April 22nd, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Jessica, Google Grants TeamEarth Day is a big deal on the Google Grants team, and to get in the spirit, we wanted to give you environmental organizations a little extra love today.Inspired by healthy competition and a little caffeine, we narr…
April 16th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Steve, YouTube TeamTwenty-first century grassroots activism is increasingly cropping up online, and YouTube is a central platform for this engagement. Ever since the site launched in 2005, all kinds of people and organizations have been using…
April 10th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Tanya, Google Earth Outreach TeamIt’s an old problem — you’re a non-profit trying to reach the largest audience possible to educate them about your cause. You’re moving beyond sending out snail mail membership requests, and embracing Web 2….
April 8th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Samantha, Product Marketing ManagerIf you have a website, you’ve probably thought about how to attract more attention to it. You may have already spent time optimizing it and applying for a Google Grant to drive new traffic to your site. But …
April 2nd, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Cynthia, Google Grants TeamThis week we’re celebrating the fifth birthday of Google Grants—the company’s inaugural philanthropic program—and we thought we’d share with you the story of its early days. In early 2002, Google’s self-servic…
March 27th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by German, Google Grants Team Did you know that you can add or edit your organization’s information in Google Maps at any time for free?Google Maps provides powerful mapping technology and local business information, including business locations…
March 25th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Kristie, Google Grants TeamWe work every day to help non-profits use the power of online advertising to reach their target audience and meet their organizational goals. But we know that organizations can use additional help beyond the Google …
March 19th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by German, Google Grants TeamFrom time to time we’ll be noting articles we think would be useful to our readers. We thought we’d start with a recent article entitled “What Makes People Give?”, by David Leonhardt of The New York Times.This articl…
March 17th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by AnnMarie, Google Grants TeamAs a way to bring you the latest resources and information, we’ll be posting trainings and news relevant to Google Grant recipients right here. That way you can decide what you’d like to learn more about from resou…
March 14th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Kristie, Google Grants TeamWhen we launched this blog, we touched on the premise of the Google Grants program: providing free advertising on Google to non-profits that share our philosophy of community service.What this program amounts to is …
March 7th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by AnnMarie, Google Grants TeamWe’ve been getting some questions lately about how to treat keywords in Google Grants accounts, so we’d like to offer some tips and resources here for everyone to use.Keywords are generated for your account when yo…
February 29th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Jessica, Google Grants Team You’ll likely come across a lot of new terms and acronyms while managing your Google Grants AdWords account, and while you can always access the full AdWords glossary of terms, we wanted to explain a few of the mos…
February 25th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by AnnMarie, Google Grants TeamWe’re looking forward to sharing ideas and information here, and we hope non-profit organizations and Google Grants participants will get involved. If you ever find yourself wondering about an aspect of your AdWord…
February 20th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Jessica, Google Grants TeamIf you were just awarded a Google Grant, welcome to the program! We look forward to helping your organization make the most of AdWords.Your first step: sign in to your AdWords account using the email address and tem…
February 15th, 2008 | by A Googler | published in Google Grants
Posted by Jessica, Google Grants TeamWhen we launched the Google Grants program, we set out to harness the power of Google search to support organizations that share our philosophy of community service. Through the in-kind advertising awarded to grant …