Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

[Jason]

What are some pros and cons of both? What have you tried or considered?

[Nomad]

Getting traffic through SEO is extremely difficult. It is easier to get traffic from social media, through ads or through your followers, if you have a lot. However, problem with paid social traffic it gets expensive over time.

[Jason]

Getting traffic through SEO is extremely difficult. It is easier to get traffic from social media, through ads or through your followers, if you have a lot. However, problem with paid social traffic it gets expensive over time.

Pro marketers say "The money is in the list,", but what list? Email or social media?

[Nomad]

Getting traffic through SEO is extremely difficult. It is easier to get traffic from social media, through ads or through your followers, if you have a lot. However, problem with paid social traffic it gets expensive over time.

Pro marketers say "The money is in the list,", but what list? Email or social media?

Both!
However, the problem with email list is it is really difficult to build a genuine list

[Jason]

Getting traffic through SEO is extremely difficult. It is easier to get traffic from social media, through ads or through your followers, if you have a lot. However, problem with paid social traffic it gets expensive over time.

How is that?

Pro marketers say "The money is in the list,", but what list? Email or social media?

Both!
However, the problem with email list is it is really difficult to build a genuine list

[Maya]

Paid social media traffic gives immediate visibility and can target specific audiences precisely, but it stops as soon as your budget ends. SEO, on the other hand, takes time to build but offers sustained, organic traffic and long-term authority without ongoing costs.

[Gardener]

Paid social media traffic can also help you in many ways. For example, when you buy traffic, you tend to gain more visibility, even in search engines. You need to focus on creating good content as this is quite crucial, even if you pay for traffic. I guess many bloggers buy traffic to gain visibility.

[Jason]

I feel it's a no-win situation. You're going to pay the same for paid traffic as with SEO.

[Gardener]

I feel it's a no-win situation. You're going to pay the same for paid traffic as with SEO.

You need to pay for SEO as well. For example, you may need to pay an SEO expert who can manhe the SEO if your website. Those SEO experts know how to get traffic through low-competitive keywords. SEO experts also have good knowledge about search engines as well. This enables them to gain traffic for your website within a given time.

[Jason]

Getting traffic through SEO is extremely difficult. It is easier to get traffic from social media, through ads or through your followers, if you have a lot. However, problem with paid social traffic it gets expensive over time.

Pro marketers say "The money is in the list,", but what list? Email or social media?

Both!
However, the problem with email list is it is really difficult to build a genuine list

Why is that?