One of the best things about working in the digital age is the multitude of tools available to help you ease your workload. Using digital tools, you can automate menial tasks, offload manual ones, manage teams easily and simplify your work life in a multitude of ways.

Here are a few great ways to use technology to ease your workload.

Managing Your Blog, Twitter and Facebook

Use automation tools to make managing your blogging and social media easy. If you regularly cross post between these three platforms, do so with an automation tool. Copying and pasting between platforms takes a long time. There are all kinds of services that can automate this for you.

Use scheduled posting services to help you batch your social media efforts.

Online Project Management

Online project management tools can help relieve a lot of the stress that comes with managing a team. Even if you’re managing an in-person team, it may be a good idea to use online project management tools.

With these tools, you can track who’s responsible for what, track tasks that still need to be done, brainstorm ideas, store files and more.

Local Outsourcing

Many local outsourcing websites like Exec (Iamexec.com) and Zaarly make it easy to outsource local tasks.

For example, let’s say you need office supplies. You don’t want to take the time to drive down to Staples yourself to pick things up.

Instead, you can just log on to one of these local outsourcing sites and have someone do your tasks for you. You pay them a set hourly rate and they take care of the rest.

Use Productivity Tools

Productivity tools like Time Doctor or Getting Things Done filing systems make it easy to optimize your workflow.

For example, you can use tools that automatically track what you’re doing every minute of the day to figure out how you can be more effective. You can use software that blocks you from accessing non-productive sites like Facebook during work hours.

You can also use these tools with your team members.

Outsource Menial Tasks Online in Ten Minutes

Need a digital menial task done for you? You can easily outsource most tasks for as little as $3 an hour. Simply use an online outsourcing company, or head over to Elance or oDesk to find overseas personal assistants.

Share Files and Notes Quickly

Use tools like Dropbox and Evernote to share files among everyone on your team. You no longer have to work really hard to try to get everyone on the same page in terms of files and documents.

These are just some of the many ways technology can help ease your workflow. Always be on the lookout for new ways to save time or energy by using better technology.