I know the guys at my Local Bike Shop (Cheeky Transport in Sydney, they are awesome!), are very helpful with answering questions.
However, I also know that they need to get back to work fixing bikes, and can't answer questions all day.
Considering that, they would probably be interested in promoting a quality bicycle question forum, in that it may help reduce their question and answer workload.

So questions are,

Should we be recommending Bicycle.SE to our LBS? Is there a standard "invitation" if you like, that could be sent to your LBS? Is there a set of rules or recommendations for LBS entering the forum (could apply to manufacturers as well)? An example would be recommendations on full disclosure of interests. Eg You are a bike shop that sells certain brands but in the forum you manage to slip in recommendations on your brands.