The iPhone…officially the greatest gadget of the 21st century to date.

If somebody ten years before the iPhone had said that one day you would be able to run your entire business from a device that fits into your pocket…and is also a phone, most if not everyone would have laughed it off or just ignored the prediction.

The iPhone is not just a phone. It’s a mini-computer that allows you to maintain productivity for your business whilst on-the-go.

Below are the apps that I use on my iPhone to run my business. You will see that if I didn’t have an actual desktop computer, it wouldn’t really be the end of the world and I could still carry on my business as normal.

WordPress

I can control multiple WordPress blogs using the WordPress app. This app lets you add new posts, edit existing posts, moderate comments and add new pages. I can update my blogs whilst I travel without having to use the laptop so now I usually don’t carry my laptop with me.

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TweetDeck

As I have multiple Twitter accounts (follow me) and TweetDeck allows me to keep an eye on all my accounts at once. It also allows you to use Facebook too but I only use this for Twitter. You can tweet directly, reply, send DM’s, retweet other tweets all from inside this app which makes keeping track of everything really easy.

The really cool thing is that if you use TweetDeck on your Mac/PC too, the iPhone app will sync over the air any columns you have setup (needs a TweetDeck account to do this, which doesn’t cost anything).

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Tapatalk

This app gives me access to my favourite online forums such as James Schramko’s SuperFastResults Internet marketing forum that I use on a daily basis. The forum owner needs to have setup their forum onto the Tapatalk app which doesn’t cost them anything at all. There are two versions of Tapatalk – one which is like a ‘read-only’ version but the premium version lets you reply to threads, messages etc from inside the app.

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Evernote

I have a confession. I cannot function without a to-do list. Evernote is the mother of all to-do lists and is available as an iPhone app. I have the Evernote application on my Mac which syncs over the air with the iPhone app so both are always current.

Evernote lets me create text, voice and image notes of my thoughts & ideas. If I see something whilst out and about and want to make a ‘mental note’ of it, I take a quick pic of it (or a voice note) and put it through my Evernote app on iPhone. Then, when I get back to my Mac that note has been synced and I can take action on it straight away.

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Facebook

I use Facebook mostly to keep in touch with personal friends from school & university, but I also have a fan page for the Internet Marketing Highway which you can join by clicking here.

I like the iPhone app for Facebook as it gives me push notifications rather than clogging up my inbox with notifications.

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LinkedIn

This app is great for making new connections and keeping up-to-date with my business connections on LinkedIn. I’ll admit that this is the app that I use the least out of this list as I do have a LinkedIn profile but don’t regularly update it manually (all my RSS feeds and Twitter accounts are fed into my LinkedIn account though).

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Skype

What better way to use your phone than with Skype! I have a Skype subscription which gives me free calls and now rather than having to use a headset with my Mac, I can use Skype directly from my iPhone.

You don’t have to have a Skype subscription to use this app, you can have a normal PAYG Skype account too. This app only works over a WiFi connection though and not over a 3G connection.

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PayPal

As I make and receive lots of payments online using PayPal it helps to have access to my account when I’m on the go travelling or away from my computer. The app is good as it lets me see all my recent account activity and I can also send money through PayPal directly from the app.

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Billings

This is the name of the application that i’ve been using on my Mac to send invoices and track billable time spent on tasks. It’s a simple application and is nowhere near as complicated as other invoicing packages. It’s now been made available for iPhone and it automatically syncs with my Mac to keep both applications current. I can send invoices, add billable time, add billable tasks, track mileage, track expenses plus lots more through the app itself.

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Rowmote Pro

This app let’s me control my ENTIRE Mac from my iPhone. It serves as my clicker when speaking with a presentation, it acts as my touchscreen wireless mouse & trackpad, it controls dvd’s & itunes…and pretty much EVERYTHING else on my Mac. I can even shut my Mac down from this app. Just incredible!

I love this app the most for it’s clicker feature which allows me to use it with Keynote/Powerpoint when doing presentations & workshops on stage.

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Xe.com

As I subscribe to different forums and buy products online in all sorts of different currencies, the Xe.com app gives me the price of something that i’m looking at buying/subscribing to.

So as you can see, I can pretty much run my entire business from my iPhone without having to spend lots of cash on remote access systems or carry around my MacBook.

Using iPhone for business? Don’t miss these 11 apps is a post from: Internet Marketing Highway

So today I got myself a new iPhone 3GS with the sole purpose of making my Internet marketing work more mobile. Infact I am writing this very post from the WordPress app for iPhone which was so easy to set up (I’ll post a quick how-to guide asap).

Using this app I can see, amend, approve & trash any comments, blog posts, categories and pages on this blog. I can also add photos!

I will be posting a separate post showing you which apps can improve and increase your productivity online using iPhone.

In the meantime I’m off to download more apps and see how I can make my IM activites easier using what is now officially the greatest gadget of the 21st century to date.

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One of my favourite tools that I use to update my Twitter and Facebook accounts easily is TweetDeck.

TweetDeck is no secret software and it is used by thousands (maybe millions) of Twitter users but I really think it is a fantastically easy way to boost your social networking productivity.

You can use TweetDeck to keep your LinkedIn and MySpace profiles updated too but I don’t use MySpace so I just don’t have a column showing that network.

I use TweetDeck to manage & keep an eye on multiple Twitter accounts for myself and on behalf of my top clients. Best of all, Tweetdeck is absolutely no-cost to use (whilst in beta mode, though this might change in the future).

I highly recommend TweetDeck for its

• ease of use
• features such as multiple account tweeting at once (or Facebook status updating)
• easy re-tweeting
• Automatic URL shortening service
• hassle-free spam blocking
• interactive notifications that don’t stop you doing what you are working on
• comprehensive search feature
• easy to follow & unfollow people
• nice way of seeing somebody’s profile by clicking on their username which shows vital info such as website URL, number of followers, biography and recent tweets
• dedicated iPhone app available for free

There are lots of other tools specifically made to manage multiple social networking accounts such as Hootsuite and Social Oomph but TweetDeck gets my vote just because it’s so simple to use and it does everything I need it to do.

You can download TweetDeck from their website which is www.tweetdeck.com and if you are on Twitter, you can follow my tweets too.

TweetDeck Makes Twitter and Facebook easy is a post from: Internet Marketing Highway

This one is going to be short and sweet – if you are interested in taking your products and creating an affiliate system so that Internet & affiliate marketers can take your product to market and drive traffic to your site, I highly recommend that you at least check out Nanacast. It’s by far the Internet’s best business automation tool.

I know my buddy James Schramko uses it for his own affiliate products and really loves the concept. So check it out here –http://nanacast.com/h/30250/

Nanacast – for creating affiliate schemes for your products is a post from: Internet Marketing Highway