I live in a small town in Belgium , there are around 20 000 poeple living here. The big problem is, that we don’t have much local guides around here, so nobody is really taking “care” of all the informations on Google Maps. I always try to motivate poeple to start being a local guide, to add more information and help small businesses grow and to help tourists to find the informations they need.
I am working as a car salesman, and I often try to find informations about some companies in my surroundings, but there are always some informations missing.
If I find some time, I try to refresh the actual informations or to add new ones, even if it takes time, the next time somebody is looking for opening hours or an website , or if somebody is looking if he can pay with an credit card, he’ll find this information .
I am a big fan of doing this, I personally learn more about my city (an other cities too) and I always think that I am helping a lot of poeple to manage their daily life. Even if it’s just a picture or some opening hours, it takes not much time to find the information, bu it’ll help.
So what do you think, how can we motivate poeple to start being a local guide and help other poeple?