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:
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P.S. You will meet some of these companies atBizTech {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
Card Munchallows users to take a photo and submit your business card. Each business card will be transcribed, edited and reviewed by virtual workers to guarantee accuracy.
Cost: FREE
NoteLeafallows users to schedule meetings on your Google Calendar, then gives you information about who you’re about to meet on your phone.
Cost: FREE
Shoeboxedallows users digitize all your receipt, business card and organize everything neatly electronically.
Cost: FREE to $49.95 per month
Bumpallows 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
Hashableallows users to track their business relationships record meetings, calls, intros and exchange business cards.
Cost:FREE
Tungleallows users to invite people to schedule with them, without having to sign up and automatically sync with your existing calendar.
Cost:FREE to $4.99 per month
Email Marketing
Vertical Responseallows users to self-service email marketing, online surveys and direct mail service which allows you to create, manage and analyze your own direct marketing campaigns.
Cost:FREE to $240 per month
Infusionsoftcaptures leads, create beautiful emails and automatically follow up using auto-responders.
Cost:FREE to $999 per month
Constant Contactsupports email marketing, online survey and event marketing.
Cost:FREE to $240 per month
MailChimpallows users to manage your email campaigns, share them on social networks, integrate with web services you already use, manage subscribers and track your results.
Cost:FREE to $240 per month
Tiny Letteris a free email newsletter platform which allows you to create beautiful landing page and simple email newsletter.
Cost:FREE
GetResponseallows user to create media-rich email marketing campaign.
Cost:$9.95 to $65 per month
Event Management and Marketing
Eventbriteallows users to manage, promote, and sell event tickets.
Cost:2.5% + $0.99 per ticket
MogoTixallows users to create and manage event mobile ticket.
Cost:2.5% + $0.99 per ticket
Eventbeeallows users to manage and sell event ticket.
Cost:2.5% + $0.99 per ticket
Video Marketing
Justin.tvallows users to broadcast live video and chat with viewers.
Cost:FREE
Ustream.tvallows users to broadcast video LIVE to the world from a computer, mobile or iPhone.
Cost:FREE
LiveStreamallows users to broadcast and live stream your own channel for events, chats or presentations.
Cost:FREE
Social Media Marketing
Crowdboosterallows Twitter analytics and insights. Social Media Marketing Optimization. Schedule and time your tweets. Twitter reports in Excel and PDF.
Cost:FREE
Wildfireallows users to create marketing campaigns like sweepstakes, contests and give-aways on Facebook and Twitter.
Cost:$5 to $250 per campaign
Flowtownallows users to analyze their customer social media profile using their email contacts.
Cost:Unknown
Postlingallows users to manage their social media from a single place and let them post, respond and schedule.
Cost:FREE to $34 per month
Online Sales
Big Commerceallows users to sell on Facebook and Ebay, Phones and email.
Cost: Free– $299.99 per month
zferralallows users to create, track and manage online referrals.
Cost: $49– $999 per month
Shopifyallows users to create, track and manage online referrals.
Cost:$49– $999 per month
Online Payment
Squareallows users to collect credit card payment by plugging a reader into a phone or iPad.
Cost: 2.75% per transaction
Cimbalallows user to pay using your smart phone in the store, online and person-to-person anywhere Cimbal is accepted.
Cost: Free between individual
WePayallows users to collect money from a group and make splitting cost easier. It also makes sharing activity more transparent.
Cost: 3.5% per transaction
Google Checkoutallows users to collect payment online using their Google login or any major credit cards.
Cost: 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction
Paypalallows users to collect payment online using their Paypal account or any major credit cards.
Cost: 2.9% + $0.30 USD per transaction
Bill Me laterallows users to pay without using a credit card and pay later.
Cost: Unknown
Venmoallows users to pay with your iPhone, Android or Blackberry.
Cost: FREE
Presentation
Slideshareallows users to upload and share your presentation for free.
Cost: FREE
Keynote Remoteallows users to control your Keynote (Apple) slide presentation on your Mac from your iPod touch or iPhone.
Cost: $0.99
Preziallows users to create web based presentation and allows you to zoom in and out to see the big picture and small details.
Cost:FREE to $59
Imageloopallows users to create, save, share slideshow online.
Cost: FREE
280 Slidesallows users to create and share presentation online.
Cost: FREE
iChartsallows users to present raw survey data in a attractive visual and interactive format.
Cost: Unknown
Billing and Accounting
Bill.comallows users to save and cost of business bill pyament and invoicing.
Cost: FREE to $24.99 per month
Freshbookhelps users to track time, organizer expenses and invoice customers.
Cost: FREE to $39.95 per month
Indineroprovides users insight into their business health.
Cost: FREE to $99 per month
Outrightallows users to get an instant snapshot of where you stand financially. It keeps track of your profit and loss, income, expenses, etc
Cost: $9.95 per month
Expensifyallows users to import expenses and receipts from credit card or bank account ad submits PDF expense reports by email, and reimburses online.
Cost: $9.95 per month
Recurlyhelps users with recurring billing operations in a secure and cost-effective manner.
Cost: $69 per month and up
Raising Funds
Kickstarterallows users to fund raise for creative projects.
Cost: 5% on the money you raise
Profounderallows users to raise the capital that they need, and the tools to manage all of the associated book-keeping, legals and compliance fillings.
Cost: Varies
Prosperconnects users who want to invest money to users to want to borrow money.
Cost: 0.50% to 4.5% on the money you raise
IndieGoGoallows users to create and fund ideas.
Cost: 4% on the money you raise
Hiring and Team Building
Elanceallows users to hire, manage and pay your virtual team.
Cost:You name your own price
oDeskallows users to hire, manage, and pay remote freelancers or teams.
Cost:You name your own price
Rent A Coderallows users to get freelance programmers and find freelance jobs.
Cost:You name your own price
99Designsallows users to find freelance designers.
Cost:You name your own price
TaskRabbitallows users to get hire local people to get specific physically tasks done.
Cost:You name your own price
CrowdFlowerallows user to takes large, data-heavy projects and breaks them into small tasks, then distribute to an on-demand workforce around the world.
Cost:Varies
Guruallows users to find high quality freelancers online.
Cost:You name your own referral fee
Amazon Mechanical Turkallows users to access to on-demand workforce and performance human intelligence task.
Cost:You name your own referral fee
Redbeaconallows users to get price quotes, compare professionals, and book appointments online for any office need.
Cost:FREE
File Sharing
Dropboxallows users to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet using file synchronization.
Cost: FREE to $19.99 per month
YouSendItallows users to send, receive and track large files via email.
Cost: FREE to $14.99 per month
Box.netallows user to store documents, media and all of your content online, so you can access, manage and share them from anywhere.
Cost: FREE to $15 per month
Egnytesupports file storage, backup, sharing and collaboration everything on the cloud.
Cost: FREE to $89.99 per month
Legal
Cost: Free
Right Signatureallows users to sign contracts, NDAs, forms online.
Cost: Free to $249 per month
Docu Signallows users to sign and send documents and signatures and support full audit trail.
Cost: Free to $22.99 per month
Echo Signallows users to performance online, fax, biometric and mobile signature.
Cost: Free to $499 per month
Building Websites
Cost: Free to $8.33 per month
Wixallows users to create flash based website.
Cost: Free to $15.9 per month
Weeblyallows users to create free website with no technical skills required.
Cost: Free to $4.58 per month
Webvantaallows users to CMS based website with no technical skills required.
Cost: Free to $99 per month
Intuitallows users to create website based on predesigned websites.
Cost: Free to $4.95 per month
Website Testing
Usertesting.comtakes video of a visitor speaking their thoughts describing the problems they encountered while using your site.
Cost:$39 per use
Gazehawkkeeps track of where your users look on your website which allows you to test landing pages, registration/checkout flows, homepages, etc.
Cost:$495 and up
ReQtesthelps users to do web-based testing and bug reporting on the cloud.
Cost:FREE to $30 per user
Unbounceallows users to create, publish and optimize landing pages for testing purposes.
Cost:$25 to $500 per user
Feedback Armyallows users to start simple usability testing for their website.
Cost:$15
Optimizelyallows users to improve their website through A/B testing.
Cost:$19– $399
Market Research
Survey Monkeyallows users to create web-based survey.
Cost: Free– $64.99 per month
Wufooallows user to create contact forms, web surveys, and invitations so they can collect the data, registrations and online payments they need without being technical
Cost: Free– $199.99 per month
Google Formsallows users to create an online form from any spreadsheet.
Cost: Free
Ask Your Target Marketallows users to write surveys and send them to their target market segment.
Cost: Free– $119 per month
Survey Gizmoallows users to online surveys.
Cost: Free– $159 per month
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Highriseallows 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 CRMallows users to automate sales force and customer support on the cloud.
Cost: FREE to $600 per user per year
Salesforceallows users to keeps all the contacts, messages, e-mails, files, events and tasks.
Cost: FREE
Heapallows users to broadcast and live stream your own channel for events, chats or presentations.
Cost: FREE to $9 per user
Productivity
Cost:FREE to $5 per month
Meeting Agendaallows users to create online agenda and minutes template that you can share with attendees.
Cost:FREE to $9.95 per month
Workflowyallows users to organize their thoughts.
Cost:FREE
Rescue Timeshows users how spend time& provides tools to help them be more productive.
Cost:FREE to $9 per month
Customer Service
Zendeskallows users to do customer support online.
Cost:$9 to $49 per month
Zopimallows users to do livechat with your customers online.
Cost:FREE to $99 per month
Assistlyallows users to consolidate all customer service conversations into one screen where service requests are collected, prioritized, and handled by team members.
Cost:FREE to $99 per month
Olarkallows users to chat with visitors on your website from desktop, laptop or mobile device.
Cost:$15 to $149 per month
Team Management and Collaboration
Teamlyallows 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
Huddleallows users to manage projects, files and people in the cloud.
Cost: FREE to $15 per month
Yammerallows users to create their own Twitter and Facebook-like communication environment, but for internal employee only.
Cost: FREE to $5 per month
Voice Communication
Grasshopperallows users to get a toll free or local number, set up voicemail extensions and get other voice features online.
Cost:$9.95 to $199 per month
Ring Centralallows users to setup 800 numbers, toll free numbers, virtual pbx, internet fax and virtual phone system.
Cost:FREE to $39.99 per month
Google Voiceallows users to create one phone number so it will ring anywhere. It also transcribe the voice messages into email.
Cost:FREE
Online Education
Cost:FREE to $999 per month
Udemyallows users to create an online course.
Cost:FREE
Learnableallows users to create their own online courses.
Cost:FREE
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