Overwhelmed and disorganized? Are you fumbling through your day, buried under a mountain of sticky notes and scribbled reminders? It seems like there’s too many tasks and not enough time to get it all done.

As we all try to get to the Four Hour Work Week, we’re always running to catch up on responsibilities and squeeze in that little bit extra to stay ahead of the game.

Everyone is looking for the perfect solution in self-organization. A key ingredient to getting it all done is to maximize and use your time efficiently, allowing you to maximize your productivity.

So what’s the best way to get there? What’s the magic tool? There is no perfect tool that will do everything we want it to do, but you can come pretty close.

There are tons of applications out there that boast time-saving benefits, but you need to try them out for yourself to see what works for you. There’s no point in investing in a slick new PDA model with tons of bells and whistles unless the features benefit you.

Remember, if you’re investing money in the tool, you’ll be investing time in using it, and no one will use a tool they feel is a hassle. In fact, you’ll end up struggling with it and wasting more time than you were before. Bye-bye productivity!

I’ve outlined a few tools to enhance your process and boost your productivity online in a variety of different ways.

SharePoint is a great tool for businesses, as it provides you with a single, location where everyone can get access to resources, manage content and workflow, and stay up to date on corporate information.

Instant messaging designed for large groups of individuals working simultaneously on a project. It offers group chat and real-time file sharing which makes it a lot easier to work remotely with business thousands of miles away.

SSL Explorer Users can now be granted access to their files, applications and email from virtually any location with an internet connection. SSL Explorer allows you to quickly provide tightly-controlled extranet access to your key strategic business partners and external consultants where information sharing is becoming more important than ever before. Your network support staff is also now free to remotely manage servers, routers and other network hardware securely using industry standard encryption technology to protect key information assets.

Skype allows you to get in touch with anyone at anytime, so you don’t have to wait around the office for that phone call. Best of all, Skype users can call each other for free. Other benefits to increase productivity: it’s multi-platform, so it works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Multi-person conferencing and file sharing is easy. You also have the choice to use IM or video conferencing.

Not sure how your time is being spent online? Wondering why your work day ends with little to know productivity? RescueTime is an excellent online tool that tracks what you do on your PC and how much time you spend doing each activity. At the end of the week it generates a report that can really give you insight into where your time is being wasted.

Toggl provides fast and effective time management. With Toggl, you can use a timer to track your tasks in real time. The dashboard makes it easy to switch between tasks during the day. You can invite colleagues and customers to join your workspace so they can be kept in the loop on work hours, time tracking, and project status.

ActionThis helps teams and small businesses get things done on time, using everyday business tools like Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Excel. Its unique project management application focuses not only on the set up of your project, but also on the execution. It helps you get you or your team on track and manage tasks to completion.

MS Outlook With Outlook, you can instantly search for information, manage contacts, calendar, RSS feeds, and alerts. The To-Do bar is a great way to check your priorities for the day. It highlights your flagged mails and tasks and also connects you to the tasks you’ve stored in other Microsoft Office programs. The color categories in the 2007 version make it easier to distinguish items and personalize categories.

A cumulative online organizational and productivity suite that can be shared with others to help increase efficiency. Zoho offers word processing, CRM, web conferencing, organizational tools, and a lot more. Each feature can used be used collaboratively with business or family members.

Go mobile by accessing communications and information wirelessly, including email, phone, internet, and instant messaging. The Blackberry has clients for most popular instant messaging clients, in addition to the BlackBerry’s own instant messenger, you’ll be able to keep in touch with everyone in real time. You can also use the organizer and sync your BlackBerry to Outlook…how’s that for productive!

If you’re looking for the latest news and updates regarding BlackBerry devices, CrackBerry.com has a great community and usually is one of the first to get the latest scoop on what’s new in the BlackBerry world including the new Blackberry Bold.

StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. How does this help with time productivity and efficiency? Well for one, no more stumbling mindlessly through sites to figure out your interests.

How it works: StumbleUpon uses ratings to form opinions on a website’s quality. When you use it, you’ll only see the pages recommended by like-minded people. You end up discovering content you may have not found with a search engine. How is stumbling different than searching? When you use search engines you need to hunt through pages of results to find what you’re looking for. Rather than searching for websites, StumbleUpon members are taken directly to web sites that match their personal interests and preferences.

Radian6 helps you to monitor social media and minimize the clutter by effectively managing your online social activities.

The process is simple: the user sets keywords for topics they want to monitor. Then, you can use it to analyze trends, pass information to clients, and make recommendations or proposals. This is especially useful for business people since there is no need to manually monitor and analyze social media.

There you have it. Our bag of tricks for maximizing productivity and keeping connected. We’d like to hear your favorites as well as we look for the ultimate productivity toolset.