Facebook Vanity URLs - Claim Your Personal Brand Tonight!

The countdown is on. Ready...Set...Go! That's right in less than one hour you will have the ability to register your vanity url on Facebook. You can do this for both your personal account and fan pages, however your fan page must have over 1000 fans or you are out of luck until the end of the month. If you have a personal Facebook account be sure and protect your personal brand (your name) by registering.

For example right now my Facebook url looks like this:

Facebook.com/people/Laura-Lake/705945777

Once I register my vanity url it will look like this:

Facebook.com/LauraLake

As you can see the vanity urls will simplify how people find you and it will also make it easier to share with others.

How do you register your vanity url at Facebook? At 12:00 a.m EST Saturday morning you will want to visit the Facebook username page to register your name. Act quickly, because if someone gets your name before you do - well it's too bad. Once you've chosen your vanity URL you can not change it, so be wise with what you decide.

Your username can have letters, numbers, and periods but no special characters. Are you ready? Don't let someone else register your name, it can create a personal branding nightmare later. Register your Facebook vanity url!