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Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Your Site May Be Fined $15,000+ By The US Government. Here's How To Avoid That. | Ep. #1302

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In episode #1302, we talk about the possible fine the US government can give your website! If your site is not accessible and user-friendly for individuals with disabilities, you may find yourself in a sticky situation! Tune in to hear some good ways, paid and free, to avoid incurring these costs.  TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: How To Avoid a $15,000 Fine from the US Government! [00:39] Section 508 of the Department of Justice and how this relates to you. [01:15] The common occurrence of these types of fines. [01:38] Free and paid tools for making your website more accessible. [03:12] That's all for today! [03:15] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Accessibe Accessibility for WordPress Leave Some Feedback:   What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.   Connect with Us:  Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout  Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel  Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.

0:11.5

Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with your

0:14.2

instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.

0:18.6

All right guys before we start we got a special message from our sponsor.

0:24.0

If you want to rank higher on Google,

0:25.9

you got to look at your paid speed time.

0:28.5

The faster your website loads, the better off you are.

0:31.3

With Google's core vital update,

0:33.0

that makes it super, super important

0:34.8

to optimize your site for low time.

0:37.6

And one easy way to do it is use the host

0:40.0

that Eric and I use, Dreamhost.

0:42.0

So just go to Dream Host or Google it.

0:44.8

Find it, check it out, and it's a great way

0:47.0

to improve your low time.

0:50.5

Welcome to another episode of Marketing School. I'm Eric Sue and I'm Neil Patel.

0:56.4

And today we're going to talk about how your site may be fined $15,000 by the United States

1:01.8

government if you're in the US and here's how you can actually avoid it

1:04.9

So Neil do you remember what the thing is actually called? I don't know the exact name but I do know people are getting sued over

1:11.9

accessibility issues for the handicap.

1:14.4

Yep so here's what it is it's called the section 508 of the Department of

1:19.0

Justices ADA American with Disabilities Act standards for accessible design could expose your company to hefty fines and risk of expensive criminal and civil litigation as well as a reputation for being unfriendly to disabled.

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