The document summarizes two online business communities run by Sift Media that engage small business owners and finance directors. The larger community sees 240,000 monthly visitors and 60,000 user contributions. Sift Media partnered with the British government's Better Regulation Executive to engage the small business community on regulatory issues over a two month period. This resulted in over 15,000 members visiting and 310 contributions to the discussion forum. Example comments from members provided suggestions on simplifying government processes like accessing credit checks and importing procedures.

1. Meet the CommunityBusinessZone.co.uk & UKBusinessForums.co.ukSmall business communities from Sift Media Twitter: @businesszone @siftmedia @andy_north

3. 240,000 visitors per month viewing approx 2m pages monthly

5. 102,000 members viewing 1.3 million pages monthly

7. Looking to engage with the small business community

10. Increased information in the public domain for businesses

11. Free credit checks online - not via paper forms/faxes with Business Link

13. The results... “Something that would simplify my life is if I could open an account at Customs & Excise so that my imports get charged to my account and get delivered straight away.” Deniser – UKBusinessForums.co.uk member

15. This allows us to add significant value to our campaigns

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