With the Socialize feature in Google FeedBurner it’s easy to automatically Tweet your new blog posts from your RSS Feed.
Log in to your Twitter Account
To configure the Socialize service, log in to your Google FeedBurner account, click on the feed you wish to automatically submit to Twitter (if you have not created the feed, do so first) and click on the Publicize tab. Then locate the Socialize link in the left column and click it.
Click on the Add a Twitter account button
You will be re-directed to the Twitter web site, where you will click on the Authorize app button to permit Google Feedburner to connect to your Twitter account.
Format the Twitter post
The screen shot below shows how we chose to format our posts to Twitter:
I like to display the title and the body, include the link, leave room for retweets, no hash tags, no additional text, and no keyword filters. I also prefer to limit the number of posts to 5 and leave the sort order at the default publish date. These settings can be changed at any time.
Preview of how your Tweet will look below the format fields in the sample item preview window:
The last step will be to click the Activate button to activate the service once you are satisfied with the layout of the Tweet.
The next time you publish a new post to your blog, check your Twitter account and you will see your automated Twitter post. It may take a little while for FeedBurner to pick up the new entry from your RSS feed and publish it to Twitter.
Are you using the Google Feedburner Socialize feature?
