How to create a VKontakte group?
Today, the majority registered users of the social network vk.com are wondering - “How to create a VKontakte group?”. This question is quite common. Groups, in other words, communities are created for different purposes. The main goals of creating a group are commercial, entertainment, educational, and so on. Well, some try to create their own group out of personal interest.
The process of creating a group is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. But creating a group is one thing. The hardest thing is to promote it and fill it with interesting content. The future popularity of a particular community depends on this. In general, take a few minutes to read this article and you will learn how to create a VKontakte group. If you decide to create a community, then the first thing you need to do is log in to the social network itself.
Step-by-step instructions for creating a vk.com group
• After you have visited your page, click "My groups";
• Then the following window will open in which we will need to click "Create a community";
• Next, the community creation window will open. It will require you to indicate the name of the future group, its type, Type "Group" should be chosen when you want to create a community in which users will communicate with each other. If you want to focus on personal posts rather than on communicating with users, then it’s better to choose "Public page". But, we need to create a group;
• That's it, the group has been created, and a window with the group settings will open.
Setting meaning
• Title. Everything should be simple here, and you should be able to handle it yourself;
• Page address. In this line, you can come up with your own group address that users will go to. You can come up with something more interesting than the standard address provided by the social network. This point needs to be taken quite seriously. After all, in the future, this will be your permanent address;
• Description of the community. Here you can specify the topic of your community, your occupation, and so on. You shouldn't spend a lot of time on this point because it's not that important. Describe everything briefly;
• Community topic. Here you can indicate what topic your group belongs to. In many cases, it is quite difficult to choose the exact topic;
• Web site. If you own a website, or create a group for it, then provide a link. It will be displayed on the community's main page;
• Location. This item should be completed only if your company has an office and a permanent address;
• Wall. Here you can see several types: 1. Off – news and other posts will have private access; 2. Open – absolutely any participant can write news in the group; 3. Limited – only the administration can add news, but any subscriber can comment; 4. Closed – only the administration can add posts and news, comments are disabled;
• Photos, videos, Recordings, documents, discussions, materials. These switches adjust existing partition views. They also have three states: 1. Off – this type of material will not be available; 2. Open – the corresponding type of materials can be added by any participant; 3. Closed – adding this type of content is available only to the administration;
• Group type. Using this item, you can adjust the visibility of the community for users who have not yet subscribed. There are also three types: 1. Open - absolutely anyone can join your community; 2. Closed – the user submits an application, and only with the approval of the administration does he gain access to the group’s materials; 3. Private – casual visitors will not even have the opportunity to leave a request. Participants will be able to join only by invitation from the administration.
After we have created and configured all the community modules, we need to get down to design. In other words, we select and upload an avatar for the group. To do this, click "To upload a photo".
Next, a window will open in which you will need to select the desired image. This could be a company logo, or any picture taken from the Internet. After this, you will need to crop the image to the required size (as required by the social network). Ultimately, all we have to do is choose what the group's avatar miniature will look like. That's it, save, our group has purchased its avatar and is ready to use.
