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organic

organic

17 3.9
Growing naturally without paid promotion, for example through search results
  • adjective
  • /ɔrˈɡænɪk/
  • Jargon
translation icon : orgánico
  • Without that ad spend, I can expect to see continued "organic" growth, they say.

They have like a cost on the CPM but organic traction is real.

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Examples

  • If I run a paid promotion or a paid ad in one of my posts, will that hurt my organic posts after that?

  • Well, we need to know that first of all, this is a very organic campaign.

  • To me, the best thing you can do is have organic marketing, OK?

  • And that is the key to organic audience growth on any platform.

  • Want to learn how to improve your viral and organic performance on Facebook?

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  • OK, so we've laid the foundation of what organic leads and paid leads are.

  • And I recall chatting with this guy, this is many years ago before the organic reach was throttled a lot on Facebook.

  • To increase traffic to your website, focus on creating content that drives organic growth through search engine optimization.

  • Our latest article has gained organic shares across social media, reaching a wider audience without any paid ads.

  • The rise in organic engagement on our posts shows that users appreciate authentic content.

Antonyms

1 1.0

Getting money for work you do

Compounds

organic compound
  • Specialized
7 3.7

A chemical that contains carbon and usually hydrogen, often with oxygen or nitrogen

organic chemistry
  • Specialized
5 3.7

The study of carbon compounds and how they react

Fruit grown without chemical pesticides or artificial fertilizers

Material from plants or animals that people add to soil to help plants grow

organic law
  • Formal
1 7.9

A basic law like a constitution that sets the main rules and structure of a government

A natural set of actions that happen inside living things, like breathing or digestion

organic disorder
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Physical changes in an organ or part of the body cause a health problem

The whole physical body of a living thing like a person or plant

organic evolution
  • Specialized
1 4.7

Living things change slowly over many years to form new species

Temporary state of confusion and disorientation caused by short-term brain damage from infection, injury or drugs

A brain problem caused by injury or disease that harms thinking and memory

A very thin screen or light that makes light when electricity flows through special plastic materials

4.8

A scientific idea that living things slowly change and share common ancestors

How Natural

viral
  • Texting
108 3.7
organic
  • Jargon
17 3.9
earned
2.2
paid
1 1.0

Surface Forms

organic positive

Morphology

organic = organ (semi-transparent) = organ + ic

The marketing/digital sense ('organic' meaning natural/unpaid growth) is a metaphorical extension of 'natural' and is partially inferable but not directly from 'organ'.

Etymology

Think of organic as relating to living growth from the root organ, like plants growing on their own. So organic traffic or reach in media means growth that happens naturally, without paid promotion.