Google’s Philippine Business Stimulus Package – An initiative to promote online marketing

Google has stepped in to help Philippine businesses make their presence felt online. The Philippine Business Stimulus Package, consists of Web design package as well as P2000 worth of Google AdWords credits

The package also includes tutorials on the basics of marketing, Website maintenance and Google technologies. The whole package has been designed and executed with the help of partner institutions and organizations such as STI, GoNegosyo, the Philippine Marketing Association, CITEM (Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions) and the CICT (Commission on Information and Communications Technology).

Derek Callow, head of marketing for Google Southeast Asia, said it was a one-time offer to boast the online marketing efforts of businesses so that they can reach out to a wider market and generate more sales. For the first 200 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), the web design component will be offered for free, while succeeding applications will be charged a one-time fee of P3,000.

There are no hosting charges as the websites will hosted on Google owned, Blogger.com.

Monchito Ibrahim, CICT Cyberservices group head, further cited that this initiative was fully backed by the government.