…and get a $25 credit.

Social networking sites have become a more affordable way to advertise your business and with the rising success of Facebook over the last couple of years, small business owners have an additional method of generating leads for their business.  By targeting specific keywords on the profiles of Facebook friends, you can buy ads that will automatically display on that members profile.  It’s instant leads and now, Facebook is offering a $25 credit for those that are interested.

Here are some additional stats that I found on Facebook.

• Facebook has more than 150 million users
• Facebook is the 4th most visited site on the web
• 84% of Facebook users are under the age of 35
• 48% of users return each day
• Users spend an average of 25.2 minutes on Facebook per day
• Facebook sees 61.3 billion page views per month
• Facebook is the #1 photo sharing site
• 3 times more people are invited through the event application on Facebook than www.evite.com

It is noteworthy to point out that not everyone has had a positive experience with Facebook ads when compared to Google’s very popular alternative, Adwords.