If you want to hire someone internally to look after your WordPress website, here is an ad that you can place on craigslist.org, kijiji.com, usedanywhere.com or your local online classifieds to find a qualified person to work on your WordPress website. You should expect to pay $20 to $50 per hour depending on experience and ability.
AD SAMPLE:
Posting Title:
WordPress Technician Needed to Help Maintain Website for Local Business
Posting Description:
I am seeking a (your local area)-based WordPress technician to help me maintain my WordPress website for my locally-owned business.
Please include 5 links to WordPress sites you have maintained for at least a year.
Necessary Skills: WordPress, HTML, CSS, PHP, Onsite SEO
Duties:
Keep WordPress updates current
Keep plugins updates current
Install and set up new plugins as needed
Make content updates and changes that we submit to you
Make occasional theme updates that we request
If you are serious about this posting, please also provide the following. We will not considering any responses that omit the following:
– Your location – (your-local-area)? Elsewhere?
– Your status – Are you an agency? An individual? A project manager working with an off-shore team?
– Your hourly rate for WordPress website maintenance.
– Your availability – I am looking for someone to do the transfer ASAP
– Your previous work: provide 3 references of clients that you maintain their WordPress website.
In your response, please include the codeword, Cadillac. This is to ensure that the successful applicant can follow detailed instructions.
Only apply if you have a lot of experience working on WordPress websites.
Thank you.