SME’s make up some 96% of businesses in New Zealand and it’s almost a national tradition for SME owners to get out, network with their peers and finding answers to their business questions around a barbeque or over a beer.

While NZS.com is currently focused on building an online resource for SME’s to help find answers for presenting themselves on the web, it’s bizchat that’s working to build a community site aiming to recreate those peer-to-peer conversations over the barbeque covering the complete spectrum of Q & A’s.

Any site that’s looking to help SME’s in such an open, community oriented way is a great resource for the New Zealand business community and well deserving of support.

Founded by SME owners, bizchat aims to fill a hole in the market where answers to questions are facilitated better by conversations with other SME’s who have already been through the same situation and are interested in helping their counterparts.

Building a vibrant and dynamic forum with varying channels of information is a key part of their initiative as they look to cover SME specific news feeds, events relevant for SME’s and a resource library sourced from varied support organisations.

If you’re thinking of starting a business or already have one and are looking for sales & marketing ideas, pop through to www.bizchat.co.nz and have a look around their forums.