How to repost a VKontakte post from a computer and mobile phone: simple instructions

What is repost

Reposting is one of the main functions in social networks, which allows you to add pictures, informational articles, videos, posts and other similar content to your page, to your personal group, or send them to a friend in a message. In this case, a link to the source is retained, and such an entry cannot be edited unless you are its author.

Repost (from the English post - “announce, report”, re - “once again, again”) is literally translated as the repeated publication of a message within one site.

Let's get straight to the examples. The first is a repost on my own VKontakte page. I saved a series of funny pictures so that my friends could see them and, if necessary, I would not lose this record.

The second is a repost on Elon Musk’s Twitter. On his page, he reposted a tweet from the company SpaceX, of which he is the founder, regarding the next space mission.

On the Internet you will find different repost wordings that are relevant for various social networks. For example, retweet (Twitter), repost, share, tell friends.

Why are reposts needed?

Learning how to repost is as easy as clearing a wall on VK; The process will be described in more detail below, but for now, a few words about why they are needed. The owner of a VKontakte account can repost a post in a group or on a wall in order to:

• share your favorite thought, picture or link - in this case, as already mentioned, this is almost the same as liking;
• take part in an online competition, one of the conditions of which is to repost the ad;
• advertise, in accordance with the terms of commercial cooperation, this or that product - such offers usually come to the owners of popular pages and groups;
• saving an interesting post for personal use is not the best from the point of view of confidentiality, but a reliable way not to lose the data of interest - in the future, using the link, you can either download several images from the news to your computer.

Important: quite often VKontakte users are offered not only the opportunity to participate in a competition, but also money for reposting. Typically, such statements are deceptive and serve only to promote the group - however, if they are not accompanied by a request to provide personal data or even change the password in VK in accordance with the proposal of the community administrator, they are completely safe.

Why are reposts needed and who does them?

Reposts are made by ordinary users of social networks when they want to share some information. These could be jokes, memes, philosophical quotes, unusual photographs, videos, interesting articles.

It could also be some kind of warning information, for example, a repost about heavy fog or a traffic cop raid:

Reposts are used to promote commercial groups and communities, as well as individual accounts.

Using reposts you can raise money for charitable purposes:

Reposts also help to search for people, animals and lost/found things:

Why does the owner of a social network community need a repost?

If you are the owner of a social network community, then you can repost interesting posts to your group for friendly or advertising purposes. Basically, of course, the second one. For example, you have a group with 10,000 subscribers, and you sell advertising space on its wall. A person with a group of 1000 people can buy this service, and you will repost on your wall and earn money.

Thus, you can still earn money from reposts !

A similar service is provided by the Freelance community with 60,000 subscribers:

Example of the cost of an advertising repost:

Also, reposting is important for the owners of a social network community when it is done by subscribers, from a promotion point of view. If posts are willingly shared by people, this increases audience reach, which is important for promoting the group.

Subscribers can independently repost if they liked the content, or they can be motivated. For example:

Or organize a repost contest, which we will talk about in more detail below.

What is the difference between a post and a repost?

As you noticed, the word repost consists of two words. Don’t be confused: a post is a specific post on a wall, in a group, and not a posting from another source . You can create a post yourself, but you retain the authorship. We have a separate article on this topic: What is a post, posting, posting on the Internet and how to make money from it

A repost is a verbatim quotation of this entry with a link to the source.

Here is a post posted by the MovieBlog group on VKontakte:

And this is a repost that I made on my page:

Advantages of reposts

The main advantages of the VKontakte repost option include the following:

• Convenience.
• Functionality (due to the fact that you can specify not only the recipient, but also add your own comment to the post);
• The ability to send quick messages without additional procedures, such as copying a link to a post and then pasting it into the text field of the message, or a form to fill out on the wall of a profile, or community, group.
• There is no need to download and install a third-party application extension.

How to repost a post

Let's look at how to repost a post using VKontakte as an example. In this section, I will talk about the basic actions associated with reposting, which are the same for all social networks.

I will talk about how to repost on other sites in the next paragraph and mention the features, if any.

To repost, you must click on the appropriate button under the post. This can be an arrow with a rounded end (VKontakte, Facebook, Odnoklassniki), circular arrows (Twitter). For example:

What does the repost button look like on VKontakte?

What does the repost button look like on Twitter?

The numbers next to the button show how many people reposted.

Let's try to repost. If you click on the button, the following menu window will appear:

Let's figure out what it all means.

Repost on your wall

The first option is to repost it on the wall of your page. In this case, all your friends and other people will see the recording if the appropriate privacy settings are set.

If you wish, you can leave your thoughts and opinions in the “Your comment” window.

After clicking on “Share post”, the social network will notify you that the action has been completed, and the repost will appear on the page wall:

Please note: if you repost, the post will automatically be “liked”. You can remove it, but the post on your wall will remain.

what is this, reposting a post to a page

Every day on the social network VK, users post thousands and thousands of publications. Some share photos illustrating their busy lives, some publish creative videos, others highlight events that are important for themselves or society as a whole. And often there is a desire to share the posts you like. We will tell you how to repost on VKontakte and what these reposts are in general in this article.

What is a repost?

As always, we start the instructions with theory. Repost is an English word, and translated it means “reposting”. But, like many other Internet terms, the word entered the Russian language as a neologism in its original form, and not in translation. “So what is a VKontakte repost,” you ask. It’s simple - it’s publishing a post on your page, but maintaining a link to the original source. Let's say your friend posted a photo of you on the page. Of course, you can save the photo to your computer and then publish it on your profile. Or you can repost the post on your wall. In this case, the publication will not be considered your author, because will lead directly to your friend’s page.

Why is it sometimes better to use repost? Well, firstly, it’s faster - to upload the desired post to your page, it takes one click of the mouse. Secondly, this way you respect copyright. Few people care about this in Russian realities, but potential problems are still easier to avoid. Finally, reposting on VKontakte allows you to save the overall count of likes and, if we are talking about poll posts, votes.

From here we conclude that reposting is a trick either for lazy users or for people counting on mass sharing of published information.

How to repost VK

The theory is complete - brief information will be more than enough. Let's move on to the practical part - instructions on how to repost on VKontakte. Actually, you don’t have to perform any complex manipulations - reposting is done in a few mouse clicks.

So, you saw some interesting post on VKontakte - from a friend, a user outside the contact list, in a group or public. We follow the simplest instructions:

1.Click on the megaphone icon located under the entry you like;

2. Select an audience;

3.Add your comment or additional material if desired;

4.Click “Share post”.

The general scheme for publishing a repost looks exactly like this. But it would be dishonest on our part to ignore the details regarding all the features of the function. Therefore, we will briefly talk about them.

Item 1. Comments and additional materials. Often, it is not enough for users to simply repost a post - they want to comment on it or add something to it. VKontakte provides such an opportunity. Before publishing, you can write your comment, as well as attach a photo, video, audio recording or document, for example, a funny gif. Oh yes, you can also repost using a timer by setting the time for posting it on your page.

Point 2. Audience selection. This is a very important point, because... the option you choose determines where the repost will be made. There are three options available: friends and subscribers, community subscribers, private messages.

Most often, users choose the first option – friends and subscribers. In this case, you repost directly to your wall, and usually no questions arise along the way.

Option two – community subscribers. Here you are already reposting to a group or public page of which you are the administrator. In this case, the repost is published on behalf of the group or public, and not from your personal account.

Finally, option three is personal messages. You need to check this box if you want to share the post you like with a specific person. Your interlocutor will receive a standard chat message, which will contain the reposted entry.

Point 3. Post export. And here's one final tidbit. It turns out that you can create a link for external resources that will lead to the selected publication. This is needed, first of all, for brand owners and SMM specialists. Let’s say in the VK group you post the latest news, promotions, etc., but at the same time you also have a separate brand website. As an alternative to cross-posting, you can simply make a link to the repost, or rather to the original source.

By the way, reposts can also be done from your phone. The scheme is, in general, the same. And if you want to delete the repost, then we do the same as with regular posts: click on the cross and select “Delete”.

As you can see, everything is, in general, very simple. But sometimes users still encounter problems. And now we will talk about them.

Reposts are not fasted

Let's not intimidate you. All problems boil down to one thing - it’s impossible to repost. Why does this happen and how can it be fixed?

The problem may be purely technical: a failure in the VK social network itself, a poor Internet connection, blocking of the site by the provider, etc. Naturally, in all these cases, the entire VKontakte service will work intermittently. Well, users can only wait for everything to settle down.

However, most often reposts are not available due to privacy settings. For example, in closed VKontakte groups, all entries are private, which means you cannot make reposts even with a personal message.

The same situation applies to personal profiles. If the user has limited the circle of people to whom a particular post is available, it can no longer be shared.

So, let's make a small conclusion. VKontakte reposts are the forwarding of a post published by a user or community. Reposting is better than creating a new post when you want to share a post quickly and while preserving the original source, and also if you need to maintain your like count. And, in general, a repost becomes a regular post on your wall, which can simply be deleted at any time.

So don't be shy, repost good posts and promote quality shares on VKontakte.

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How to repost on other social networks

In this section, you will learn how to repost on other social networks. They do not differ in their main functions - almost everywhere you can repost a post to your page, message or group. But we will definitely consider the differences if there are any.

Instagram

On Instagram, unfortunately, you cannot share an interesting photo or post on your page. There is no official feature, but it can be done using third-party applications.

All the user can do is forward the post to Direct to his friends or post a link to it on another social network (in messages or on a page).

To do this, click on the three dots in the upper right corner above the entry:

Select “Share with...”:

We decide what to do with the recording. You can send it to friends in messages on VKontakte, WhatsApp, Direct to a page on VKontakte, as well as by mail, in other applications, and so on.

We will post a post on the VKontakte page. To do this, click on the corresponding button, which will move us to the editor, where you can leave a comment, attach a media file, set privacy and postpone the recording:

After sending, the repost will appear on the page:

In the same way, you can share a post if you click on the paper airplane arrow under the post, but in this case you can send it either to yourself in your story or via direct message:

Let's look at how else you can repost on Instagram.

How to repost someone else's post to your account

If such a need arises, this can be done using third-party programs. For example, Repost for Instagram. To do this, you will need to download the application from the official store (Google Play or App Store), and then upload the desired entry into it.

It sounds confusing, but in reality everything is simpler. I found detailed video instructions on how to repost someone else's post to your account. The girl tells how to do this for Android and Apple devices.

How to repost on Instagram in stories

Find an interesting entry and click on the arrow below it:

Next, select the “Add post to your story” option.

Attention: this option will not be available if the group is closed!

Setting up the story:

That's all! Now your subscribers can watch it, while maintaining a link to the account from which the repost was made:

Actions on behalf of a group in VK

As you know, some actions on VKontakte can be performed on behalf of the community. Today we will talk about the main capabilities of a group administrator on VKontakte.

Sending messages

Any group administrator can write to another user on behalf of the community. But there is one nuance here. You can write only to those people who have previously written to the community (or subscribed to the mailing list, if the corresponding application is used).

This opportunity is used to send important information to your subscribers, to notify you about various promotions, sweepstakes, sales, events, etc. This is not only an opportunity to competently manage your community and communicate with your audience, but also an excellent marketing tool.

Repost post

Having seen an interesting and high-quality post in the news feed, you may have a desire to share it with your subscribers in the group. Copying all the information manually, creating a new record, is time-consuming and ineffective. And plagiarism is not always welcomed by the audience. Another thing is reposting, when a post is published along with the source.

Therefore, VKontakte provides the opportunity to share posts with subscribers of your public.

Create an event

If you need to call people to a meeting, invite them to a concert, performance or performance, organize a meeting with subscribers, etc., create an event. On the VK social network, this can also be done on behalf of the community.

This function will allow you to notify all community members about the occurrence of an event, regardless of whether they were invited or not.

What is maximum repost

Often in a post, authors call for “maximum repost.”

This term is mentioned when the author:

• Wants to spread information extremely quickly;
• I want this post to be seen by as many people as possible.

Maximum reposting is usually needed for posts that deal with the search for missing people, urgent fundraising for an operation, and any important events (accident, power outage, water, gas, etc.). More often than not, people realize the importance of this information and help spread it.

How to make money from reposts

You can earn money by reposting on social networks! I already mentioned one of the methods at the beginning of the article - this. That is, if you are the owner of a group with an audience of 5,000 people or more, you can repost from other less popular communities, contributing to their promotion, for money.

But ordinary users can also make money from reposts. Community owners, trying to promote themselves, order paid surveys on special sites. All that remains for the user is to perform an action in one click and receive money.

Similar work can be found on axle boxes. We won’t go into details [read the separate article What are axle boxes, as well as how and how much you can earn from them], I’ll just show a couple of examples of paid tasks from the SeoFast website:

Another way is with the help of special services that promote social networks. It's simple: people order services (for example, 100 reposts), and the performers, whose role you play, do this work.

• Read more: How to make money on likes, reposts, subscriptions on social networks - review of the 7 best sites

Example of tasks from the ForumOK website [detailed review]:

You should not expect that such income will become the main one. This is a cheap job based on simple actions, which is suitable for those who are completely bored.

Repost competitions on social networks

As we have already discussed, you can also earn money by reposting. But the wonders of this button don’t end there – it also acts as a person’s right to participate in a repost competition. You can often come across the following posts on social networks:

Just by reposting the page, you will become a full participant in the drawing and will be able to win something tasty and healthy.

Why are such competitions held? To promote groups. The more reposts, the higher the coverage of the community and the more people will know about it. They offer a variety of prizes: movie tickets, food, certificates or cash rewards.

How to make a drawing in VK for reposts

At its core, a drawing on VK for a repost is the same post as news, pictures, videos that a group can be filled with daily. Therefore, if you want to make your own draw, you should take care of the following things:

• Explain the conditions of the draw in an accessible and clear manner;
• Create a high-quality post . Remember that people will share it, and in order for their friends to want to visit your group, you need to design it beautifully;
• Create an image for the competition. This can be done easily using a graphic editor (just choose a beautiful background and write “Attention, competition!”). The picture can also be downloaded from the Internet;

• Real prize. This could be a small monetary reward if the group is small, or free food if the community’s theme is food delivery. It all depends on the topic of the group. If you “exaggerate” too much with the prize and create a fake competition, then the audience will quickly understand that they want to deceive them, and you will lose subscribers. A striking example is a car giveaway from the IGM gaming community. Although this contributed to a huge number of reposts, it caused a lot of negativity from the public.
• Honestly summarize the results of the competition (repost generators will help you with this);
• Provide evidence that the prize reached the recipient (you can ask the person to take a photo or shoot a video).

Nobody forbids you to see how other people do similar competitions (for example, VKontakte).

Tips for creating and running a competition:

• To make people aware of the competition, you can place it in the “Free sweepstakes directories” . These are groups on social networks that post information about various competitions (for example, Free VKontakte Competitions);
• Don't force people to join a group . This may cause suspicion for the system (blocking should be expected), in addition, after the competition, people will probably cancel their subscription;
• Follow the competition. Make sure that the winner did not cheat and followed all the rules. Check that there are no suspicious individuals among the people who reposted (bots, empty pages). Such omissions can cost you the trust of your audience.

Now let’s learn more about what a repost generator is and how to use it to determine the winner.

Repost generator

The repost generator is a special service that, based on randomness, determines the winner of the repost competition. Let’s say there are 100 people in total – after providing a link to the post, the service randomly gives out one or more winners. Examples of such services:

• randstuff.ru;
• Vkrand.pro;
• Konkursvk.ru.

Thus, if the organizer uses such a service, then the possibility of a “set-up” is practically eliminated. Practically - because such generators can be “tweaked”. Fortunately, the above services eliminate this possibility.

An example of determining the winner using the Randstuff repost generator is given in the video below:

Answers to frequently asked questions

I can’t repost VKontakte to my page – what should I do?

There are two reasons for this:

• Reposting cannot be done from closed and private groups (however, in a private message it is still possible). This is one of the rules of confidentiality;
• The publication was not made on behalf of the group, but by an individual participant. On VKontakte you can only repost posts that are published by the community.

What does it mean to share on VKontakte?

Sharing is the same as reposting, that is, publishing some news or message on your wall.

How many reposts can you make per day?

Depends on the social network:

• VKontakte – 150 reposts per day per 1 page. We recommend maintaining a certain interval of 1-2 minutes, otherwise the social network will think that you are a bot and will ban you;
• On Twitter – 2400 retweets per day, time intervals must also be observed;
• In Odnoklassniki - 16 posts per day, then a filter is turned on, due to which subsequent reposts are not shown in the friends’ feed;
• information could be found Facebook
• YouTube, Tik Tok, Like - no restrictions.

It is unlikely that you will do so many reposts only if you do not earn money this way. But remember that with increased activity, your page may be temporarily frozen.

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Question to the expert

Can I repost from community walls?

Yes, you can, but only if the publics are open. In closed communities, reposts are only available in private messages

Are there any restrictions on reposts?

Yes. You cannot duplicate more than 50 messages per day on a community wall, and more than 150 on a personal wall.

How quickly can I repost messages?

The interval between duplicating records must be at least 30 seconds

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