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Opening the Digital Door for Everyone: Understanding Website Accessibility

By Kerri Marvel | Mar 23, 2025

Accessibility is important. I design all new websites with accessibility in mind. Starting in 2025, I plan to write a series of blog articles explaining the many facets of what accessibility entails. Today’s article is an introduction for the layman. Simply Put Imagine trying to read a book with blurry text, or listening to a…

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The Evolution of SEO: Is It Transforming into AIO?

By Kerri Marvel | Dec 21, 2024

Are Google’s AI Overviews taking over SEO? Have you seen those Google AI Overviews when you search for something? (they show on all devices) The overviews appear on top, before any other search results. Here is an example. The thin red arrows point to the link icon that is the source of the data being…

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What you need to know about the 2024 Corporate Transparency Act’s BOI requirement for your business (now discontinued for US Companies)

By Kerri Marvel | Sep 21, 2024

* UPDATE * UPDATE * UPDATE *  On March 21, 2025, The U.S. Treasury Department announced they are narrowing the Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting requirement to Foreign Entities only. They will not enforce penalties on US companies who didn’t report. Following this, FinCEN immediately announced the same – they have removed BOI reporting requirements for…

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The Hard Lesson I learned When I (Almost) Got Swindled by a Scary Phone Scammer

By Kerri Marvel | Jun 20, 2024

Can you say “Con Man”? First of all, I’ll tell you that I’m pretty suspicious of most emails and fishy voicemails. Secondly, this criminal kept me on the phone for about an hour, and it was a very scary hour. This is an ugly story to tell; mostly because I preach to my clients about…

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Ways to Use Your Care Plan Update Minutes

By Kerri Marvel | Mar 14, 2024

I had a fairly new client ask me recently what my other clients use their Update Minutes for. She hadn’t used any of her available minutes yet. I gave her a few ideas but then thought I’d spend a few minutes thinking about this, and making the list available to everyone. So without further ado,…

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Websites Created From Google Business Profiles Are Going Away – March 2024

By Kerri Marvel | Feb 22, 2024

Why is this important? Do you have any websites where the URL ends with business.site? Maybe you still post occasionally to your Google Business Profile (formerly known as Google My Business), and the post displays on the website? Historically, Google used to offer a feature that allowed for the creation of a simple website (which…

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Facebook Scams – What to Watch For

By Kerri Marvel | Jan 10, 2024

Don’t be fooled into giving anything away.  Scammers are getting better all the time. Sometimes their posts or emails can be very convincing. Many clients and friends (including myself) received a version of the image you see in this article – Facebook appears to be letting you know they will be taking your page down…

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How to be sure your website is not just Mobile-Friendly but fully Mobile-Useable

By Kerri Marvel | Sep 21, 2023

Why is this important? Because more and more people are using smartphones to do internet searches, and if your website isn’t Mobile Useable, your business has a much lower chance to even be seen. The primary reason why your site needs to be mobile-friendly is so you can deliver a great user experience to everyone…

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Interested in Starting a Blog?

By Kerri Marvel | May 31, 2023

Now available! Get my free tool, a KMS-designed blog post template. Click here to download the template! This is a detailed How-To article, guaranteed to get your Blog started! Many of my clients seem to be coming to me lately with an interest in starting a blog on their website. I’ve been spending a lot…

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