canawpuserDigital Move Forward’s Boost Your Online Presence micro-grant is a small business support program that provides up to $4,200 credit to help eligible businesses strengthen their online presence through SEO and website improvements.
Core purpose
- Help small and medium-sized businesses adopt or upgrade practical digital tools.
- Support improvements that may not be covered by other digital adoption initiatives.
Grant amount and cost share
- Maximum micro-grant: up to $4,200 in eligible digital services (applied as a credit with an approved vendor).
- Co-pay: the business covers 30% of eligible project costs; the program covers 70%, up to the $4,200 cap.
Eligibility criteria
- Be a for-profit business.
- Be legally registered or incorporated.
- Have generated at least $100,000 in revenue in the most recent tax year.
- Not have previously received this grant or the Grow Your Business Online Grant.
- Operate primarily as an offline, service-based business (not dependent on internet-based platforms for core operations).
- Acknowledge that the business name may be published as a grant recipient.
- Understand that program administration reserves the right to determine eligibility.
Eligible expenses
The micro-grant may be used to cover 70% of eligible costs with an approved digital vendor for:
- Hiring a consultant to develop digital marketing strategies
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to improve website search rankings
- Website content updates (as long as they are directly related to SEO)
- Website design/redesign (SEO-focused) to improve digital presence, usability, and performance
Ineligible expenses
Grant support may not be used for:
- Expenses incurred before grant approval
- Paid advertising or sponsored placements (Google Ads, Meta Ads, X Ads, Reddit Ads, Quora Ads, and similar platforms)
- Hardware purchases
- Opportunity costs
- Lobbying expenses
- New capital expenditures
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