Can I Hire Someone to Manage My Website for Me?

Yes, and for most small business owners it is one of the smartest decisions they make. Here is why, and what to look for when hiring.

Most business owners built a site once, usually during a launch push, and then let it sit. No updates, no monitoring, no one checking if the contact form still works. The site slowly degrades. Google starts ranking it lower. Security holes open up. Eventually something breaks in a visible way and it costs real money to fix.

Hiring someone to manage your website means you hand off all of that. A good website manager handles platform and plugin updates so your site does not break or get hacked, performance checks so Google does not penalize your load speed, content updates like hours and staff changes, uptime monitoring so someone gets alerted before your customers notice, and broken link detection and repair.

What you are really buying is reliability. Your site becomes an asset that works 24/7 instead of a liability you are ignoring.

When hiring, look for someone who can name the specific tasks they run each month and show you a reporting cadence. Vague promises about keeping your site healthy do not tell you anything. Ask: what do you do if my site goes down at 11pm? What do you do when a framework update breaks something? Those answers tell you whether they are proactive or reactive.

At Freedman Systems, website management is a flat $199/month. You get a dedicated point of contact, monthly reports, and updates handled on a regular schedule.

Start at freedmansystems.com to get your site under management.