Jay Baer has a great round-up of tools (and a little about techniques) on his blog today titled 39 Social Media Tools I’ll use today. I use a lot of the same tools.

And something I use that isn’t mentioned…

And my new favorite tool is Tumblr and the Tumblr iPhone app. Tumblr is the easiest way to blog anything. I tried Tumblr awhile back and it was interesting, but not quite there. But now, combined with the iPhone app, it’s an incredible bit of technology.

I can open up my iPhone app anywhere, take a photo, write a few lines, and even record audio right from the phone. Then with a single click publish my new content to the blog, Twitter, and Facebook simultaneously.

I know there are other ways to accomplish that, but Tumblr is the easiest way I’ve found. I’ve been playing with the tool while operating my new silly site–Steal my Idea.

Tumblr isn’t as full featured or flexible as running your own Wordpress blog, but it’s very efficient and easy to get going.

Tools of the Trade

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Jon Baer's list of social media tools, plus 1 he didn't mention.

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  1. Jay Baer:

    Thanks for the link Dan. I agree, Tumblr and Posterous are super-cool. Makes it so easy to create and upload content. The option to leave a voice mail, and have that message auto-transcribed and posted to your blog is pretty sweet. I just haven’t experimented with them enough to recommend them.