The Best Ways for Re-sharing Instagram Content
With a whopping 1 billion users on the platform, Instagram has become one of the most popular destinations for netizens. The United States ranks first in the number of Instagram users among all the countries. There are around 120 million Instagram users in the United States alone. Like all other popular social networking platforms, Instagram allows you to share content. Sharing is one of the most useful tools on Instagram to keep the users engaged and connected. In this article, we discuss the best ways to re-share Instagram content.
Re-post
Twitter offers the re-tweet feature for sharing content. Similarly, Facebook provides an option of sharing a post in the timeline. Re-posting is essentially the method by which Instagram allows a user to share a picture posted by another Instagram user. An amazing way to easily fill your feed with interesting content on Instagram is by re-sharing. Many brands and users have been using the re-share option even though this option is not an official feature of Instagram applications or the website.
The re-sharing tactic can be strategized and used for increasing the exposure of your Instagram profile and gaining more users. On the photo-sharing platform Instagram, learning how to re-post will undoubtedly uplift your marketing strategy.
Re-sharing on Instagram
It is suggested to request permission from the owner of the content before you re-share something on your Instagram feed. You can connect to the owner of the original post in different ways:
- Use Instagram direct message and send the original post. Then ask for permission.
- Begin a conversation by commenting on the original post
- Connect to the owner of the post by e-mail.
Then find the photo or video that you would like to repost after opening the Instagram application. Make sure that you have received permission from the original sharer for re-sharing the content on your Instagram feed. Once you have received the permission from the original sharer, tap “…” a button that is located on the top right corner of the post. On iOS devices tap the share option. For Android devices, after selecting the “…” a button from the top right corner of the button, tap “Copy Share URL” option.
Buffer App
Now open the Buffer app for iOS or Android phones. Once you have opened up the Buffer app on your smartphone, it can automatically detect the link that you have previously copied to your clipboard. Buffer app will ask if you’d like to re-share the content on your Instagram feed. When prompted, click on the repost option. Based on the caption from the original photo or video, Buffer application will suggest a caption, and relevant hashtags based on the original post. It also automatically gives credit to the original sharer of the content on Instagram by tagging them by adding their @username. You can also insert your custom caption to post like any other post on Instagram. Then post the photo or video to your Instagram feed.
You can also manually re-share Instagram posts. To do this, manually take a screenshot of the post that you would like to re-share and upload it on your Instagram feed. This brings us to the end of our discussion on the best ways to re-share Instagram content. Now, do let us know some of your thoughts on the topic.
