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Are you “Very Responsive”? Facebook Is Now Grading Your Responses To Messages
The pressure is on for Facebook page managers. Facebook is now ranking your response time to messages on your page. To get the “Very responsive to messages” icon below your Page’s cover photo, your Page must have done both of the following over the last 7 days:
Read MoreAre Your Blog Images Retina Friendly?
Retina screens, or screens that contain 2x the pixel density of regular screens, are becoming more widely used in an increasing number of products.
One area where it’s easy to forget about retina-friendly images is in your blog content. Don’t put off updating your images any longer: it is easier than you might think.
Read MoreBroadsword Runs & Guns The BVI’s First Ultramarathon
Broadsword was proud to be involved with the inaugural ultramarathon in the British Virgin Islands, the aptly named Tortola Torture, on 25th April 2015.
We provided live coverage of this 31.6 mile race that featured 5,928 feet of climbing, a similar amount of descent and which took the participants literally from one end of the island to the other via some of the steepest hills on the island.
Read MoreLaunch of New High Impact Web Site For www.bvivillarental.com
BVI Villa Rental, the luxury vacation villa rental division of Coldwell Banker BVI, tasked Broadsword with designing a new website to showcase its portfolio of exceptional and unique properties available for vacation rentals in the BVI.
Read MoreFacebook Updates Algorithm: “Post reach and referral traffic could potentially decline”
Last week Facebook announced three updates to its News Feed algorithm based on feedback from its users, the aim being to offer a better balance between updates from personal contacts and businesses they are connected to.
Read MoreMobilegeddon? Not yet, but your Site Should Be Mobile-Friendly
While it’s not the end of the world yet (Mobilegeddon), it would be sensible, if you haven’t already done so, to start looking at your options for creating a mobile-friendly version of your web site.
Read MoreRed Bull, triathlons and aquathons
Broadsword recently put Red Bull together with the BVI Triathlon Federation for the X-Tri, an off-road triathlon and aquathon event.
Read MoreBertha Waves In SlowMo
During the passing of Tropical Storm Bertha we ventured out to grab some video footage for client Nanny Cay and our in-house web site, www.bvihurricane.com.
Read MoreThe Fine Art Of Frequency: twitter
We find that if we don’t tweet at least five times per day, seven days a week we lose visibility among followers. We tend to keep our tweets spaced out by at least four hours. Engagement with Twitter followers is usually heightened midweek between 1-3pm.
Read MoreThe Fine Art Of Frequency: facebook
Brands often face a dilemma when it comes to social media posts. How often is too often? How little is too little? Are we annoying followers? Will we lose fans? What’s best – weekly, daily or more social media posts? With a variety of clients on our books with a strong social media presence, we were able to try and test different variations when it comes to posting frequency. As a result we were able to figure out what works best for varying social media channels and clients.
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