Using iPhone for business? Don’t miss these 11 apps

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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.

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