Maximizing Your Nonprofit’s Online Presence with Google Ad Grants

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Introduction

If your nonprofit is ready to start advertising online, you’ll first need the resources to power your marketing strategy. One such resource is Google’s Ad Grant program, which offers eligible nonprofits $10,000 monthly in ad credits to promote their websites via Google Ads.

Incorporating Google Ad Grants into Your Marketing Strategy

The Google Ad Grant can be an effective way to boost your online presence, but your nonprofit must have a clear plan for incorporating it into your marketing strategy in order to yield optimal results. With that in mind, let’s begin.

Optimize Your Website

Think of your nonprofit’s website as a house. Your mission and vision statements, information about your projects, and other foundational facts about your organization live here. When someone wants to engage with your organization, you invite them to your website to learn more and get involved.

However, you won’t be able to engage site visitors, accept donations, and effectively disseminate information to supporters if your website isn’t well-built or established. Also, Google requires that nonprofits applying for the grant have optimized websites to ensure the grant is being used to promote valuable content. To get your website in order, use the following tips:

• Ensure your website is user-friendly and easy to navigate
• Create compelling and informative content
• Optimize your website for search engines

Target the Right Keywords

Keywords are the terms and phrases that searchers will input into Google, and your nonprofit’s goal is to target the right keywords with your ad campaigns so that your website shows up first on the SERP.

To do this, determine the audience you’re trying to reach and what keywords they’re likely to search for on Google. Prospective supporters may be searching cause-related keywords, which can help them find your website if you promote it the right way! The keywords you choose should have:

• Relevance to your organization
• High search volume
• Low competition

Once you’ve chosen the right keywords, incorporate them into the headline and description of your ads to indicate the ad’s relevance to the search intent. Ideally, the landing page linked in your ad will also be optimized for this keyword.

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Consider Outsourcing Grant Management

From the application to maintaining eligibility and developing successful ads, managing the Google Ad Grant is a valuable, but time-consuming commitment that will be added to your existing marketing strategy. This means you’ll have all your current marketing responsibilities on top of the additional responsibility of managing ad campaigns.

To save your team time and ensure you approach ad management with the most reliable expertise possible, consider outsourcing grant management. The right grant manager will:

• Have experience with Google Ad Grants
• Stay up-to-date with Google’s rules and regulations
• Optimize your ad campaigns for maximum results

Track and Improve Performance

Whether you outsource Google Ad Grant management to a professional agency or manage it yourself, monitoring the performance of your ads is a key component of successful marketing. Track and draw insights from your performance data to identify opportunities to improve your ad strategy. That way, you’ll have the clearest perspective of what your Google Ads are accomplishing and how they can be adjusted to better achieve your marketing goals.

Giana is the Director of Content for Marketing Insider Group, a top-rated Content Marketing Agency. Connect with her on LinkedIn to stay up-to-date on all things MIG.

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By: Giana Reno
Title: Maximizing Your Nonprofit’s Online Presence with Google Ad Grants
Sourced From: marketinginsidergroup.com/marketing-strategy/incorporating-google-ad-grants-into-your-marketing-strategy/
Published Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2023 10:30:43 +0000

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