Today we’d like to introduce you to Mike Montes.
Mike, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I’ve worked in the digital space for the last 12 years. In that time, I’ve watched the industry mold and grow into something that was powerful but undermanaged.
In 2014, I with a few others (Josh Tate, Ish Burciaga & Travis Gates) started a company called Niche Agency. Our goal was simple, to provide agency services (like many before us) to companies locally, statewide and hopefully one day nationally. As time went on, Jost Tate and I wanted a different direction than where we were going so we accepted a deal to take full control of Niche Agency from the other two partners.
We had a great run servicing clients like MLB Hall of Famer, Mike Piazza, Dallas/Ft Worth Area Tourism Council, Gateway Church and many others however it proved more difficult to live the “feast or famine” model and still serve our past clients well so with a heavy heart we made the decision to close the Agency.
Earlier this year, as we continued to get requests ranging from fixing WordPress Hacking issues to content changes on past client’s sites, I realized that there could be something to making this a business with a focus on just maintenance and management of websites. Myself, along with my former senior developer at Niche Agency, decided to partner up to start EnsureWP.
EnsureWP is a full-service WordPress Maintenance & Management company with only one goal, to offer long-term WordPress care plans for companies large and small who need the peace of mind that their site will be well taken care of.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Our struggle has been getting our name out to the people who really need what we offer. We’ve only been at it about 6 weeks but we are seeing a lot of progress with brand recognition.
EnsureWP – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Through the combination of our expertise, experience, and industry partnerships we strive to provide a complete set of hosting and management services for owners, operators, and builders of WordPress websites. We will continually strive to improve and build upon our service offerings for our current and future clients.
What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
The proudest moment in my career has been finding a good work/home life balance. It’s been tough making sacrifices on both sides and I have not always made the best decisions but I am finally feeling like I have a lot more situations in the “wins” column than the “losses”.
Pricing:
- Basic Care – $75
- Complete Care – $150
- Enterprise Care – $375
Contact Info:
- Website: https://ensurewp.com
- Phone: (817) 953-6636
- Email: support@ensurewp.com
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ensurewp/
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/ensurewp/
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