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Post organically first, then run ads on winners

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Last discussed Oct 14, 2026

An advertising method: publish every piece of creative organically first, then put paid media only behind the posts that outperform your normal view counts.

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Used for: Testing ad creative before spending on paid social media Praised: Reduces wasted ad spend. Content can't get organic views unless the creative ... vs: Contrasted with making an ad and running paid media on it directly

"You should always post every piece of content you make for a sale or an ad organically first. If it does well in views compared to your norm, that's what you start running media on. Many of you are wasting a lot of money on social because the crea..."

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