TikTok Marketing 2026: Grow Your Account & Master TikTok Ads (Udemy.com)
Watch us break down the TikTok system, design ad campaigns, & grow a brand new account to 10k followers in 30 days
Created by: Darius Mora
Last updated May 2026
What you will learn
- How to grow your own TikTok account organically
- How to design and scale TikTok ad campaigns
- How to design content specifically for TikTok's algorithm
- How to get your content discovered, even when your account is brand new
- How to design a personal profile that's optimized for engagement
- How to design a business profile that's optimized for engagement
- How to design an aggregator profile that's optimized for engagement
- How to post content in the best frequency and with the best timing
- How to pick an optimized username
- How to optimize your bio text and profile photo
- How to get your posts seen in other countries
- How to use TikTok analytics
- How to get verified on TikTok
- How to improve the production value of your posts
- How to participate in challenges and follow trends
- How the TikTok algorithm works
How it compares
Against the other 314 rated Udemy courses in Social Media Marketing on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 51% of them
- Reviews3,796#21 of 315 by number of reviews
- Length11.4 hourslonger than 86% of them
- Last updatedMay 2026more recently than 80% of them
Course Description
Whether you’re looking to boost your personal profile or hoping to generate revenue for your business, you’ll want to be on TikTok.
The world’s fastest growing social media platform, TikTok has around 800 million monthly active users. (Yep, it’s more popular than Instagram.) Plus, it’s the only place where new users can go viral overnight. In other words, it’s a marketing opportunity you don’t want to shy away from.
In this course, we’ll take you from complete newbie to a bonafide TikTok pro. You’ll learn how to create a personal or business account that users will want to engage with, and how to conjure up an entertaining TikTok post. Growing your account is also on the agenda. In fact, we’ll show you how to get 10,000 followers within 30 days without using dodgy bots or buying followers. We’ll also reveal exactly how TikTok’s algorithm works, so you can ensure your efforts are seen by your target audience. And we’ll teach you the many ways you can make money from your TikTok account.
If you’re a business owner, pay special attention to our TikTok for business sections. They’ll teach you everything you need to grow your customer base, including how to create profitable ads on a modest budget.
As well as listening to us, you’ll also learn from some of TikTok’s brightest stars. See how one singer pushed his track to the top of the charts with nothing but the app. Or dive into the innovative sales strategies used by fast food companies and beauty brands.
You don’t need any kind of a following to get started with this course — just a smartphone and a desire to participate in one of the most fun forms of social media. Got both? Then get ready to grow your profile.
Your instructors:
Darius Moravcik is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Reflectly, a rapidly growing mindfulness mobile app. He's also a 2-time Udemy instructor, with over 7,000+ paying students and 300 5-star reviews.
Evan Kimbrell is in the top 1% of Udemy instructors with over 30 courses on Entrepreneurship & Marketing. His courses have over 630,000 students, 39,000+ 5 star reviews, and have been covered in publications such as TechCrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Buzzfeed.
Our promise:
If you're unsatisfied with the course in any way, you can get a full refund within 30 days of purchase.
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
3,796 Reviews
Darius Mora
Hey there, my name is Darius Mora and I'm The App Guy. If you're looking to build and grow your mobile app, I'm your guy.
I've been an app entrepreneur my whole life. Previously I was the Chief Marketing Officer at Reflectly, mental health app using AI that scaled to 20.000.000+ users.
I am so incredibly grateful that the 40.000+ satisfied students on Udemy have decided to invest their time into studying with me. I applaud you for working on yourself, becoming a life-long learner and making this little world of ours a little bit better. Thank you!
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Reviews
By Ryan Smethurst on 4/22/2025
If you're completely new to TikTok, this course offers a solid introduction to the basics. However, it feels like the content was originally created around 2020 and simply rebranded with a new title. TikTok has evolved significantly since then, and the course doesn't fully reflect the platform’s current features, trends, or strategies. A refresh with up-to-date insights would make this far more valuable.
By Yvette Messinis on 12/13/2024
The course title is very misleading "Master TikTok Ads" a very small fraction pertains to this, We need more information on the ads sections, Pixels, error issues and how to overcome them, am disappointed, as not much assistance on the slack channel either, would have thought there would be assistance from the lecturers, but still no answer and took me a week to try process the entire course. Informative and knowledgable, just disappointed not enough information on business manager and ads. Videos on the platform are outdated was filmed and uploaded in 2020 and now the new version of TikTok in 2024, though it shows as last updated December 2024
By Shea Johnson on 9/20/2024
Great teacher! Great speaker! I can tell he knows what he is talking about and doesn't have to read from slides which everyone is not always good at... Hes awesome! The quality of the sound and video are awesome and the slides and animation are great too! Job well done guys!
By Freddie Brook on 2/26/2024
If you know a little about TikTok and social media this course won't be mind-blowing, but it is a very good reminder of the basics and how they really are the most important thing. A few updates for 2024 would be useful. However, for a self-confessed social media noob such as myself this course had everything I needed to get started and grow I now have 100K+ followers, a Tiktok shop and I run paid adverts to generate revenue - I've even been recognised in the street a few times :D Thanks Darius and Evan for the course
By Anu Perera on 10/24/2023
I recently completed the "TikTok Marketing 2023: Grow Your Account & Master TikTok Ads" course on Udemy, led by instructors Darius Mora and Evan Kimbrell. The comprehensive content provided valuable insights into effective TikTok marketing strategies, and I diligently took notes to ensure I absorbed every detail. Now equipped with a solid theoretical foundation, I am eager to apply this knowledge practically and embark on my TikTok marketing journey. A heartfelt thank you to Udemy, Darius Mora and Evan Kimbrell for their engaging and informative instruction, paving the way for a hands-on application of the skills acquired. Anu Perera
By Sven Kindervater on 1/14/2022
One of the best courses I ever had, not only on Udemy. In addition to knowing everything about how TikTok works, I understand the community and how I can build my business on this. The presentation is superb and the material is excellent. One half star off, because it is a rather long course and it could be 20% shorter, but I guess, repetition makes champions.
By Attila Hajdu on 1/13/2022
Перед этого я ничего не знал об тик-токе. Дариус очень понятно расскажет все как начинать с нуля до продвинутого уровня. Я только смогу рекомендовать этот курс потому что сейчас в тик токе есть самый большой потенциал и является самым мощным инструментом для маркетинга.
By Victor Mihai on 8/21/2021
Good course! They covered all the necessary things you should know about the platform, plus several strategies. If you practice what they said in the course, and aply on your account, you'll be able to grow and to earn money from this project. Thank you a lot for all the informations offered!!
By Phinissia Arthur on 4/10/2021
I love the content and structure. However, the chronically dry mouth of the tutor made it a very unpleasant listening experience. As a person suffering under misophonia, I wouldn't have completed this class, hadn't it been mandatory for my work. I know, misophonians are a minority, but it would still be nice, if such parameters were considered. Kind regards.
By Gautam Parija on 5/29/2020
I can leave a 5 stars rating on Evan's courses without viewing the contents for a second! Say this from my experience with his other courses For your information I have given pretty bad reviews for famous courses of "gurus" costing thousands of dollars. Listen to him carefully...Every possibilty he will transform you. :)
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