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Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2025 4:32 am
by Jason
What are some pros and cons of both? What have you tried or considered?

Re: Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2025 2:16 pm
by 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.

Re: Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2025 1:25 am
by Jason
Nomad wrote: Sat Jul 26, 2025 2:16 pm 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?

Re: Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 2:04 pm
by Nomad
Jason wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 1:25 am
Nomad wrote: Sat Jul 26, 2025 2:16 pm 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

Re: Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:11 pm
by Jason
Nomad wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 2:04 pm
Jason wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 1:25 am
Nomad wrote: Sat Jul 26, 2025 2:16 pm 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

Re: Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 1:30 pm
by 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.

Re: Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 11:01 pm
by 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.

Re: Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 5:24 pm
by Jason
I feel it's a no-win situation. You're going to pay the same for paid traffic as with SEO.

Re: Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:21 pm
by Gardener
Jason wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 5:24 pm 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.

Re: Paid Social Media Traffic vs SEO

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2026 10:56 am
by Jason
Nomad wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 2:04 pm
Jason wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 1:25 am
Nomad wrote: Sat Jul 26, 2025 2:16 pm 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?