Website maintenance for speakers
Quick answer
Website maintenance for speakers keeps the pages planners and bureaus actually use working: the booking or enquiry form, the showreel, the one sheet download and the topics page. We test those after every update, freeze updates in your event weeks, and keep the site ready when a bureau sends a planner your link. Plans start at $99 a month, and a human engineer replies within 8 to 12 hours.
We already look after websites for working speakers, including Adam Mendler, Aaron Golub and Everest Nevraumont, who have each put their names to reviews of our work. The pattern is always the same: the site is quiet for weeks, then one planner visit decides a booking.
30 day money back on every plan. Month to month, cancel any time.
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What a broken booking page costs a speaker
A speaker site gets very little traffic compared with a shop, but each visit is worth more. When a planner clicks through from a bureau shortlist, they are deciding between you and two or three other names. If the enquiry form fails or the page hangs, they rarely try again. They book the next name.
So the cost of downtime is not measured in visits. It is one lost engagement at your fee. That is why we test the enquiry form itself after every change, not just whether the homepage loads.
Showreel and video embeds that break after updates
The most common fault we see on speaker sites is a showreel that stops playing. A page builder update changes how embeds load, a privacy or cookie plugin blocks the video player, or a speed plugin delays the script until the planner has already scrolled away.
On every update we play the showreel and topic videos on staging, on desktop and on a phone, before anything goes live.
One sheet PDF hosting that keeps working
Bureaus and planners want the one sheet: a PDF with your topics, bio and headshots. Links to it break when files are renamed during a media library clean up, when a security plugin blocks direct file access, or when the site moves host.
We keep the one sheet at a stable address, check the download after updates, and make sure it is not so heavy that it fails on a phone at an airport.
Bureau and agent referral readiness
When an agent sends your link, the site has to answer three questions fast: what you speak about, who you have spoken for, and how to check availability. We keep those pages loading quickly, make sure the contact route reaches the right inbox, and confirm the form sends to both you and your agent if that is how you work.
- Enquiry form tested after every change
- Form copies to your agent or bureau contact
- Topics and testimonials pages kept fast
- Headshots and press kit downloads checked
Event week update freeze
Before a big keynote, your site gets more visits than usual: attendees look you up, organisers share the link, press check the bio. That is the worst week for a surprise.
Tell us your event dates and we freeze non security updates for that week. Security patches still go on, after staging tests. The week after, we catch up on the held updates.
Two weeks before
Full check of forms, video, downloads and speed. Any fixes done now.
Event week
Update freeze except security patches. Extra uptime watching.
Week after
Held updates applied on staging first, then live.
Which plan suits a speaker site
Most speaker sites sit well on Care at $99 a month or Care Plus at $199, which adds a named engineer and 30 minutes of edits a month for new testimonials, topics and dates. If your site sells courses or books directly, Commerce at $349 adds checkout monitoring. If the site is down right now, emergency help is a flat $249.
Questions people ask us
What does website maintenance for speakers include?+
Tested updates, verified backups, monitoring and security, plus checks on the pages speakers rely on: enquiry form, showreel, one sheet download and topics page.
Can you freeze updates during my event?+
Yes. Send us your event dates and we hold non security updates that week, then apply them on staging first the week after.
My showreel stopped playing. Can you fix it?+
Yes. It is usually a page builder, cookie or speed plugin change. If you are on a plan it is included; if not, emergency help is a flat $249.
Do you work with speaker bureaus?+
Yes. Bureaus can send speakers on their roster to us for site care, and we keep the enquiry form routing to the agent where needed.
How fast do you reply?+
A human engineer replies within 8 to 12 hours on every plan.
Do I need to move my hosting?+
No. We work on your existing hosting and your existing site.
Keep reading
Website care plans
The plans behind speaker site care, from $99.
Partnerships for bureaus
How speaker bureaus work with us.
Website care for coaches
Membership, course and launch day cover.
Client reviews
Named reviews, including working speakers.
Pre event checklist
What to check before a keynote.
Emergency help
Site down right now. Flat $249.
Talk to the engineer who will look after your site
Book a free 15 minute review. We look at your site, your hosting and your plugins, then tell you plainly what it needs. A human replies within 8 to 12 hours.
30 day money back on every plan. Month to month, cancel any time.