Ads & Promotion Mastery: Zero to Expert Media Buyer
Everything about promoting products, brands and causes: strategy, copywriting and creative, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp ads, Google Search and YouTube ads, TikTok and LinkedIn, tracking, testing, scaling, influencers, email — and how to get paid for it.

What you'll learn
- Plan campaigns with funnels, audiences, positioning and clear goals
- Write ad copy and landing pages that convert
- Run Facebook, Instagram and click-to-WhatsApp ads with proper tracking
- Build creative strategies and test ads systematically
- Run Google Search, Performance Max and YouTube campaigns
- Advertise on TikTok and LinkedIn
- Measure results with GA4, UTMs and the key metrics, and scale profitably
- Promote with influencers and email, follow the rules, and work as a media buyer
Course content
Part 1. Start here: how advertising really works3 lessons
Part 2. Foundations: funnels, copy and landing pages5 lessons
- The marketing funnel explained (Alex Cattoni)by Alex Cattoni11 min
- Copywriting for beginners: words that sell (Adam Erhart)by Adam Erhart16 min
- Direct-response copywriting 101 (Stefan Georgi)by Stefan Georgi35 min
- How to write a landing page that converts (Alex Cattoni)by Alex Cattoni12 min
- Quiz: foundations
Part 3. Meta ads: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp12 lessons
- Facebook ads tutorial (Ben Heath): Meta Business Manager Setupby Ben Heath7 min
- Facebook ads tutorial (Ben Heath): Choosing Campaign Objectives & Budgetby Ben Heath13 min
- Facebook ads tutorial (Ben Heath): Ad Set Targeting, Tracking & Placementsby Ben Heath20 min
- Facebook ads tutorial (Ben Heath): Creating & Publishing Your Adsby Ben Heath27 min
- Facebook ads from beginner to advanced (Paul Chinedu Nnamani)by Paul Chinedu Nnamani49 min
- Install the Conversions API (Ben Heath)by Ben Heath8 min
- Retargeting people who already know youby Bizliftng10 min
- Lookalike audiences from your customer list (Paul Chinedu Nnamani)by Paul Chinedu Nnamani11 min
- What Meta Advantage+ is, and when to use itby Vertex Marketing Agency16 min
- Run WhatsApp ads for your business: a 7-step system (HubSpot)by HubSpot Marketing15 min
- How to run WhatsApp ads in Nigeriaby AYO IS MARKETING (AIM)11 min
- Practice: your first Meta campaign
Part 4. Creative strategy and testing5 lessons
- Develop a creative strategy that converts (Dara Denney)by Dara Denney17 min
- The UGC ad formula that converts (Dara Denney)by Dara Denney26 min
- How to test ad creatives at every budget (Dara Denney)by Dara Denney17 min
- The new way to test Facebook ads (Ben Heath)by Ben Heath15 min
- A simple creative system
Part 5. Google ads: Search, Performance Max and YouTube7 lessons
- Google Ads beginners tutorial, step by step (Grow My Ads)by Grow My Ads42 min
- Google Ads keyword research (Aaron Young)by Aaron Young | Google Ads | Define Digital Academy14 min
- Performance Max campaigns: the basics (Google Ads)by Google Ads2 min
- How to optimise Performance Max campaigns (Ben Heath)by Ben Heath - Google Ads15 min
- Promote YouTube videos with Google Ads (Loves Data)by Loves Data11 min
- Running YouTube ads in Nigeria, step by stepby Treasure - Google Ads10 min
- Quiz: Google ads
Part 6. TikTok and LinkedIn ads3 lessons
Part 7. Tracking, analytics and attribution16 lessons
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Create an account, property and data streamby Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager6 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Install Google Analyticsby Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager6 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Acquisition reportsby Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager9 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Engagement reportsby Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager3 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Monetization reports (ecommerce)by Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager5 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Free form explorationby Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager5 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Path explorationby Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager6 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Analytics Advisor (AI chat in GA4)by Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager4 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Event trackingby Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager1 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Where to find event databy Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager4 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Things you must configure in GA4by Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager5 min
- GA4 for beginners (Analytics Mania): Final wordsby Analytics Mania - Google Analytics & Tag Manager1 min
- UTM parameters in 100 seconds (MeasureSchool)by MeasureSchool2 min
- What is attribution modelling? (HubSpot)by HubSpot Marketing3 min
- The numbers every advertiser must know
- Quiz: the numbers
Part 8. Budgets and scaling2 lessons
Part 9. Beyond paid ads: influencers and email3 lessons
Part 10. The rules: platforms, law and honesty6 lessons
Part 11. Career: becoming a media buyer12 lessons
- How to become a media buyer (Dara Denney): What is a media buyer in 2025?by Dara Denney5 min
- How to become a media buyer (Dara Denney): Do you need a marketing degree to be a media buyer?by Dara Denney3 min
- How to become a media buyer (Dara Denney): Twitter / X as a media buyerby Dara Denney6 min
- How to become a media buyer (Dara Denney): Media Buying “experience”by Dara Denney3 min
- How to become a media buyer (Dara Denney): How to prepare for your first media buying “gig”by Dara Denney5 min
- How to become a media buyer (Dara Denney): The 2 things I did that set me apartby Dara Denney4 min
- How to become a media buyer (Dara Denney): How to make 6 figures as a media buyerby Dara Denney4 min
- How to become a media buyer (Dara Denney): How I first made 6 figures a year as a media buyerby Dara Denney5 min
- How to become a media buyer (Dara Denney): The EASIEST way to make 6 figuresby Dara Denney3 min
- Free certifications: Google Skillshop
- Free training: Meta Blueprint
- Getting paid
Part 12. Final project1 lesson
Capstone project: Capstone: plan, launch and report a full-funnel campaign. You finish by building something real; a mentor reviews it before your certificate is issued.
About this course
Every business wants more customers — and people who can make advertising profitable are paid well everywhere, from Lagos and Nairobi to London and remote jobs worldwide. This one course takes you from zero to advanced across every major channel. You'll learn marketing strategy (funnels, positioning, brand vs performance with Mark Ritson), copywriting and landing pages, Meta ads end to end (Ads Manager, Pixel and Conversions API, retargeting, lookalikes, Advantage+, click-to-WhatsApp ads), creative strategy and UGC ads with Dara Denney, structured testing and scaling with Ben Heath, Google Search, Performance Max and YouTube ads, TikTok and LinkedIn ads, GA4, UTMs and attribution, influencer and email promotion, and the rules — from platform policies to Nigeria's ARCON approval and sponsorship disclosure. Nigerian and African instructors show how it works in local markets. You'll finish by planning, launching and reporting on a real campaign. About 11 hours of video plus hands-on campaigns.
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