How to congratulate friends in contact on the New Year

Other unusual ways for any person

We will not go into detail about each of these points, but will talk about them briefly, since their execution is very simple and intuitive.

Take a photo yourself against the background of various birthday attributes (cake, balloons) and, using photomontage, take a “joint” photo with the birthday person. This is how you can congratulate your boyfriend or girlfriend.
If we still talk about photographs, then you can make a photo presentation in which some photographs of a person will be collected (funny ones, perhaps), and the presentation will be synchronized with music.
Creating a photo collage from individual photos that together create a complete picture.

Example:

Alternatively, you can hold a group video call and gather all the relatives of the celebrant. This can be done either through the same VK, or through third-party services (ZOOM, for example). BE SURE to notify everyone who will be at this virtual party about this by posting a post-invitation the day before the celebration.

There are a huge number of activities and entertainment for such an occasion: dancing, the game “Crocodile”, a themed party, simple conversation, completing challenges and much more.

Happy birthday greetings in VK for birthday people

Today is a joyful holiday, your birthday, May it be a fabulous evening with gifts and fun.

And life plays with colors, With different events, Let fate be kind, Let your efforts not be in vain.

Luck is relentless Let it follow step by step, Always be lucky in a big way, Lead to a victorious end.

Let everything you want come true, whatever you don’t like, let it be forgotten, All good things will multiply, Well, everything in life will turn out great.

On your birthday today, I wish that your family will always be nearby! May this day be like a fireworks explosion! Beautifully, brightly illuminated your world!

Let every minute be the best, Let there be sun in the sky, not clouds! And if suddenly there are tears, then let them only be from happiness! And life will be sweet, without trouble and bad weather!

I wish you health and a rich life, a gorgeous dacha, a big salary. Let everything in life be just “Wow!” Yes, “Ah!” Let both ears ring with happiness.

A trip to Cyprus and a coat from Gabbana. And unscheduled bonuses in both pockets. May your mood always be great and your birthday last for weeks.

May the years have no power over you, May troubles pass you by, But health and great happiness Always walk next to you.

I congratulate you on your birthday today, and I wish you not to “sour”, not to “get wet” anymore because of trifles! Just enjoy life and smile at fate for all its surprises, so that it doesn’t want to upset you anymore! So that everyone who is close to you would like to sing joyful songs, have fun under the warm rays of the sun, infecting others with this optimism... May this chain one day circle the entire earth and return to you again, keeping your spirit in good shape!

Happy birthday: May good luck come to your home, May there be great joy, Life, of course, without hassle!

Let the birds sing wonderfully, Let the bright light flow, Let the soul strive forward, Let the heart search for the answer!

I wish you prosperity, a career from the bottom of my heart, Peace, happiness, miracles, faith, Fabulously great love!

Be a cute bunny, a playful kitten, a fox - a cunning kind friend. A beautiful star, With a dangerous look, Love and luck to you on your birthday!

I wish you sparkling eyes! Smiles and sun and laughter! Let the finest hour come and turn your head with success! May your birthday give you peace and joy!

I wish you sweets on this holiday mood, let everything be “chocolate”. Happy Birthday!

Let love be vanilla, Let passion be marmalade, Don’t be afraid to fall into a caramel whirlwind of emotions.

Let your life be delicious, Be a subtle gourmet in it, After all, with candy intention You will conquer your goal faster.

Stories on VK became available to communities

Stories – “stories”, “Stories”, “moments”, “Stories”. On social networks these are photos or short videos. You can put inscriptions, drawings, stickers on them. Files are visible for 24 hours after publication, then deleted.

Instagram was the first social network where this format appeared. Then the baton was picked up by other platforms (Facebook, Yandex.Zen, etc.). Although VKontakte had Stories, they were only available to “selected” people or as another advertising tool.

Previously, VKontakte users or communities who had a verification checkbox, a certain number of subscribers, etc. could publish news in this way. Now “Stories” is available to all communities without exception.

You can view the latest sketches on the news page and in the communities sidebar. Personal Stories and Group Stories are shown in one row. Entries are added from a phone, tablet or PC.

The number of views is visible next to each publication. When you click on the counter, a list of those who watched the Story opens.

Subscribers can comment on Stories. Their messages are sent to the group or their story. You cannot advertise products and services of third-party projects in stories. Information must comply with the rules of the social network.

How to turn on birthday reminders

If you want to receive notifications about other friends, then you need to enable this function in the page settings. You can see who was born today in your profile notifications. To do this, click on the bell icon at the top of the page.

If one of your friends has a birthday today, then the number of new notifications (this is the red number that is displayed next to the bell) will increase by one, and in the window itself there will be a line “Today is the birthday of...”.

If such notifications do not arrive, then in the “Notifications” window, click on the “Settings” button.

Your profile settings window will open on the “Alerts” tab. In the “Type of Events” section, you need to check the box next to the “Birthdays” field.

In these simple ways you can find out on VKontakte when your friends were born, and now you will certainly not forget to congratulate the right person.

Postcard via app

The social network VKontakte has many unofficial, but quite interesting applications that will help you send postcards. You will find one of them at this address: https://vk.com/app2406713 Immediately after launch, you will see the interface of this simple application. At the top of it you will find various holidays, their categories and so on. Everything is in Russian, so there should be no problems with understanding. Just below is a text search. That is, you can enter there, for example: “Happy Birthday” or “Happy New Year”, and the program will give you thematic cards. At the bottom of the interface there are directly colorful postcards. In order to send one of them, select it, click LMB, and then select one of the options:

Post it on your wall;
Send to a friend;
Put it on your avatar;
Send to the wall of a group or public;
Place the card in your album;
Make a photo status. You've probably seen this many times, you just, like me, didn't know that it was called a photostatus. Try it at your leisure;
Save to your computer.

Choose what you need and the postcard will be sent. By the way, there is another way - to congratulate the person. We have already written an article about how to give a gift in VKontakte. But let's continue, let's look at another method, which may seem more convenient to some, since you don't have to use any VKontakte application.

Celebratory words for birthday in VK

I go to the Internet, load the page, I hasten to congratulate my friend, I wanted to write, first I sent a personal message, But I see that the VKontakte wall is open. I wish you health, good eyesight, May you walk more and sit here less, Please accept my heartfelt congratulations, May what you have long wanted come true: Women flock to your profile, And “likes” under the photos will fill everything, It is advisable that they write first, You will be happy about such an event.

Happy birthday and I wish you Happiness, joy, success, good health, laughter!

Love, good luck, inspiration And all wishes come true, To live richly and without troubles for at least another hundred years!

I wish you immodest profits, a huge account in a Swiss bank, a large dacha outside the city, and good health to boot. I wish you all kinds of success in life, and most importantly, reliable friends. May your happiness boldly rejoice on your birthday.

Happy Birthday! We wish you health, good luck, love, luck, peace, kindness, smiles, prosperity. May all your dreams come true. May your life be long and smooth, full of bright and memorable events!

May this day be special and the most joyful of the year, May none of your loved ones forget - Everyone will come together to congratulate you.

Let a magician suddenly fly in, As it is sung in a song, Let happiness visit the house And stay there forever!

So that you live happily and long, we congratulate you on your birthday, as has been the custom in Rus' for a long time, we wish you happiness and joy!

On this day, an angel knocked on the door where your parents lived. And the gift they desired was given to them, the brightest and most delightful! Now I would like to wish that your path is strewn with goodness, that fate always smiles, and that warmth settles in your soul!

We are not afraid of distances, After all, you and I are friends, To send congratulations, I mastered the Internet. There is a magical site “VKontakte”, And I found your profile, To congratulate you on your birthday, I personally went to the wall. Let everything be as you want, May you be lucky in life and love, Only there is too much “VKontakte”, My dear friend, don’t sit.

How many years have you lived? I won't count. I really want to wish you on this day: Don’t grow old, don’t get sick, don’t get bored And celebrate birthdays for many more years!

Health - vigor, Dreams - submission, Luck - constancy, Happy space! Mistakes - absurdity, Victories - a taste of sweetness, Friends - especially faithful, Great career steps, Love - drunk with happiness, No place for deception, Money - a good balance, For travel - your own plane, All plans - implementation, For you, for the Day birth!

Where to watch birthdays from your phone

If you want to see other VKontakte friends from your phone, then download the VKontakte application from the Play Market or App Store.

Next, open the side menu and select “Friends” from it.

Then, next to the page title, click on the arrow.

From the drop-down menu, select "Birthdays".

The list at the top will show users who are celebrating their name day today. Just below you can see which of your friends is having a birthday in the next month.

The good thing is that it displays how old the user will be if there is a year of his birth. But you won’t be able to see who was born in 3 or 4 months.

Let's show you how to view birthdays on VK using the Kate Mobile application for Android mobile phones.

Download the application and go to your profile. Next, click on the three vertical dots in the upper right corner.

Select "Birthdays" from the list.

The page with the dates of your friends will open on the nearest person who will celebrate the name day. You can scroll the list up or down. In the example, I can scroll down and see who was born not only in April, but also in May, June, and so on.

But this application does not show how old a person is or has turned, unlike the official VKontakte application.

Posts before the New Year 2021: what to write about on social networks?

Psst, can you feel it? The New Year's content plan is on the heels. He needs to be caught and put into work urgently. New Year is very close!

We have collected 11 ideas for posts and told you what you can write about on social networks. Read quickly and run to prepare posts. Because... well, you remember... New Year is very close...

1. Post with the results of the year. Traditional and so familiar, but annually relevant. The post can be formatted in various formats. Here's what we offer:

Interview with the head of the company.
Wins and losses of 2021.
All cases of the outgoing year.
Post-story in storytelling format: what has changed, what you have come to and what plans you are making.

An example of our post with results that we posted last year.
2. New Year's ideas. Collect all the ideas that you can offer to your subscribers. At the same time, be sure to focus on the focus of your brand. For example, if you have a store, then make “New Year’s gift ideas from *company name.” In this list, collect the TOP products that quickly sold out during the year, or, on the contrary, tell us about those that are in stock.

Here are a couple more topics for:

Restaurants: “New Year’s Recipe Ideas.”
Beauty salons: “Hairstyle/manicure/pedicure ideas for the New Year.”
Fitness clubs: “5 ideas for PP bars that you can prepare yourself and give to your fitness-loving friends.”

Last year, Tinkoff Bank wrote a blog article about New Year's gifts and announced it on social networks.
3. Congratulations. Yes, it’s a little banal, but there’s no way around it. We need to congratulate you on the holiday. The main thing is to do it sincerely and from the heart.

Choose the format yourself:

Congratulate with a video.
Post congratulations + photo of your team.
New Year's GIF with accompanying text.

Last year, Sberbank organized an advertising campaign with a famous personality.
She congratulated clients on the holiday. 4. A post about preparing for the New Year. Show the internal life of the company: what happens in the office, how the offices are decorated, how employees close projects before the holidays, etc. Let your customers see that there are people behind every business. And New Year's preparations are very similar to theirs. It brings us closer together.

A famous pizzeria, for example, showed the Christmas trees in the establishment and asked its guests to take photos with them.

5. New Year's competition . Hold a big draw with the same gifts. Launch it early to reward the winners before the holidays. It would be better if the competition was made creative and linked to the New Year. Leave the giva with subscription and marks for other months.

Here are some competition ideas:

Come up with a poem about the company using the brand name and New Year's words.
Make a video on a New Year's theme.
Tell us about your dream.
Take a beautiful New Year's photo with a brand product.
Draw a New Year's mascot for your company.

You can ask users what they want as a gift.
6. Plans for 2021 . Tell your clients and partners what you will be doing in the coming year. People like this kind of sincerity. Be confident in your plans and don’t forget to share your results throughout the year. Subscribers will watch you with interest!

Example of a blogger post.

7. Promotions. Come up with nice bonuses for your clients and tell them about New Year's promotions. Just remember to limit them in time or quantity.

Here are some ideas:

10-15% discount on any product.
Certificate for n-amount as a gift.
Lottery with prizes for every buyer.
New Year's accessory as a gift: gingerbread cookies, Christmas ball, etc.

That year, Svyaznoy pleased with discounts and promotional codes for purchases from partners.
8. Final interview with specialists. Let each of your employees talk about the past year: what happened, what they grew in, what they have not achieved yet. One of the differences this year is the spring quarantine. People will be interested to hear stories from experts about this period of life, because quarantine has affected everyone. Well, such interviews bring people closer together: users see the people who are responsible for this brand. The company is not faceless. The company is these people.

In what formats can posts be submitted?

Every day - an interview with one specialist.
One general interview with everyone.
Interview in video format.
Live broadcast with answers to questions.

Example of an interview with a manager.
9. Trends for the coming year. You are the expert. And you understand your field. Therefore, write a hypothesis post on social networks. Predict what awaits your industry in 2021. Such posts often gain good activity, because... everyone wants to discuss something that doesn’t exist yet.

Last year, TexTerra executives made their predictions about Internet marketing trends.

10. Rewarding the most active users of the community . Don't forget to thank those who constantly liked and commented on your posts throughout the year with gifts. This way your already active subscribers will become even more loyal, and your passive ones will want to become active. Because everyone loves to receive gifts. As an option: hint that you will hold such awards before all official holidays.

What you can give to users:

Paid stickers on VKontakte.
Certificate for your services.
Discount coupons.
Gift boxes.

An example of an activity draw.
But you can sum up the results for the whole year. 11. A selection of unusual questions that clients asked this year . People love everything non-standard. And this fact can be used in the New Year’s content plan. Collect all the unusual questions that you have been asked and put them in the form of a post. It will be good if you can play it off with humor.

There should be an example here, but there isn't. Because I didn’t find such a post from anyone. Be one of the first!

Well, don’t forget that all these posts need to be designed with a New Year’s visual. Yellow garland lights, red socks, candy canes - all this will give your photos a festive atmosphere. Make it beautiful, bright and New Year’s. Your subscribers will love it!

How to find out a friend's birthday

In order to find out the significant date of a certain VKontakte friend or any user who may not be on your list of friends, go to the main page of his profile.

If the person is your friend, find him in this list and click on his name.

Under the name there will be a “Birthday” field. The full date may be indicated, or maybe only the date and month - it’s whatever the user wants.

If such a field is missing, it means that the person hid this information in the settings of his page, or did not indicate it at all.

When and how much to post

You are allowed to post up to 50 stories per day. The material is uploaded in a series or collected into a single plot. The size of 1 file should not exceed 5 MB, the duration of the video should not exceed 15 seconds.

Posted content can be edited for 24 hours. The administrator has the right to delete “stories,” add new ones, and change places. It is important to choose a number of frames that will interest visitors, but not tire them.

Popular formats are determined empirically. The community moderator studies how the audience reacts to the story and what topics they respond to best.

To create a story, it is convenient to use photos from the gallery that were taken no later than 24 hours. The Stories format is incredibly popular among communities and advertisers. The “short photo and video story” format helps to interact with subscribers, attract audiences to groups, and also talk about new promotions, discounts and sales.

Original congratulations on VKontakte

The goal of such a message is to surprise; it should be different from the usual templates and not be formal. It could be a creative card, a poem, or just an unusual original text that is beautifully designed. It’s great if you have a talent for creating poetry - you can write a poetic greeting especially for the birthday person. This is certainly better than taking ready-made poems on the Internet. If you are far from poetry, you can ask your friends or even order a poem from professionals.

If you have a rich imagination, you can take some original photo especially for congratulations. For example: you with a bouquet of flowers and/or a cake. And if you are “friendly” with Photoshop, then you can go further and make some kind of unusual photo montage using a photo of the birthday boy. You can accompany your congratulations with music by choosing a composition to match the theme.