I agree with LI, go with Facebook Page don’t use your personal account to promote your business.

Once you get 25 “fans” so you can get your own URL  ie www.facebook.com/buildyourwebsite rather than

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Build-Your-Website/149031868453993?ref=sgm which is what I have at the moment  because I don’t have more than 25 fans yet!

Log into facebook and go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ to do this.

“Facebook is a personal medium that seeks to engage people as people, since people want to connect with people, not with brick-and-mortar. People don’t like to be “marketed to” in social media channels.”

If you have a blog, link to it, both with automation and with manual engagement.  I use posterous.com. But I think it is also important to add personal content as well. I do find people engage more if I add a link and make a personal comment about it rather than just the automated link. Facebook is so much more personal than the rest of the web.

I want to focus on no. 2: claim your push pin.

If you have  not added your business to Google maps , make a commitment to do this! In 1/2 hour you will be able to put your address, phone number and perhaps a photo of your business or you.  Then make another time to add some more content. The secret is to get  started today! Baby steps, one at a time and soon you will be running with your web marketing. Watch the video below to help you.

Here’s the link again Google Local Business Center

Another job for this month is to add your business to www.finda.co.nz