| Offering Admission to Commercial Event | TI Museum Assn. | 3/16/12 8:26 AM | Our 501(c)(3) has a booth at a monthly flea market. Admission to the market is $3 but we can give out free admission coupons. Can we run an ad asking people to visit us at this flea market and offering free admissions? More generally, is there a w |
| Re: Offering Admission to Commercial Event | Robert Coats | 3/16/12 9:05 AM | Well, a lot will really depend on HOW you do it. It is not uncommon for organizations to promote that they will be at a certain event. Just keep in mind that the grant is for your organization and is for you to run mission based ads. So, as long as t |
| Re: Offering Admission to Commercial Event | TI Museum Assn. | 3/16/12 10:26 AM | Thanks. I will do my best to stay within the guidelines. I would still like to offer free admission though to build traffic (and capture the recipients' email addresses, though that benefit to us is not clear from the ad). I think this promotes ou |
| Re: Offering Admission to Commercial Event | Robert Coats | 3/19/12 5:14 PM | As long as you are not trying to "game" the system (which you are clearly not) you really do not have anything to be worried about. Google wants you to have this grant and Google wants you to use this grant to its fullest. As for ad disapprovals, th |