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TikTok Ads | TikTok Advertising by a Fortune 100 MBA (Udemy.com)

Learn how to launch effective TikTok Ads; TikTok Marketing from a former PlayStation Brand Manager; Kellogg MBA

Created by: Dekker the Marketer

Last updated May 2026

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What you will learn

  • TikTok Advertising
  • TikTok Marketing
  • TikTok Ads
  • Tik Tok Marketing

How it compares

Against the other 314 rated Udemy courses in Social Media Marketing on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 94% of them
  • Reviews166#229 of 315 by number of reviews
  • Length4.4 hourslonger than 59% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2026more recently than 82% of them

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Course Description

Learn how to build effective TikTok ads & TikTok advertising campaigns from scratch in 2022. Get pro tips from a 12-year social media advertising veteran with an MBA from Philip Kotler's Kellogg School of Management, the #1 business school for marketing. Your instructor was a VP of Marketing for a Google accelerator startup and a Global Product Marketing & Brand Manager for Sony PlayStation. He taught college-level digital marketing and taught social media advertising for the Direct Marketing Association.


  • Choosing the right TikTok advertising objectives

  • Seeing what TikTok ads are performing very well in your industry (so you can copy them!)

  • TikTok targeting options and how to choose among them

  • Making & delivering high-performing TikTok ads

  • Data-driven best practices for video advertising (e.g., determining how long your video needs to be to maximize impact)

  • Key advertising mistakes to avoid

  • Optimal budget allocation for various TikTok advertising objectives

  • Lead generation in TikTok

  • App installsTikTok ads

  • Traffic TikTok ads

  • Video views TikTok ads

  • Conversions TikTok ads

  • Analysis & marketing automation for TikTok ads to optimize results

  • Reporting on advertising performance

  • Assets

This TikTok advertising course covers ads for both business-to-consumer and business-to-business marketing. This course is also relevant for startups as well as large, established companies. I'll walk you through how to adjust the advertising based on your company size and whether you're marketing to consumers or businesses.

  • TikTok Marketing (Tik Tok Marketing)

  • TikTok Ads (TikTok Advertising)


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Instructor Details

Dekker the Marketer

Marketing Management Experience

• Global Product Marketing & Brand Manager for Sony PlayStation

• Vice President of Marketing for a Google accelerator startup

• Senior Product Marketing Manager for a Series-A startup

• Product Marketing Manager for a Google-backed Series-D startup

• Director of Marketing for Ironclad Games / Flame Design

• SaaS Marketing Consultant

Education

• MBA in Marketing from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

• Leadership Essentials from Columbia Business School

• Bachelor of Commerce from Mount Allison University

• Master's and bachelor's business courses at BI: Norwegian Business School

• Presidential Scholar at Saint Mary's University

Academic & Volunteer Experience

• University MBA Program Advisor

• College Marketing Lecturer for Digital Marketing & Business Analytics

• Division Director and VP of Membership for Toastmasters International

• Board of Directors for a charity

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Reviews

4.7

166 ratings on Udemy

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By Muhammad Waqas on 12/24/2025

A well-defined and detailed version of the content on TikTok ads.

By Joseph Kasa-vubu on 11/30/2025

This course is well-structured and well-presented, mainly since an MBA professional teaches it. It has equipped me with the knowledge and tools to start and scale my TikTok advertising campaigns, which I highly recommend.

By Alice Bedward on 4/22/2025

Good mixture of a platform guide and tried and tested advertising advice. Pleasantly surprised about the quality. Would recommend!

By Saad Raza on 2/27/2025

A well-structured course for beginners, covering TikTok ad formats, targeting, and optimization. The instructor explains concepts clearly, but it lacks in-depth case studies and advanced strategies. Good for those new to TikTok Ads.

By Rukayah Bello on 2/1/2025

Good so far. I now understand what to do at the early stage of business and advertising. Focus on making people buy now!

By Zarsh Faraz on 9/12/2024

The Great Course On TikTok Ads. That Covers All the Aspects

By Ruth Gacheru on 2/17/2024

I was looking for a course on TikTok ads and this one more than met my expectations.

By Sari Armon on 11/16/2023

basic. I liked that he went over all the options that exist in sponsored marketing on TikTok, but I felt a real lack of applying the information during the course.

By Alex van Eck on 5/25/2023

AWESOME! I LOVE THE COURSE! VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND! TAKE THE COURSE YOU WON"T REGRET THAT! ;-P

By Muhammad Aqeel Yasir on 10/24/2022

Very well described, not hard to listen to and easy to track.

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Overall Score : 94 / 100