{"id":170315,"date":"2024-01-13T11:47:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T11:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/?p=170315"},"modified":"2024-01-13T11:47:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T11:47:51","slug":"how-to-repost-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/marketing\/how-to-repost-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Repost on Instagram: Advanced Reposting Techniques to Boost Engagement","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Reposting on Instagram, which entails sharing another user’s material on your profile while thanking them, improved my social media strategy substantially. I reposted a fellow Instagrammer’s landscape photo that matched my aesthetic after becoming initially dissatisfied with the slow follower growth and correctly acknowledged them. The original creator shared my repost, exposing me to a larger audience, which resulted in an unanticipated increase in my follower count and interaction. <\/p>
This experience demonstrated the importance of reposting not just for increasing visibility but also for creating community participation and connections. It changed my perspective on Instagram from a solitary goal to a collaborative adventure, highlighting the value of community and shared perspectives.<\/p>
However, while reposting may appear to be simple, there are a few guidelines and best practices to follow. This post will teach you everything you need to know so that you may smoothly publish compelling user-generated content with your audience.<\/p>
First and foremost, before you repost…<\/p>
Reposting is a native feature that is baked into the product experience and expectations on other social networks. Because this isn’t a natural feature of Instagram, there must be an additional step. It is best to obtain permission from the original poster before reposting their work with credit.<\/p>
Reposting has been used as an Instagram technique for a long time, long before technologies like Buffer for Instagram were available. Third-party apps enabled certain repost functions, such as adding watermarks or @-mention credits to the shared photo. The simplest method, however, was to take a screenshot of the original article\u2014a technique that may still be done today.<\/p>
In four simple steps, here’s how to manually repost photos:<\/p>
Open Instagram, find the photo you want to share with your followers and capture a screenshot of it.<\/p>
Once you’ve saved the Instagram photo to your camera roll, go to Instagram’s plus-sign button, hit publish, and choose your screenshot as you would any other image you wish to share.<\/p>
Next, resize your post so that only the image is shown. You can do this using Instagram’s resize functionality, or if you want to crop before uploading the photo, you can do so using your phone’s photo editing functionality.<\/p>