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· MAX, Giveaways

How to run a giveaway in MAX

How to run a giveaway in a MAX channel: approval by MAX, a bot instead of a built-in feature, subscription check, fair results and prize handover. Step by step.

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· Telegram, Giveaways

How to run a giveaway in a Telegram channel

How to run a giveaway in Telegram: built-in giveaway or a bot, conditions and rules, subscription check, a fair winner pick and what to do with participants after the draw.

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· VK, Giveaways

How to run a giveaway on VK

How to run a giveaway in a VK community: what VK rules allow, why “like + repost” is risky, comment giveaways and giveaways through a community bot.

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· MAX, Polls

How to make a poll in MAX: group chat and channel

How to create a poll in the MAX messenger in a group chat and channel: where the button is, what settings there are, how to end the vote, what the poll can’t do and when you need a bot.

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· MAX, Education, Polls

How to create a poll in Sferum: class and parent chats

How to create a poll in a Sferum learning chat in MAX: step by step, anonymity, multiple answers, voting deadline, who sees the results — and when a school needs its own bot.

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· Telegram, Polls

How to create a poll in Telegram: group, channel and settings

How to make a poll in a Telegram group or channel on your phone or computer: anonymity, multiple answers, quiz mode, limitations — and when you need a bot.

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· VK, Polls

How to create a poll in VK: community post and group chat

How to make a poll in a VK community and in a group chat: step by step, anonymity, multiple options, end date, who sees the results — and when you need a bot.

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· Giveaways

How to pick a giveaway winner fairly

How to pick a giveaway winner so the results can be checked: a screen recording, an external draw service and the hash-in-advance scheme. Pros and cons.

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· Giveaways, Law

Giveaway rules and prize tax

What to put in giveaway rules, why entry must be free, when personal income tax is due on a prize and who pays it, and which consents you need from participants and winners.

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· AI, Education

An AI assistant for a kindergarten: answers to parents from the regulations and contract

How an AI agent answers parents from kindergarten documents: which questions it takes, how to build a knowledge base from the regulations and contract, where questions go and what it costs.

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· MAX, Education

Sferum in MAX: what it offers and where a school needs its own bot

What Sferum in MAX is, what it does and what it lacks. Can you add a bot to a class chat, and how a school, kindergarten or club can make its own bot in MAX.

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· Telegram, Sales, Comparison

How to Make a Shop in Telegram in 2026: Ways, Payments and a Comparison of Builders

A Telegram shop without a developer: a channel, a catalog bot or a mini app. Payments, paperwork and a comparison of PuzzleBot, uShop, TGShop, LEADTEX and others.

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