Helping business owners to grow their business is the most interesting thing I have done as a Local Guides.
I do travel a lot during my working days so it is easy for me to meet many kind of people, in this year I am focusing to meet people who are in charge for a point of interest that already exists or can be added on Google Maps.
It is easy for me to communicate about Google Maps since this Google Maps is now popular among them. Sometimes I meet business owners who do not know anything about Google Maps so My Google Maps Profile and Local Guides Connect Profile helps me a lot to get their attention.
My both Local Guides profile on Google Maps and Local Guides Connect Profile easily make conversation with business owners.
By showing my 5 Master Badges for Reviewer, Photographer, Director Trailblazer, Fact Finding with 220 thousands points contributions and level 10 , shows that I am a high quality, well rounded and consistent contributions.
I have 165 weeks consecutively contributions. My 18 badges on my Local Guides Connect which one of them is a badge of Connect Live 2018 attendees.
I will sharing about my passion helping this business, either profit oriented or no profit oriented.
I met Mrs Frieda, the owner of Forestopia Villa is by accident when I visited her villa for a gathering, and then she saw me typing my Google Maps review on my smartphone. Then she told me that she already have her Google My Business but she is disappointed with the picture of the main gate, the new one cannot be seen in Google Maps.
Then we have a warm discussion about her business and I ask her to point her staff so I can coaching her how to optimising Google Maps and Google My Business for her villa. While she do the tour for checking the condition of the villa I took some pictures to add on her Google Maps and coaching her staff/ After finish with the technical specification for reporting to my boss and I show Mrs Frieda the Google Maps and Google My Business results. She is very happy.
ADs Genteng is a Building Roof top materials supplier, owned by Dewi.
Her shop is containing many kind of teracota roof top. She want it shows in her Google Maps photos.
She ask me to add photos to her Google Maps site.
Oneday I visit her shop and take some video and 360 degree pictures and add it to her site on Google Maps.
She was very happy with the results.
This alteration services run by Couple Parso and Sundari I help them to add their place on Google Maps and adding some photos of their activities and some sewing machines.
Their business has grown significantly. One day a Government Civil Officer from Cianjur, 60 km from the city should attend a official meetup with her new uniform, he need some alteration in his uniform.
He search on Google Maps, since he new in town and do not know to find an alteration services, so he search on Google Maps and find Mutiara Permak.
After some services he can attend the meeting with his new uniform confidently.
On the other day come a student from Jogjakarta 500 miles from Mutiara Permak, she go to Bogor to do some research for her degree and need some alteration for her daily activities shirts, she drive using hail motor bike service come by helping direction from Google Maps. Even she come to Mutiara Permak for the first time by getting help from Google Maps.
I meet Stella, the Marketing manager for Wakaka Restaurant Outlet all over Indonesia, She tell me why they choose Cibinong first not the Bogor Citi, Her concept will be the competitive edge for any restaurant in the Cibinong area. Only about a kilometer from Exit tol Jagorawi, surrounded by factory and manufacturer. I told her the factory and manufacturer is facing the same problems when conduct a lunch and dinner meeting for their Potential customer/ Buyer, Auditor, Consultant or Potential supplier.
They could not find a Meeting room, more than 20 participants with air con, Movable wooden table configuration and Of course high speed wifi.
I love the concept of work while zipping coffee and eat some snacks, after our discussion she make some tables with cubicle design with electric plug for laptop and smartphone charger and some extra space for snacks plates have same privacy of what they do. So customer can do some finishing touch for before and after a meeting.
I visit this restaurant, they implement this concept with a cubicle with 10 workstations.
My review focus on potential customer that need a restaurant for meet up of up to 20 guests, or big quantity guests for a small talks while they have their dinner.
Taman Doa Ekologis Bumi Maria Sareng Para Rasul.
I met with Bishop Monsignor Paskalis Bruno Syukur OFM, in a meeting, he has a vision that one of his Garden Prayers will focus on Ecological repentance , raise up the awareness of his follower about the urgency of bacj to the nature and loving the Mother Earth.
Plastic waste and hydroponic plantation became his concern. And the name of the place became Taman Doa Ekologis Bumi Maria Sareng Para Rasul.
I volunturary ask him to help to edit the place and any information on Google Maps. One of his Pastor know that I am a Local Guides so we have a warm discussion.
I do changing name, edit category from church to pilgrimage place.
Oneday someone approaching me and curious why I took many pictures of what I eat and the environment. So then I show him my Google Maps and show my Local Guides profile.
He asked me : Are you working for Google ?
No , I am a volunteer for making Google Maps better and useful for everyone,
and my passion is to help business exist in the Google Maps.
He introduced his name, Ferdi.Ferdy is want to visit Google Indonesia, and want to ask someone from Google to visit his coffee shop to make it exist in Google Maps.
But he does not know where to go and to start.
Ok, I can help you, so let’s go visit your coffee shop and let me take some picture and video.
I asked him to collect some data like address, phone number .
He voluntary tell me the concept of his coffee shop , the concept behind the name and the logo.
I try to add place his coffee shop directly on the spot.
Lucky for both of us. It is accepted and the link I send to Ferdi.
Ferdi is very happy because his dream came true,
He got a spot at the Google Map of his coffee shop.
I should say goodbye to him because I should run to another business meeting.
Me and @360bymiftah being invited by Radio UMN, University Campus Radio for the biggest University and well known in Jakarta and Tangerang area. They have a programme called BILIK, Inside story of a Community.
We both are on air for one hour talking about what is Local Guides and What The Tangerang Local Guides do. To make easier to explain about Local Guides I asked Greg the Production Manager, Kathy and Cio the hosts to open their smartphone and coaching them how to be Loacal Guides since three of them are familiar with Google Maps.
I coaching them to register to Local Guides and choose which city since Tangerang and Jakarta is very closed, depend where their activities are more frequent in Jakarta or Tangerang.
Cio screaming and very surprises and proudly showing his smarthphone because he already reach level 4.
Kathy promise me she will coaching her mom to be a Local Guides since her mom is very active and have plenty meet up with her friends in various places.
I told this three university students to elaborate the radio spot on Google Maps beside using other social media.
I got a message from a friend that her knitting community leader, Rustini the owner Ranalia Rajut need my help because she can not optimizing her Google Maps and Google My Business.
She already received the verification letter from Google My Business but how to handle it can noy understand I make an appointment with Rustini at her workshop Ranalia Rajut (Knitting workshop).
After a small talk I do editing and adding photos, submitt Google My Business with verification letter that she already received. and editing The Google maps complete with website address.
She ask me next December 2020 I will be one of the speaker in her Yearly Community meet up to tell about Google Maps.
Sukarto is a driver for more than twenty years, he want to run a Meat ball restaurant hand he want his business exist on internet, he tell his problem to my neighbor and introducing him to me since he know that I am a Local Guides.
Starting with taking pictures and collecting data aboy his restaurant at his restaurant and than add placing his restaurant to Google Maps.
Need about a week before get approval.
Now he is waiting a verification letter from Google My Business and register to an on line shop so his customer can order have a delivery order.
Sukarto thanking me for helping his dream come true.
I still met people who run a small and medium entreprise and introducing me as a Local Guides.
A Volunteer for Google Maps and wanting to help busines owner from profit or non profit organization to grow their business through Google Maps.
Here the list of the most interesting things that I have done as a Local Guides which is helping business owner to grow their business through Google Maps.