Can my business really survive without paid advertising?

[eLdavis]

I have come across a lot of persons who do paid advertising for their business, for most small business owners, having the extra funds for paid advertising might be an issue, is it possible for my business to grow without paid advertising?

 

[Teegold]

As a small business owner who might not have the funds for paid advertising, you can start from the free means available. Then as time goes on and as your find grows a bit, you can try paid advertising. Just make sure you don't surpass your financial capacity.

 

[Nomad]

You can survive with paid advertising if you do SEO and your SEO strategies help you to gain organic traffic. If this is not working, you can also use social media and if you have a lot of followers, you can generate fair amount of sales without any paid ads.

 

[Dominique]

It’s possible for your business to survive without paid advertising, but it can be challenging, especially in competitive markets. Relying on organic strategies like social media, SEO, content marketing, and word-of-mouth can help build a loyal customer base, but it may take more time and effort to see significant growth.

 

[King Belieal]

You can run a business without any form of paid advertising and succeed. But however, you have to understand that such businesses would only grow organically. Step by step growth is what is expected here. You just can't expect to become so big like a business that does paid adverts.

 

[Nomad]

A lot of offline businesses run without any kind of paid advertising, for instance, you might never see your grocery store advertising and it manages to pull in customers. Well, thing like this is also possible online but you need to build visibility through social media and SEO.

 

[koyala]

Yes, but growth will be slower. Organic strategies like SEO, social media engagement, word-of-mouth, and content marketing can drive traffic. However, paid advertising accelerates reach, targeting, and conversions. A balanced approach combining both can ensure sustainable business growth and visibility.

 

[Heatman]

I know a lot of businesses that are not into paid advertising and they are doing very well especially when they know how to advertise on their own on different social media platform. Unless you don't know how to advertise on your own, it will be difficult for you to survive without paid advertisement.

 

[Kennysplash]

You do not really have to make any payment anywhere to have a successful marketing and advertisement. You just need to do it the right way. However when your company gets bigger you will need to invest in your marketing.