I’m often asked about why WordPress designers, freelancers and agencies should outsource their WordPress Maintenance. In this post I go through the reasons why I believe you should.
It’s not what you do – our motto is “Do what you love to do”. Carrying out updates and worrying about backups and security is not why you got into WordPress designing or development so, why do it? You know it needs to be done, its part of a great service offering but it’s not the sexy, most mind blowing part of WordPress! By outsourcing you can be sure that at a minimum all the basic maintenance tasks are being carried out. On top of the basics most providers offer additional services that will add value to your Care Plan and provide more benefits to your clients.
The result is that you can provide a first class after care service for your clients, while being able to concentrate on growing your business. You can also get back to what you love to do, namely building shiny new websites for shiny new clients.
Not only do you get back time that’s far better spent on your business you could start to earn a reliable, recurring monthly revenue stream.
Virtually all WordPress maintenance / care plan providers offer a range of schemes so you earn money including:
Referral schemes – you get paid for every client you recommend that signs up. You do however loose part of the customer relationship and they will be dealing with a 3rd party company.
White label services – you pay a discounted rate for the chosen care plan and charge your customers directly. You retain the relationship with the customer and the customer believes they are dealing with you.
There are loads of companies out there providing WordPress care plans – I hope you choose us, but you need to choose a company that firstly offers what you need at a price that’s affordable to you and, secondly, it needs to be a company you can work with, who’s ethos and people match yours