A short YouTube monologue (by Peter Vander Wall) arguing that running paid Instagram ads without strong organic content is ineffective. The speaker claims many coaches gain followers via paid ads but still receive poor organic video views because low-quality content fails to engage; paid ads should complement strong organic content to be effective.
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I don't know if you've seen this, but there's all these gurus on Instagram now running like DM ads and profile view ads. And I guarantee you they're getting more followers out of it but they don't have good content and so they're not getting good views on their videos. You know, they've got like 10,000 followers but they still get 300 views on their organic videos. So the way the algorithm works, it doesn't matter how many followers you have, if you create crappy content, you're still going to get poor views. The reason you run paid ads should be to complement your organic content and to drive awareness for it. But driving awareness for something that sucks just, you know, it's not a winning strategy. So if you're a coach and you're running paid, paid ads in tandem with your organic content, you got to get your organic right. It's going to make your ads way more effective.