before touching client work. Twenty-eight certification series across growth, performance, lifecycle, attribution, brand, and the modern AI marketing surface. Ninety percent to pass. Free, forever.

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Certification Series
200+
Modules
90%
Passing Score
$0
Cost
How it works

Built like a graduate program. Sized for working operators.

01 · Sign up

Name and email only. Stored locally in your browser. No marketing emails, no sales calls.

02 · Pick a series

Fifty-three tracks across growth marketing, performance marketing, lifecycle, brand, AI marketing, attribution, and more. Take them in any order.

03 · Complete modules

Each module: a lesson, a 10-question quiz, and one scenario-based strategic problem. Ninety percent to pass.

04 · Strategic scenario

Open-answer rubric scored by our AI-style evaluator against best-practices coverage, creativity, and likelihood of success.

05 · Certificate + badge

Pass every module, earn a downloadable certificate with a unique completion ID and a digital badge for your LinkedIn, email signature, and CV.

06 · Save your place

Progress saves to your browser. Pick up where you left off. Re-take any module any time.

Certification Catalog

Choose your track.

The Foundations series come first if you're new to the discipline. Specialty series can be taken in any order. Every series links inline to the 26,000+ articles in our learn section and 10,300+ glossary entries for depth on any concept.

Foundations
RGM-101

Growth Marketing Foundations

The full operating system: from JTBD and ICP to growth loops, North Star metrics, and the modern growth org.

8 modules~6 hrs
Foundations
RGM-102

Performance Marketing Foundations

The paid-media operating model: auction dynamics, bidding, attribution, creative testing, and the budget allocation framework.

8 modules~6 hrs
Performance
RGM-201

Paid Search Mastery

Google Ads from account architecture through Smart Bidding, PMax, Demand Gen, and search-term hygiene.

7 modules~5 hrs
Performance
RGM-202

Paid Social Mastery

Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snap, Reddit, X. Advantage+, Spark Ads, CAPI, and the creative-testing protocol.

7 modules~5 hrs
Performance
RGM-203

SEO Mastery

Technical SEO, content strategy, topical authority, link building, local SEO, international SEO, and Google algorithm updates.

8 modules~6 hrs
Performance
RGM-204

CRO & Experimentation

Test design, statistical methods, sample size, bandit allocation, scenario-based prioritization with ICE/RICE/PXL.

6 modules~4 hrs
Lifecycle
RGM-301

Email & Lifecycle Marketing

Welcome series, browse abandonment, post-purchase, win-back, deliverability, segmentation, and the lifecycle measurement model.

7 modules~5 hrs
Lifecycle
RGM-302

SMS Marketing

TCPA compliance, list building, campaign cadence, A2P 10DLC, conversational SMS, and the SMS economics model.

5 modules~3 hrs
Brand
RGM-303

Content Marketing

Editorial strategy, topical authority, SEO-driven production, distribution mechanics, and the content-to-pipeline model.

7 modules~5 hrs
Brand
RGM-304

Brand Marketing

Brand salience, distinctive assets, category entry points, Sharp/Ehrenberg-Bass science, Binet & Field 60/40, and measurement.

7 modules~5 hrs
Performance
RGM-305

Account-Based Marketing

Account selection, intent signals, multi-channel orchestration, sales alignment, and ABM-specific attribution.

6 modules~4 hrs
Brand
RGM-306

Influencer Marketing

Creator sourcing, contract structures, content rights, whitelisting, FTC compliance, and incrementality measurement.

6 modules~4 hrs
Performance
RGM-307

Affiliate Marketing

Network selection, partner recruitment, commission structures, fraud detection, and the affiliate-incrementality conversation.

5 modules~3 hrs
Performance
RGM-308

Programmatic & CTV

DSP setup, deal IDs, supply path optimization, brand safety, CTV inventory, and the open-web measurement model.

6 modules~4 hrs
Measurement
RGM-401

Attribution & Measurement

MTA, MMM, incrementality, walled-garden reconciliation, post-ATT measurement, and Unified Marketing Measurement.

8 modules~6 hrs
Measurement
RGM-402

Marketing Analytics & Data Science

Cohort analysis, survival modeling, regression, A/B test math, causal inference, and Bayesian decision-making.

7 modules~5 hrs
Measurement
RGM-403

GA4 Mastery

Implementation, custom events, audiences, BigQuery export, attribution settings, and the GA4-to-warehouse architecture.

6 modules~4 hrs
Measurement
RGM-404

GTM & Server-Side Tracking

Tag Manager architecture, server containers, Conversion API, enhanced conversions, and consent-mode v2.

5 modules~3 hrs
Measurement
RGM-405

Customer Data & CDPs

Identity resolution, schema design, composable CDP architecture, reverse ETL, and the data-quality discipline.

6 modules~4 hrs
AI & Modern
RGM-501

AI Search Optimization (AEO/GEO/AIO)

How to be cited by Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude, AI Overviews — schema, content structure, and citation engineering.

7 modules~5 hrs
AI & Modern
RGM-502

AI Marketing Tools & Workflows

Prompting for marketers, AI creative production, agentic workflows, and the AI quality-control protocol.

6 modules~4 hrs
Performance
RGM-503

Retail Media Networks

Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, Roundel, Kroger PM, Instacart — campaign structure, incrementality, and the off-site extension.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-601

Local SEO & Listings

Google Business Profile, Yext, BirdEye, Yelp, listing consistency, review management, and the local-search ranking model.

5 modules~3 hrs
Vertical
RGM-602

Mobile App Growth

UAC, ASA, MMPs, deferred deep linking, SKAN, AEM, in-app subscription mechanics, and the mobile-LTV model.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-603

DTC Growth

DTC unit economics, Shopify stack, subscription mechanics, retention math, and the retail expansion play.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-604

B2B SaaS Growth

PLG vs sales-led motion, ICP and segmentation, demand gen, ABM, customer success, and the SaaS finance lens.

7 modules~5 hrs
Leadership
RGM-701

Marketing Operations

Martech stack design, data quality, attribution governance, vendor evaluation, marketing finance, and operating cadence.

6 modules~4 hrs
Leadership
RGM-702

Growth Leadership

Strategy formation, OKR setting, team design, budget allocation, board reporting, and the CMO operating system.

7 modules~5 hrs
Brand
RGM-309

PR & Earned Media

Digital PR, journalist outreach, HARO/Connectively, link building from earned coverage, and the PR-to-pipeline model.

6 modules~4 hrs
Performance
RGM-310

Podcast & Audio Marketing

Podcast ad buying, host-read vs programmatic audio, Spotify/iHeart/Pandora, branded podcast strategy, audio measurement.

6 modules~4 hrs
Performance
RGM-311

YouTube & Video Marketing

YouTube channel strategy, video SEO, ad campaign types, TrueView, Shorts, view-through measurement, creative testing.

7 modules~5 hrs
Brand
RGM-312

Community-Led Growth

Community as a growth channel: Slack/Discord/Circle, ambassadors, UGC, product feedback loops, health metrics.

6 modules~4 hrs
Brand
RGM-313

Event & Field Marketing

Trade shows, executive dinners, Customer Advisory Boards, field marketing programs, event ROI measurement.

6 modules~4 hrs
Lifecycle
RGM-314

Customer Advocacy Marketing

Referral programs, review generation, testimonials, case study production, advocate community, ROI measurement.

6 modules~4 hrs
Performance
RGM-315

Partner & Channel Marketing

Reseller programs, tech partnerships, co-marketing, MDF, channel enablement, partner pipeline.

6 modules~4 hrs
Leadership
RGM-316

Pricing & Positioning Strategy

Positioning (Dunford), category design, pricing strategy, packaging, value-metric selection, price testing.

6 modules~4 hrs
Measurement
RGM-317

Marketing Research & Customer Discovery

JTBD interviews, switch interviews, surveys, win/loss, ICP research, research-to-strategy translation.

6 modules~4 hrs
Leadership
RGM-318

Marketing Finance for Operators

CAC payback math, LTV modeling, marketing P&L, unit economics, board reporting, defending budgets to a CFO.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-503-A

App Store Optimization (ASO)

Apple App Store + Google Play algorithms, keyword optimization, creative testing, ratings, ASO-to-paid loop.

5 modules~3 hrs
Vertical
RGM-604-A

Consumer Subscription Growth

Subscription mechanics, free trial vs freemium, trial conversion, retention discipline, pricing tier design.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-604-B

Marketplace Growth

Two-sided dynamics, cold-start problem, supply/demand balancing, liquidity, take rate, marketplace economics.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-605

International & Cross-Cultural Marketing

Market entry, localization vs transcreation, regulatory by region, payment/currency, regional channel mix.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-606

Healthcare Marketing

HIPAA compliance, regulated ads, provider vs payer marketing, patient acquisition, telehealth, digital health.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-607

Financial Services Marketing

FINRA/SEC compliance, banking, wealth management, fintech vs incumbent positioning, trust and authority building.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-608

Higher Education Marketing

Enrollment funnel, brand strategy for institutions, alumni engagement, student lifecycle, digital admissions.

5 modules~3 hrs
Vertical
RGM-609

Nonprofit & Cause Marketing

Donor acquisition, major gifts, recurring giving, peer-to-peer fundraising, impact storytelling, measurement.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-610

Real Estate Marketing

Listing marketing, agent personal brand, brokerage marketing, luxury vs volume, lead-gen mechanics.

6 modules~4 hrs
Vertical
RGM-611

Hospitality & Restaurant Marketing

OTA management, direct booking, local search dominance, loyalty programs, social-first F&B creative.

6 modules~4 hrs
AI & Modern
RGM-504

AR / VR / Spatial Marketing

Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest, Snap AR, virtual try-on, immersive advertising, spatial computing playbook.

5 modules~3 hrs
AI & Modern
RGM-505

Voice Search & Voice Commerce

Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant optimization, voice SEO, smart-speaker ads, voice commerce funnel.

5 modules~3 hrs
AI & Modern
RGM-506

AI Agents for Marketing

Autonomous agents for ad ops/lifecycle/content/analytics, orchestration, human-in-the-loop, risk controls.

6 modules~4 hrs
Leadership
RGM-712

Marketing Ethics & Compliance

Ad disclosure standards, AI content disclosure, deepfake risk, regulated-category ads, modern compliance ops.

5 modules~3 hrs
Leadership
RGM-713

Crisis Communication & Brand Response

Crisis playbook design, social listening for threats, response timing, stakeholder coordination, recovery.

5 modules~3 hrs