Organic content > paid ads
Let me explain...
When you post an ad you are paying to reach an audience
when you post organic content you are getting free reach from the algorithm
2 options
your content is good = you get more views
your content is bad = you barely get any
so essentially, organic content is a testing ground
if it performs, great, you can now run that as an ad
if it doesn't... well, better luck next time
here's the thing
one can't live without the other
but not vice versa
if you keep throwing creatives directly into ads
you will burn a bunch of cash
if you instead use organic as a testing ground
you can then run the best performing posts as paid ads and the ones that convert
That's what i do with my clients
This post got around 900k organic views
as well as 1000 website clicks
That's approximately $1k-3k in ad spend
Knowing that, we now know that this piece of content can be run as an ad and it will perform well