By Kristi, CEO of gain6, Inc.

As I started promoting my business, I did what everyone else does: I tapped into the free social networking sites. I thought just a mention of my wonderful business would have everyone on Facebook and Twitter jumping at the chance to buy my product. Not quite.

Instead what I found is that it's not "e-socially acceptable" to promote your business on Facebook - it's downright shamefull. On Twitter you can promote to some extent, as long as you don't mention your business more than once per week - Useless! Linked-In seemed to be for business, so I tried there, too. Nope. I found that it is for corporate types touting their resumes and building connections in case they lose their job next week, like their cube-mate did last week.

So, where can you go to promote your business? Somewhere really cheap and e-socially acceptable? Well, let me tell you a bit about gain6, then you decide.

gain6.com costs $6 per YEAR (no contracts), and you can shamelessly promote your business or website without fear of committing a social faux pas. You can micro-blog, gain followers, post photo slideshows, and post links to your website. Your followers can comment on your posts, ask questions and "listen" to you via text-messaging, email and online. You can follow others and ask them to follow you. gain6 micro-blogs are public on the Internet, unlike other social sites, and are submitted regularly to Google and other major search engines.

Is it worth $6 to promote your business on this social network? Everyone we know who has tried this say, "Yes!"

Promote your business cheap at gain6.