Website maintenance is the ongoing behind-the-scenes actions required to keep a website functional and secure. It includes actions such as backups, updates, content & graphic optimization, and search engine optimization.
The cost of monthly website maintenance can vary depending on a number of factors, including the size and complexity of your website, and the level of support and services required. Rates start at $67.50/mo and range up to $175/mo for standard website maintenance packages. Above and beyond a standard package, I am usually able to customize services & schedules to suit each client’s specific requirements.
It’s important to keep in mind that investing in monthly website maintenance can provide a number of benefits, including improved website security, regular software updates, content updates, and analytics reporting. As such, the cost of monthly website maintenance should be considered as part of your overall website investment and business strategy.
Keeping a website maintained benefits site visitors increases the website’s security, reduces page load time, and helps boost your site’s appearance in search engines.
Don’t just build a website and let it sit! Make sure that it runs at peak performance every day of the year by hiring Let’s Talk Graphics to maintain your business website for you! Each and every day of the week (and weekends too!), you can count on the following actions:
Technical Support
My personal line, when you have questions about your website.
Content Mods
Content is king; the #1 way to attract new site visitors.
Account Monitor
Monitor domain name and hosting plan expiration & renewal dates.
Technical Issues?
I’m your personal webmaster. Your problem is my problem.
Business Consulting
Maximize the effectiveness of your website in day-to-day business.
Pricing
Varies based on level and types of service in your personal plan: $45-450+
Did you know? Adding and maintaining the text that visitors read and click through is called content management.
Updates
WordPress websites in particular require regular maintenance. Maintenance includes updating core WordPress files, plugins & extensions. Updates to plugins occur often; daily in some cases. Plugin updates generally include minor bug fixes, but some include security fixes for critical vulnerabilities. It is important for website owners to differentiate between important and critical and apply updates accordingly. (For example, you do not want to apply updates during the height of the day when your site may have active visitors. And if you are on a shared hosting plan, you can’t always rely on so-called ‘automatic’ overnight updates.)
Backups
We’ve all been there. The computer crashes, we lose our data, and can never get it back because we didn’t back up.
Any website can be hacked but don’t make it easy on the ‘bad guys’. Just layer up and use all available means of protection.
Technical Support
Web development companies happily develop your website, but will they be there for you when you have questions? Rather than saying “I don’t know, try calling the hosting company”, I answer your call, take time to understand your question, and then do my best to provide answers & quick resolutions. (I spent over a decade of my life in phone tech support. I know how important
Content Modifications
Do you write content? If not, why not? You know more about your business than anybody else! You are the perfect copywriter for your website. Write your own content and I’ll post it!
Or you could hire me to do your copywriting for you. We’ll discuss the fact that website maintenance plan holders already receive up to 4 hours of time each month for content modifications. If your project requires more than 4 hours during any 30-day period, we will negotiate a fair monthly project rate.
Account Monitoring
Hosting account, email account, ICANN confirmations, domain name renewals, on-file credit card expirations – the list of things easily forgotten is lengthy. Unfortunately, forgetting could spell loss-of-control over your website. I monitor your accounts and keep you apprised of upcoming renewals and important administrative-level tasks.
Technical Issues?
The last thing anybody wants to hear is ‘sorry, I can’t help you with that problem’. I’ve been working in web & software development since 1990, and on computers in general since 1982. There isn’t much in this arena that I can’t help with, or at least find answers to through research.
Business Consulting
I won’t claim to know how to run your business, but what good is a website without instruction? Each month I look over a myriad of reports and give you ideas on how to improve the online presence part of your brick-and-mortar business.