It’s one thing to develop a new web site or redesign an old one, but keeping a website up-to-date is something entirely different. Websites often get cluttered with trash, bugs, missed updates, because they are poorly maintained. The content gets out-of-date, links are broken, SEO is invalid, etc. In the short term, you may need a website tune-up, a spring cleaning of sorts, but for the long-term you’ll need some outside help or a contract with a web firm to maintain your site on a consistent basis. Anything you care about needs maintenance, therefore your website is just like anything else.
Your Website Can Make Or Break Your Business
In today’s world, a potential customer will most likely visit your website before contacting your business for any product or service, and they’ll probably do it on a mobile device. It’s important that your site looks good to everyday users. Is it easy to navigate? Does it provide the information that your customer is looking for? These are essential elements for your website. If your website is un-responsive and outdated, you’ve lost credibility and probably sales. If you have a significant investment in your professionally developed web site, then get a professional to maintain it for you.Your company gets the benefit of an experienced professional within your budget.
Davidson Belluso offers services with a monthly retainer or a per-hour rate – whichever suits your budget. When you have a professional working on your website, you can expect updates to be handled quickly and professionally. Also included with our Web Services are back-up’s of your website. In the event that your server crashes, Davidson Belluso can provide a backup copy of your website.
Disaster Recovery/backups
When it comes to your website “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is dangerous. It is not a matter of “IF” but “WHEN”. Web servers get compromised. It could be a hardware failure, a hacker, a virus, or your hosting company made a change, whatever happened, leaves you with the problem caused by another. You will need regular backups because you never know when the disaster will happen.
Davidson Belluso includes a back-up service with our services by default since we always do a back-up before we do anything to your website. We keep a working copy of your website on an off-line protected private web server and in most cases, we can restore your website in a few minutes or a few hours depending on the disaster. Don’t wait for the inevitable to happen to find out your system is vulnerable.
Website Maintenance Benefits
- Bug fixes
- Updates to any plugins and CMS upgrades (if using a Content Management System)
- Check for broken links
- Regular website backups
- General search engine optimization
- Analytical reporting
- Updating news information about your staff or company information
- Adding new promotions or monthly specials
- Content updates (photos, wording etc.)
As technology has evolved, website software has evolved. Keeping updated, secure, faster and more visible websites to search engines is as important as keeping your Office applications or smartphone updated. More importantly, your website is a crucial part of your business and therefore requires extra care to make sure it continues to perform its functions properly and most efficiently.
Website Maintenance Packages
Davidson Belluso provides a variety of website maintenance packages that are customized to the needs of each of our clients. A full-service package includes services such as:
- Website Hosting
- E-Commerce Support
- Site Performance Check and Recommendations
- 24/7 Security Monitoring (via email and text messaging)
- 24/7 Website Uptime Monitoring
- Daily Full-site and Database Backups
- Twice Monthly WordPress Core Updates
- Twice Monthly Theme/Plugin Updates
- Quarterly Site Performance Optimization for Fast Page Loading
- Database Optimization
- Spam Comment Management
- Install New Plugins as requested
- Assist with Database and User Setup
- Monthly SEO report
- 30-minute Response Time (during business hours 8:00am to 5:00pm AZT)
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