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A look at how three big brands found marketing success with online games and the lessons they learned along the way.

How Joe Reynolds and Ryan Kunkel parlayed their love of extreme adventure into a $30 million enterprise.

Qantas has kicked off its in-flight A380 connectivity trial, which will see travellers between Australia and the US given access to Wi-Fi during flights.

Poor consumer spending remains a concern for many small and medium businesses, but a new Sensis report has found fewer SMB owners plan to sell or close their business now compared with six months ago.

Nokia’s first Windows 7.5 smartphone, the Lumia 800, will be available on the Telstra network from 13 March.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left interest rates unchanged at its monthly meeting today, with Governor Glenn Stevens saying it doesn’t appear the world economy is headed for another deep downturn.

Dreaming about leaving your day job? See if you fit the profile of a successful entrepreneur.

Get a better handle on what you’re tracking and why. Here’s a good place to start.

Lighten up! Humour can help you attract new customers and foster communication within your company.

Being well-informed about potential acquirers doesn’t require a crystal ball, but it can help fund your future.

Small businesses, especially those in retail and manufacturing, hold great concern over the impact the high Australian dollar will have on operations during the June quarter.

One year on, we check to see how the recovery process is going among Queensland small businesses affected by last year’s floods.

Thanks to recent flooding in New South Wales, many small businesses have been swept into unfortunate economic hardships. Help is at hand however, thanks to newly available government grants.

Technology can make business trips easier, but it can also create new risks you need to address.

These new high-tech displays can get your team working together in new, more productive ways.

Learn the social etiquette of asking for business in the new social media world.

Julia Gillard has named Brendan O’Connor as new the Minister for Small Business, with the portfolio getting a boost to the federal cabinet for the first time after last Monday’s leadership ballot led to a cabinet reshuffle.

Popular social networking site Twitter has sold two years worth of tweets, for marketing and business intelligence purposes.

The race to find Australia’s best business blog is on, as the Sydney Writers’ Centre 2012 Best Australian Blogs Competition opens this month.

Welcome to Friday, small business owners! No doubt you’ve had a busy week, so as usual we’ve wrapped up the week’s most important small business headlines for you.