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Have you secured your Facebook username yet?

By Chelsea Junget

Not to worry you still have time! Social networking site Facebook recently offered the option to create a username to its more than 200 million active users. This new feature allows you to create your own custom URL for your profile. Don’t fret if someone has taken your name, you can request removal to prevent people from using your trademarked name. By creating a username, you are not only protecting your brand, but you’re making it easier for people to find your page on Facebook. It also increases your shareability, is good for your promotional strategy, and a viable B2B marketing channel.

Don’t wait any longer. Get yours today!

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Tags: building web traffic, Facebook, internet marketing

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1. [...] Create a vanity URL – We’ve spoken about this in a previous blog post and can’t stress it enough. Having a vanity [...]

   Posted by How To: Optimize your Facebook Presence « | October 27, 2009, 10:25 am

2. We are updating our website and have created a facebook fan page. Is a vanity url simply an address that contains the business name? Is it a FB page or website? Thanks!

   Posted by Lisa McCarl | December 1, 2009, 5:39 pm

3. Hello Lisa,

   You can create a vanity URL for your Facebook fan page by going to http://www.facebook.com/username. For example, your vanity URL could be: http://www.facebook.com/mccarldental.
   However, in order to have a vanity URL your fan page needs to have 1000+ fans or have been created prior to 5/31/09.
   Hope this helps!

   Posted by strategicguru | December 3, 2009, 11:16 am