What Is ADA Compliance And How Does It Affect My Website? - The Auto Repair Marketing Podcast

<p>More and more privately owned businesses have been the victims of ADA Title III compliance lawsuits than ever before, and a growing number of these lawsuits are due to lack of compliance on the business’ website.</p><p>It’s more important than ever that your auto repair shop’s website is compliant.</p><p>Join Brian in this episode to talk about what it means for shop’s website to be ADA compliant.</p><p><strong>Talking Points</strong></p><ul><li>I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice</li><li>Just like your office door needs a ramp and bathroom needs handrails, your website needs to be able to be viewed by those with vision and hearing impairments</li><li>This is not just total blindness and deafness but any impairments including colorblindness, poor vision, and hard of hearing.</li><li>There are 2 main reasons you need your website to be ADA compliant</li><li>The number of lawsuits happening</li><li>It’s the right thing to do</li><li>What makes a website ADA compliant?</li><li>Over 100 factors</li><li>Most important factors are:</li><li>Skip nav</li><li>Image alt text</li><li>Proper heading structure</li><li>Labels on form fields</li><li>Contrasting colors</li><li>Clear, easy to read fonts</li><li>Descriptive link text</li><li>Subtitles on videos</li><li>We use a free plugin with some nice features</li><li>I won’t guarantee a website ADA compliant</li><li>Do the basics and you’re probably good to go. Remember, I am not an attorney.</li><li>Where to start - wave.webaim.org&nbsp;</li></ul><br/><p><strong>How To Get In Touch with Cinch CRM</strong></p><p>Website - <a href="https://cinch.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cinch.io/</a>&nbsp;</p><p>LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cinchplatform/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/cinchplatform/</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CinchPlatform/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CinchPlatform/</a>&nbsp;</p><p>YouTube - <