Marketing & Growth
Why TikTok’s Organic Engine Beats Paid Media for Small Brands in 2024
It was a rainy Tuesday in March 2024 when I stared at a spreadsheet full of ballooning ad costs and a dwindling ROAS. My boutique cosmetics startup had just burned through $12,000 on Facebook ads, yet each new customer cost $15 to acquire. The moment the numbers stopped making