{"id":5885,"date":"2024-04-08T11:06:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T11:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michellewordsmith.com\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2024-04-08T11:14:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T11:14:35","slug":"free-vs-paid-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellewordsmith.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/08\/free-vs-paid-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Free vs Paid Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5885\" class=\"elementor elementor-5885\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd0af37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd0af37\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae11ddf\" 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction - What is Traffic?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7b5a21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b7b5a21\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6c80df\" data-id=\"e6c80df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adadb06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"adadb06\" 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100vw, 560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c06c3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c06c3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>If you have an online business, then you need to drive TRAFFIC or potential customers to your offers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f52ec71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f52ec71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2a767e\" data-id=\"a2a767e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b76118a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b76118a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As the owner of an online business there are two types of Traffic:\u00a0 Free or Organic Traffic vs. Paid Traffic.<\/p><p>The more traffic or people that look at your offer and click on your links, the more sales, which means, the more money you will make.\u00a0 Ideally, you want to put systems in place so that traffic will be driven to your offers 24\/7.\u00a0 Having traffic driven to your offers 24\/7 creates passive income streams leading to Financial Freedom<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8550c7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8550c7b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a721b61\" data-id=\"a721b61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48935b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48935b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is FREE Traffic?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70410ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70410ee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f52419f\" data-id=\"f52419f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce4dcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ce4dcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-81e3ac3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"81e3ac3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc9e740\" data-id=\"dc9e740\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0373a10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0373a10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Free Traffic is advertising an offer without paying for the advertisement. The best sources of Free Traffic are social media posts.\u00a0 By posting on social media, your followers grow organically; and you create authority and trust with your potential customers.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6aa87bb\" data-id=\"6aa87bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-889522d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"889522d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/plant-circle.jpg?fit=555%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-5893\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/plant-circle.jpg?w=555&amp;ssl=1 555w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/plant-circle.jpg?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a99fc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a99fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pros:<\/p><ul><li>FREE\u00a0<\/li><li>Use the same post on different Social Media platforms (also known as repurposing content)<\/li><li>People will more apt to watch non-sponsored content<\/li><\/ul><div>Cons:<\/div><div><ul><li>Takes Time (need to write the script\/copy, create and edit post, schedule the post)<\/li><li>Takes Time to get results (growing organically takes longer than paid ads, 4 &#8211; 6 months for consistent sales)<\/li><li>Can&#8217;t target your Audience<\/li><li>Reliant on Social Media platforms&#8217; algorithms\/rules<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8986625 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8986625\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5f3569\" data-id=\"e5f3569\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a4e821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a4e821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Paid Traffic?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf2e4da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf2e4da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7de13d1\" data-id=\"7de13d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fe923 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71fe923\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paid Traffic is advertising that you pay for.&nbsp; There are various forms of paid traffic &#8211; solo ads and ads on social media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pros:<\/p>\n<p><ul><li>&nbsp;Target Audience &#8211; depending on the platform you can target the audience by location, age, salary, interest, and time of day your ad runs to maximize people seeing the ad.<\/li><li>Instant Results &#8211; when you run an ad you will see an influx of leads within 24 hours. Depending on what your offer is, be ready for this influx whether it&#8217;s having your funnel set up or having appointments on your calendar to book calls.<\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n\n<p>Cons:<\/p>\n<p><ul><li>&nbsp;Cost Time and Money &#8211; you need to research what platform to advertise on, i.e. Facebook vs Google, which solo ad vendor to use, and you may need to write the copy for the ad)<\/li><li>Inconsistent Growth &#8211; paid traffic can be like using a water tap. When you turn the tap on (pay for ads) the leads flow in, but once you turn the top off (stop ad) then the leads also stop.&nbsp; Also, when people opt-in on paid ad, they are more likely to unsubscribe unless you establish your trust and authority with these subscribers.<\/li><\/ul><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32628ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32628ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-099f4c5\" data-id=\"099f4c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b3b0bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b3b0bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Which Strategy is Best?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d98540 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d98540\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d703130\" data-id=\"d703130\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c99866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c99866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When starting your online business, start with Free\/Organic Traffic. Get a following, even it if it is small, to establish trust and authority. When you get sales from Organic Traffic, set aside a percentage of these profits to use on Paid Traffic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9247b0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9247b0c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88d1b0a\" data-id=\"88d1b0a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d616e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d616e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Traffic Secret You Should Use<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-113a967 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"113a967\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbc7e05\" data-id=\"dbc7e05\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b164d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19b164d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paid-to-Organic.jpg?fit=432%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5894\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paid-to-Organic.jpg?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellewordsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paid-to-Organic.jpg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6a2675 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6a2675\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea32ae1\" data-id=\"ea32ae1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fd6b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fd6b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You should use\u00a0<b>both<\/b>\u00a0Free and Paid Traffic. 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