It’s hard to keep track of all the social networking accounts you have and even harder to update all of them. Thankfully, there are several tools which help make this easier for us. In this post, we have compiled a list of web-based tools which automatically post blog updates on your social networking sites via the RSS feed.

Dlvr.it: This is a tool that publishes blogs via RSS feed to all your social channels. Dlvr.it also includes a dashboard which tracks how many people clicked the links it published as well as other statistics. Some of the social media sites it posts to include Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Tumblr, MySpace & many more.

HootSuite: Among the many other uses of Hootsuite, you can manage your RSS feed posts to your social networking sites. You can also pause the updates and resume as you wish. You can see this feature in action on their YouTube channel.

TwitterFeed: TwitterFeed only publishes to Twitter and Facebook, but it has a great dashboard to keep track of clicks and blog posts.

RSS2Twitter: Rss2Twitter lets you setup multiple Twitter accounts for blog updates. It also allows filter options and does not ask for your Twitter password. This tool is currently in beta mode.

Note: If you are using Google Feedburner for  your RSS feed, there is a automation tool built-in.

While you’re setting up your blog feeds with these tools, don’t forget to subscribe to the Freesoucing.org RSS Feed!

In part one we talked about Twitter Lists being largely a organizational tool, and they are. This post highlights the rich experience and benefits I’ve had by creating just two Twitter Lists. Here’s my entry/early strategy and experience for Twitter Lists:

List 1) Met at Events & Networking
This list is totally private and consists of all the contacts I make at conferences like the recent BlogWell in Atlanta. Now, I do follow the people that I sincerely connected with, but I also put them under that list. This gives me the chance to keep tabs on every hand-shaken and build on the relationship if appropriate – without cluttering up my homepage.

List 2) The Freesources on Freesourcing.org
This list it totally public. Before Twitter lists ALL of these 70+ Tweeps were under my regular followed stream so I could try and keep tabs on them – it wasn’t very effective. Since I’m only in contact with a handful of our Freesources, I’ve unfollowed most of them and placed ALL of them under @freesourcing.org/freesources – this has cleared up my homepage for my mainstream tweeps, lets me check up on Freesources easy as a click, and build a relationship when appropriate.

Now that I’m in a flow with Twitter Lists, my Tweeting experience is clearer and massively more time efficient. Next up for me: researching the lists of others, and maybe creating another list…who knows! If you’re having a great experience with Lists, please share in the comments or with us on Twitter @freesourcing.

Twitter Lists have to be the hottest addition to twitter yet. This entry is part shout out, and part informational. The shout out goes to Liz Pullen, a sociologist/ethnographer, who recently guest starred on Mashable covering Twitter Lists. Her entry titled “Twitter Lists: Frequently Asked Questions and Strategies” is simply brilliant. Liz not only calls out questions about Twitter Lists that you didn’t even know you had yet, but then addresses the questions with detailed strategies on how to approach & execute on the answers.

We’ve taken Liz’s advice on at least one question “Okay, I’ve spent a lot of time creating what I think is THE ultimate list! How can I show it off?” The strategy: Submit it to list directories like Listorious and suggest a follow on #followfriday. We’ve submitted the Freesource Twitter List and already had one of our Freesources pick up on the list and follow along.

The informational portion is this…Twitter Lists are largely an organization feature – but they are also a very strategic one. The use cases, and uses, for Twitter lists are undoubtedly a huge value-add for Twitter and the end user. The strategy for using this enhancement is not going to be the same for everyone and will evolve in time (probably even in the coming weeks). For me, Twitter lists have created a HUGE convenience – now I can keep track of all our Freesources with ease!

If you’re interested in hearing more from Liz Pullen, she can be followed on Twitter @nwjerseyliz and on her blog Spiral Srcatch.

Thanks for reading, and happy listing!