NGOs · Pay per click advertising
Use the grant account first and donor money last, if at all.
Paid advertising for an NGO is a narrow tool: an appeal with a closing date, a volunteer drive, a search for one programme in one place. GullySales sets up the in-kind search grant an eligible organisation can apply for, and says plainly where donated money should not go on clicks.
What pay per click advertising means
Pay per click advertising (PPC) is paying a fee each time someone clicks your advert on Google or another platform. It puts you at the top of a search page immediately, instead of waiting for ranking to build. GullySales sets the targeting, writes the ad text and checks spend daily against enquiries received.
For NGOs
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“There is a grant account before there is a budget”
Google runs an in-kind search grant for non-profits it judges eligible. The application, the policies and the monthly upkeep are real work, paid for in clicks rather than in donations.
“A general donate appeal converts badly on search”
Somebody searching how to help does not know your name and rarely gives on a first visit. Advertising works on an appeal with a deadline or a programme with a place attached.
“Your trustees will ask what a click cost”
Money not spent on the programme is questioned in the board meeting and in the accounts. Advertising that cannot be shown against donations received is hard to defend twice.
What we do
What we deliver for NGOs.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
The in-kind grant account applied for and kept in order
The application prepared, the account structured to their policies, and the monthly upkeep those policies require done on a routine.
Result: Search advertising runs without touching donated money.
Campaigns limited to a dated appeal or a placed programme
Budget only behind an appeal with a closing date, a programme in a named district, or a volunteer drive for specific shifts.
Result: Every campaign has something to be judged against.
A negative keyword list written for this sector
NGO jobs, internship, how to start an NGO, registration process, list of NGOs and the scam searches, excluded before anything runs.
Result: The budget stops going to students and job seekers.
Landing pages that take the donation
A click that lands on the programme and the payment step rather than the homepage, tested on a phone before the campaign opens.
Result: A donor who clicked can finish giving in one screen.
Volunteer campaigns built on dated shifts
Advertising for a named task at a named place on a named Saturday, with the sign-up going to a person who replies.
Result: Sign-ups arrive already matched to a shift.
Cost per donation and per CSR enquiry reported monthly
Spend, donations received and corporate enquiries reported each month against the baseline, in a form a trustee can read.
Result: The board question is answered before it is asked.
How the result is measured
- Cost per click
- Cost per enquiry
- Enquiries from paid search
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, then reported every month against it.
Who it is for
This is written for these NGOs.
- Grassroots community NGOs
- CSR implementation partners
- Educational and literacy NGOs
- Healthcare and disability NGOs
- Environmental and animal welfare NGOs
- Disaster relief and rehabilitation NGOs
- Women's self-help group and livelihood NGOs
- Old-age and destitute care homes
- Skill-training and livelihood NGOs
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
- You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
- You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.
How it works
From your first message to the first monthly report.
No open-ended retainer. Each step has a point in time and something you receive.
01 · Day 1
Free audit call
45 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.
02 · Within a few working days
Written, scored report
Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope and fee come with it, in writing.
03 · Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later month has an honest comparison.
04 · Month 1
The first fix goes live
Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.
05 · Every month
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words.
06 · Month 3 to 6
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. No twelve-month lock.
How the work runs for NGOs
- 1
Audit the donor and CSR journey
We check how a CSR manager or an individual donor finds you today, whether the 80G and FCRA status is visible, and how fast a donation-page enquiry gets a reply.
- 2
Fix the programme pages
A page for each programme, with the cause, the district, the rupee ask and the current annual report, replacing one general appeal page that serves nobody.
- 3
Put CSR conversations in a CRM
Every corporate enquiry, past partnership and renewal date recorded in one place, so a programme officer's transfer or leave does not lose the relationship.
- 4
Build visibility for the cause
Search and social content built around the specific programme and district, so the NGO is found by the CSR team searching for that exact combination.
- 5
Report on enquiries and commitments
A monthly report of donor and CSR enquiries, how many turned into a commitment, and where in the year renewal conversations are due.
Proof
What happened when owners fixed this.
Real clients, the work we did, and the result as it was recorded. Where no number was recorded, none is claimed.
LL Trust
- Situation
- The trust had no identity of its own, so nothing in how it presented itself distinguished it from comparable organisations competing for the same donors.
- What we did
- Comparable organisations reviewed
- Logo and branding
- A palette that carries the values
- Reviewed with the trust
- Result
- No numbers were recorded for this engagement. The work is described in full in the case study.
SB Engineering
- Situation
- Buyers searching for laser cutting and sheet metal work in Bengaluru were finding other suppliers first, because the company did not rank for the terms its own customers type.
- What we did
- The site redesigned for mobile
- Search work on the buyer's terms
- Content that shows the work
- Social channels managed
- Result
- Website traffic rose 60% within six months, against a target of 50%.
- High-quality leads rose 45%, with a rise in conversion rates alongside them.
- Fifteen target keywords moved up the rankings, five of them into the top three positions.
Also worked with
Chord Road Hospital · Curtain Label · Difesa Security Services · Felicity Inn · Hands On CSR · Implevista · Kambar Group · Kalessi · Kerur Pain Clinic · Lucky Deals · Natural Gases · NavaShakthi Souhardha · NewCom Logistics · Proton Technical Services · Shakthi Foundation · Shakthi Group · Urbanest · Insyde Studio · Venkateshwara Laser Tech · Vivara Studios
Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every monthly report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No lock-in, no guarantees we cannot keep
Three to six months at a time. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
The offer
Start with a free audit of how you sell.
It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.
What you receive
- A 45-minute call with the person who will do the work
- A written, scored report on the six places orders leak, within a few working days
- Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
- The one thing to do first, and why
- An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
- If you do, the scope and the fee in writing
No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
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Can we advertise without spending donor money?
Do advertisements bring CSR partners?
How is this different from a fundraising consultant?
Do you work with our CSR partners directly?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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