One of our clients is having a Facebook Fan Page promotion. Anyone who becomes a fan of Napleton Jeep Chrysler Dodge gets a free oil change. In todays Facebook world, you have to give something away to have a successful fan page, especially a car dealer.

Normally your domain name will be a long one, like theirs: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kissimmee-FL/Napleton-Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge/96576682301

Now you really don’t want to put that url in your newspaper ad. My advice is simple, and it took me five minutes:

• Go to Godaddy.com and buy a domain name for 10 dollars a year. Find a friendly domain, like napletonfans.com (that’s what we’re using for Napleton).
• Be sure to check “no thanks” to all of the crap they will try to sell you as you check out. You will not need any of that.
• Once purchased go to the “domain manager”. Find the domain name you just purchased and click it.
• Scroll down and click “forwarding”. A box will appear. Copy and paste your Facebook Fan Page url into that box and save. This is called a “301 redirect”.
• It will take anywhere from a few minutes up to 24 hours for your new domain to “propagate”, so don’t think you will be able to go to it right away.

If you are currently logged into your Facebook, it may redirect you to your Facebook wall. If you aren’t logged in, it will take you there. Go ahead and try: napletonfans.com.

Note: I just bought that domain about 2 hours ago, so it may not work for everyone just yet. Give it a day and everyone will see it.