Why does posting daily on social media not bring in customers?
Popular marketing advice like posting daily often wastes time and money by generating views and compliments instead of actual paying customers. Relying on generic consultant advice or generic AI-driven content leaves business owners putting in weeks of effort without seeing any real return on investment.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1focusing on direct conversations to understand customer problems instead of trying to look active onlineDid this help you?
- 2Hiring consultants on freelance platformsDid this help you?
- 3Attempting to do technical optimization oneselfDid this help you?
- 4Using AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot to generate marketing action plansDid this help you?
- 5Filtering through YouTube videosDid this help you?
- 6Taking free courses from big universitiesDid this help you?
- 7Learning by doing directlyDid this help you?
- 8Simplifying conversion paths by using direct booking links instead of complex funnelsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I spent weeks making content because everyone kept saying consistency is everything. The posts got views, a few likes, even some compliments, but not a single customer came from it.”source ↗
“Years ago I spent $ 1000 on flyers for a client and got exactly zero calls.”source ↗
“Tried hiring an Upwork consultant, but it was mostly (rhymes with "say eye") driven slop.”source ↗
“My problem is marketing but it is mainly my lack of knowledge. I try to turn to YouTube but I am not sure what is good advice and what is just self promotion and for views.”source ↗
“We spent about two months and $4k building a beautiful quiz funnel for a client's fitness coaching business. Sleek design, branching logic, the works. It converted at 1.8%.”source ↗
Where this came up
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