Have you discovered @ListNotify yet? We've talked about the benefit of creating your very own twitter lists in this space before, and have talked about a handy list service (Formulist) to help you build your lists.  Today, I have another tool to add to your twitter experience for our weekly "Twitter Tuesdays" together: List Notify.

How does @ListNotify work? When a twitter follower adds YOU to one of his or her own twitter lists, ListNotify will automatically notify you via a handy tweet.

I like this free service because I think it’s helpful to receive this kind of notification.

Acknowledgement of the listing you've received by sending the twitter user a thank you for the listing tweet may be in order.

I typically send thanks if it is clearly a list the twitter user manually created, adding me personally. Make sense? You can usually detect an auto Formulist-style listing, because of the standard list names often used (such as “people-like-me”, or “recently followed me”, etc.).

How to Get Notified When You are Added to a Twitter List (via ListNotify):

1. Sign in to your Twitter account
2. Follow @ListNotify
3. Visit their website (http://ironmonkeyventures.com/listnotify/) – you may have to refresh the page once to view
4. Allow access to Twitter
5. Select whether you’d like a tweet or direct message when someone new adds you to a list

Here are a few helpful links to previous posts if you’re ready to explore creating your own lists on Twitter:

How to Create a List in Twitter

How to Create Lists Using Formulists in Twitter

Laura Catherine Otero is a marketing professional and blogger in Charleston, SC who has been active in social media since 2005.  If you enjoyed this post, please consider subscribing to this blog via Email or  RSS. Laura can also be found on Twitter (@LauraCatherineO), Facebook, and LinkedIn.