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FEATURED GUIDE·Nonprofit Tech·8 min read

How Local Nonprofits Can Claim $120,000 a Year in Free Google Ads

Google gives qualified 501(c)(3) organizations $10,000 every single month in search advertising credit. Most never claim it, and agencies charge thousands to set it up. Here is the entire blueprint—step by step, zero gatekeeping.

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Bradley DiLeonardo
October 2026 · Founder, The Chimaera Co.
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Playbooks8 min read

How we audit a website and rebuild it

We scored our own site, fixed it, and scored it again: 38 to 90. Here is how a site scan, a clickable mockup and a review page work.

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Architecture5 min read

Why Most Small Business Websites Break After Two Years (And How to Prevent It)

Most small business websites don't break because of traffic spikes or hackers. They break because 37 plugins updated out of order on a cheap shared host on a Tuesday. Here is how modern web architecture eliminates maintenance decay entirely.

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Playbooks6 min read

The Plain-English Email Deliverability Checklist: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC

In 2024, Google and Yahoo made DMARC mandatory for bulk senders. If you haven't touched your DNS records since 2019, your domain reputation is leaking. Here is how to lock it down in 20 minutes.

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