During these unprecedented times, Google is benevolently offering support to the SMB community nationwide in response to COVID-19. Being a Google Partner, we are happy to inform you that Google is committing over $800 Million in Ads Grant money to help alleviate some of the cost for small and mediumsized businesses (SMBs) to stay in touch with their customers during this challenging time.
The unprecedented COVID-19 situation across the globe has taken a toll on businesses of all kinds. As countries get into lockdown and maintain social distancing to control the spread of the virus, the effects have started to show even on Google!
As the global economy reels from the impact of COVID-19, many SMB owners are forced to ask tough questions and make tough decisions concerning the future of their business.
In an effort to extend support to the local businesses that are most impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, specifically the independent restaurants and nightlife industry-related businesses, Yelp has announced a special ‘Relief Program’. On 20th March 2020, Yelp declared that they will be offering affected local businesses $25M worth of free services.
The COVID-19 outbreak has severely impacted the global economy, including small businesses. Considering this, Facebook has promised to reward $100 million in cash grants to 30,000 businesses across the world.