Managed Remote Talent
Hire an Online Business Manager (OBM)
Coaches, course creators, and consultants usually hit the same ceiling. The offer works, the audience is there, and the constraint becomes the founder personally holding every process, deadline, and contractor in their head. An online business manager takes ownership of that operational layer, which is a different job from an assistant executing tasks you hand over.
What does hire an online business manager (obm) include?
An online business manager from HelpLyncs costs $1,200 to $2,200 per month, flat and all-inclusive, and runs the operational side of your business: launches, team coordination, project timelines, SOPs, and the daily follow-through that keeps commitments from slipping.
What They Handle
What you can hand off
- Launch planning and end-to-end execution management
- Coordinating your contractors: designers, editors, ads, VAs
- Project timelines, deadlines, and weekly accountability
- SOP creation so processes live in documents, not in your head
- Tooling and systems: Notion, ClickUp, Kajabi, HubSpot, Zapier
- Client onboarding and delivery workflows
- Reporting on what shipped, what slipped, and what needs a decision
Who It's For
A fit if you're…
- Coaches and consultants who have outgrown a task-based VA
- Course creators running launches on top of delivery
- Founders who are the bottleneck on every process they own
Why HelpLyncs
Why choose HelpLyncs
Owns outcomes, not tasks
An OBM runs the process end to end instead of waiting for instructions.
Manages your contractors
One person coordinating the freelancers you already work with, so you stop being the hub.
Fully managed by us
We recruit, vet, and quality-control the OBM, and replace them if the fit is wrong.
Half the going rate
From $1,200/month all-inclusive, against $5,000+ for an equivalent US operations hire.
FAQ
Common questions
What does an online business manager actually do?
An OBM runs the operational side of a business: planning and managing launches, coordinating contractors, owning project timelines, documenting processes, and reporting on progress. The distinction from a virtual assistant is ownership. A VA executes tasks you assign; an OBM takes a goal and manages the work to reach it.
How much does an online business manager cost?
Through HelpLyncs, an OBM is $1,200 to $2,200 per month as a flat, all-inclusive rate depending on scope and seniority. Independent OBMs in the US and UK commonly charge $2,500 to $5,000 per month or an equivalent hourly retainer.
What is the difference between an OBM and a virtual assistant?
Scope and accountability. A virtual assistant is the right hire when you know what needs doing and need hands to do it. An OBM is the right hire when you need someone to decide the sequence, hold other people to deadlines, and own whether the launch actually ships.
Can the OBM manage contractors I already work with?
Yes, and most do. Your OBM coordinates your existing designers, editors, ads specialists, and assistants, whether or not they came from HelpLyncs, so you stop being the routing point between everyone.
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