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Google Ads Holidays raise charity awareness

Using holidays to raise charity awareness

One important aspect of charity digital marketing is knowing your holidays. Which holidays and charitable events will naturally drive searchers to find your organization? During certain holidays, searches for “How to donate,” or “Where to volunteer,” will organically peak. If you can create specific messaging for your charity, you can help capture some of this […]

Google Ads Landing pages and quality scores

Landing pages are more important than keywords

When setting up a Google AdWords Grants, there are a few limitations imposed on you that you must follow: Daily budget cap of $329 (roughly $10,000 per month) Keyword CPC bid cap of $2 Many typical marketing strategies that rely on adjusting bids cannot be used. One method for maximizing the use of grant funds […]

Google Ads Branded PPC terms

You should be bidding on branded PPC terms

I’m often asked why ad budgets should be spent bidding on branded terms. These are most often the name of your charity, your URL, or anything uniquely identifying you or your programs. Because they are so unique, you likely already rank #1 organically for Google searches. So, why ‘waste’ grant funds bidding on branded terms? […]

Client Profile North Texas Giving Day

North Texas Giving Day

To say I underestimated the power of North Texas Giving Day may be an understatement! We saw huge turnouts on ad campaigns running on related keywords in the weeks leading up to NTX Giving Day. But, the actual day itself (and day after) have been true record breakers. One charity upped their grant spend by […]