Check out these 101 small business web applications - software in the cloud. The selections reflect the breadth of innovative ideas and new business pursuits at play in the small business technology cloud landscape.

From sales to legal to productivity tools, we can attest that the small business technology is alive, kicking and doing extremely well in 2011.

It's getting much easier and cheaper to operate a business than ever before. Absolutely great news for small business!

Here is the list of categories we will cover on this post:

P.S. You will meet some of these companies at BizTech [Small Business] on March 24.

P.P.S. Please feel free to comment if we have missed any awesome small business web applications.
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Business Development

Shoeboxed allows users digitize all your receipt, business card and organize everything neatly electronically.
Cost: FREE to $49.95 per month

allows users to use your phone to bump another phone. If both people confirm that the match is indeed correct will the contact information be sent down to the other person.
Cost: FREE

Email Marketing

Infusionsoft captures leads, create beautiful emails and automatically follow up using auto-responders.
Cost: FREE to $999 per month

Event Management and Marketing Video Marketing Social Media Marketing Online Sales

Big Commerce allows users to sell on Facebook and Ebay, Phones and email.
Cost: Free - $299.99 per month

allows users to create, track and manage online referrals.
Cost: $49 - $999 per month

Shopify allows users to create, track and manage online referrals.
Cost: $49 - $999 per month

Online Payment Presentation

Slideshare allows users to upload and share your presentation for free.
Cost: FREE

Keynote Remote allows users to control your Keynote (Apple) slide presentation on your Mac from your iPod touch or iPhone.
Cost: $0.99

Billing and Accounting Raising Funds Hiring and Team Building File Sharing Legal

Law Pivot allows users to crowd source confidential legal advice.
Cost: Free

Building Websites

Yola allows users to create a professional, ad-free website.
Cost: Free to $8.33 per month

Website Testing Market Research Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Highrise allows users to to manage contacts, keep track of who said what when, schedule follow-ups, set reminders, and convert leads.
Cost: FREE to $99 per month

Sugar CRM allows users to automate sales force and customer support on the cloud.
Cost: FREE to $600 per user per year

Salesforce allows users to keeps all the contacts, messages, e-mails, files, events and tasks.
Cost: FREE

Heap allows users to broadcast and live stream your own channel for events, chats or presentations.
Cost: FREE to $9 per user

Productivity

Evernote allows users to save ideas, photos and voice note on any computer and mobile device.
Cost: FREE to $5 per month

Rescue Time shows users how spend time & provides tools to help them be more productive.
Cost: FREE to $9 per month

Customer Service

Olark allows users to chat with visitors on your website from desktop, laptop or mobile device.
Cost: $15 to $149 per month

Team Management and Collaboration

Teamly allows users to manage their team by helping them focus on the top 5 priorities for the day, week and month.
Cost: FREE to $8 per month

Huddle allows users to manage projects, files and people in the cloud.
Cost: FREE to $15 per month

Yammer allows users to create their own Twitter and Facebook-like communication environment, but for internal employee only.
Cost: FREE to $5 per month

Voice Communication

Google Voice allows users to create one phone number so it will ring anywhere. It also transcribe the voice messages into email.
Cost: FREE

Online Education

Mindflash allows users to convert existing training materials into online courses.
Cost: FREE to $999 per month