RSS is one of your most valuable tools as a social media marketer. Here is a list of 139 tools and articles that will let you master the craft of converting visitors to subscribers, and increasing your return traffic. Resources include feed creation, promotion, stats, conversion, plugins, validation, and more. Don’t forget to bookmark and comment if you have some to add.

Creating RSS Feeds   
1. RSS Tutorial from mnot.net
2. RSS Tutorial from SiteArticles.com
3. RSS Utilities: A Tutorial
4. RSS Tutorial from W3 Schools
5. RSS Tutorial – Introduction and Overview
6. Creating RSS Files for Your Website
7. Creating a Custom RSS Feed with PHP and MySQL
8. How to Create RSS Feeds with Dreamweaver
9. How to Create an RSS 2.0 Feed
10. How to Create an RSS Feed with Notepad, a Web Server, and a Beer
11. How to Create an RSS Feed from any Web Page
12. Set Up a Simple Syndication Feed Using RSS
13. Making an RSS Feed
14. Make RSS Feeds
15. Create RSS

RSS Tools

16. FeedBurner
17. Fedafi WordPress plugin
18. Feed Cycle
19. URL Fan
20. Ebay 2 RSS
21. FeedMagick
22. Feedverter
23. Flickr Widget
24. RSS ZeitGeist
25. RSS Calendar
26. Tag Cloud
27. Diodia
28. Headline Toolbar
29. RSS Feeds Toolbar
30. Feed Scout
31. My RSS Toolbar
32. Feed Roll Pro
33. Feed Digest
34. Blog Bomb
35. Feed Icons
36. Add This
37. Create custom icons
38. Podcast icons
39. RSS Button Maker
40. RSS Icon Gallery
41. Feed Button
42. Custom Button Maker

Ping Services

43. Ping-O-Matic
44. Pinger from Blog Flux
45. Pingoat

RSS Feed Software

46. Feed Editor
47. MyRSSCreator
48. RSS Content Builder
49. Feed for All
50. Feeder

RSS Feed Readers

51. FeedLounge
52. FeedShow
53. Rojo
54. Blog Bridge
55. News Monster
56. PixelNews
57. GreatNews
58. Particls
59. Anothr
60. FeedDemon
61. NewsLife
62. Straw
63. RSS Owl
64. Netvibes
65. FeedReader
66. Bloglines
67. NewsGator
68. My Yahoo
69. Active Web Reader
70. SurfPack
71. Awasu
72. Pageflakes
73. Daily Rotation
74. RSS Bandit
75. NewzCrawler
76. Juice
77. Snarfer
78. Omea
79. Shrook

RSS Monetizing

80. Feedvertising
81. FeedBurner
82. Pheedo
83. Orange Feed

RSS Forums

84. Digital Point
85. Webmaster World
86. NewsGator
87. Lockergnome
88. RSS Bandit

Mobile RSS Readers

89. mReader
90. NewsGator Go
91. Egress
92. LiteFeeds
93. Mobilerss.net
94. FreeRange
95. Quick News

RSS Feed Conversion

96. Feed Maker
97. Apexoft
98. Atom2RSS
99. NewsAloud
100. RSS2PDF
101. Google2RSS
102. RSS2HTML
103. RSSgenr8
104. Magpie RSS
105. FeedYes
106. Feed43
107. RSS to JavaScript
108. RSS News JavaScript Ticker
109. Feed Sweep
110. Widgetbox

RSS Email Tools

111. News Gator Email Edition
112. R-Mail
113. RSS2Email
114. FeedBlitz
115. PopHeadlines
116. RssFwd

RSS Validation Services

117. Walidator
118. Redland RSS Validator
119. Feed Validator
120. RSS Validator

Various Articles

121. Introduction to RSS
122. What is RSS? RSS Explained
123. RSS Specifications
124. RSS 2.0 Specification
125. History of RSS
126. 35 Ways You Can Use RSS Today
127. Making Headlines with RSS
128. The Evolution of RSS
129. 8 Easy Ways to Monetize Your RSS Feed
130. RSS – Taking it to the People

Firefox RSS Extensions

131. Sage
132. Thunderbird
133. RSS Ticker
134. Wizz
135. Blog Rovr
136. InfoRSS
137. Beatnik
138. NewsFox
139. Feed Sidebar

Over the last few days I have made some changes to the layout of SmmGuru.com and added some new ways for people to find me. What I found was a super easy way to increase the amount of people who follow you on Twitter and other networks.

All I did was add links to various social media profiles in the footer of the site. While I can’t definitively prove that the new followers came from the footer link, there was defiantly been an increase in followers since I added it. Just a simple tip to those looking to increase their followers on various outlets. I have also seen increases on SocialBrowse, and StumbleUpon as well.

Another thing I am noticing is that once people become avid readers of your blog they want to connect with you on other services as well. Listing your profiles on other social networks is a great way to increase your brand viability, and give your readers new ways to remain updated. If you have not done so, I recommend putting up some links to your profiles now and see what you have been missing.

One of the best things you can do when starting a new blog is submit it ti every blog related site you can. Here are 48 of the best places you can submit your blog. This will help create backlinks to your blog and get you some starting traffic that you can use to grow. And we all know what big traffic brings… Direct links to submit pages included.

Top 48 Places To Submit Your Blog – Don’t Forget To Bookmark

• Dmoz Open Directory Project
• B4Blogs Directory – Submit Page
• Best Blogs – Submit Page
• TailRank
• Blawg – Submit Page
• Top Blog Area – Submit Page
• Bigger Blogger
• BlogAdr – Submit Page
• Aviva Directory – Submit Page
• BlogBunch – Submit Page
• BlogCode – Submit Page
• Blog Directory – Submit Page
• Blog Watch
• 5 Star Blogs – Submit Page
• Bloggapedia
• BloggerNow
• Blogging Fusion – Submit Page
• Read A Blog – Submit Page
• SpillBean
• BlogIntro – Submit Page
• Blog Listing – Submit Page
• Bloggernity – Submit Page
• BlogListing.net – Submit Page
• Blogoozle – Submit Page
• BlogPulse – Submit Page
• Technorati – Submit Page
• BlogRankings
• Blogarama – Submit Page
• Blogs Collection – Submit Page
• MyBlogDirectory
• BlogSweet
• Blog Top List – Submit Page
• Blog Universe – Submit Page
• Blogz – Submit Page
• Brit Blog – Submit Page
• Blog Dust – Submit Page
• Blogdup – Submit Page
• BlogFlux – Submit Page
• GetBlogs
• Globe of Blogs – Submit Page
• Eaton Web Blog Directory
• FindingBlog – Submit Page
• I Blog Business – Submit Page
• LS Blogs – Submit Page
• BlogSearch – Submit Page
• Strategic Board – Submit Page
• Super Blog Directory – Submit Page
• Small Business Blog Directory – Submit Page

For all of you novices this should get you started on the right foot.

Social media optimization is possibly one of the most helpful tools to build traffic. The amount of people who use social networks on a daily basis is already huge, and continues to grow daily. To leverage the power of social media, you need to start at the source and have your website up to par before you push it to the masses.

Optimize Your Site or Blog
Before you get yourself on the bandwagon, you will need to make sure your website is ready. You have to create content that’s not only interesting, but intriguing and informative. Fill your content with details, links, videos, images, and other collaborative tools that allow visitors to get involved on your site. Offer something appealing, something they cannot get elsewhere. This will ensure they come back to you for their fix. Stressing the quality content again, don’t just post stuff for the sake of putting it up. If its not quality, it will reflect poorly on yourself and visitors may not come back.

Get Buttons!
Pretty much every social media site has some kind of button or widget that allows your visitors to take action right from your website. Make sure to include these buttons from the outlets you use most. Adding Digg and Stumble buttons for instance (if it fits your type of content) can make it much easier to gain a front page Digg sumission or a top Stumble. These buttons also make it much easier to share content, which builds links (SERPS) and traffic. You also want to make sure that if you offer RSS, that every person knows about it. Make your subscription offers so that no one can miss them.

SMO For Link Building
One of the great side effects of social media is it creates many backlinks to you when done right. This ensures that when the initial surge dies down, your search engine standings are in it for the long term. Join every possible social site you can and start to flesh out your online identity. As it grows, you will become more and more linked. Content will be spread faster, and to more people which again provides more chances for links. This is really a no-brainer, it’s easy to see how social media optimization can build links.

Stay Active Online
This will be a tipping point for your SMO campaign. Going out and registering yourself, throwing up a link on your profile, and calling it a day won’t do. Update your social media profile daily and become a part of the community. You can not leverage social media until you are a part of it. While this may seem time consuming, good things come to those who wait. But if you don’t have the time to do it yourself, there are plenty of consultants out there. This may be something to take advantage of especially if you are trying to market your business.

One of the great things about social media optimization is that it allows you to go guerrilla. Instead of investing large amounts of time and money on advertising campaigns, you can go out and use yourself for the marketing. Leveraging social media comes down to how well you can create content, how fast you can network, and how well you can network.