Introduce Yourself — August 2023

Hi everyone! Welcome to Local Guides Connect. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to our community.

As “Introduce Yourself” threads can be lengthy, we start a new one each month and lock past threads. You can check previous threads, like July’s, to see who recently joined and where they’re from. We’ll merge any “I’m new” and “Hello world” posts we find elsewhere with this thread to keep things organized.

Do you want to be featured in our monthly Introduce Yourself posts**?** Share your introduction in the comments, following the five prompts below, and a horizontal photo of yourself (in landscape mode). We will select one of the best introductions and include it in our next month’s post. Please note: Your response may be edited for clarity. By taking part in this challenge, you agree to allow us to share your answers and photo(s) publicly here on Connect.

This month, meet @gastronautguide ! Burak is a Local Guide Level 8, and here’s what he shared.

1. Name: Burak

2. Location: Istanbul, Turkey

3. What I love about being a Local Guide: Creating lists for the countries I have visited to share my experiences in a way that everyone can access and see my recommendations.

4. My favorite thing to explore: New restaurants! As a foodie, I love tasting new dishes!

5. Fun fact about me: Travelling is my greatest passion, and before my trips, I love making detailed plans. My travel companions always enjoy the trips with me.

Nice to meet you, Burak! Local Guides, don’t miss the chance to say hi to Burak in the comments below and share your introduction, too.

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It is a beautiful sight to see the human beings in this world working like a chain from the beginning to the end, each culture and heritage being passed on to other generations.Similarly, our family is moving forward in a very good way and it is very happy to know that people are getting the help they need through us.It gives a great meaning that if there is unity, we can lie beyond everything, and it is something that will be very useful to the people if we continue our work. Stay connected with the world

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Welcome to the wonderful family of local guides @burakozkarakasli and Nice to meet you :pray:

I visited your Google Maps profile and come to know that you like reviewing many cafes and restaurant.

All your contributions are impressive :+1:

Looking forward to viewing your lists of places.

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Hello, @Shafi_k and

Welcome to Local Guides Connect.

Thank you for your Post on Local Guides Connect. :blush:

I am going to merge your post to our monthly topic in

Introduce Yourself - August 2023, where you get to know other Local Guides as well And also about Connect.

As you are a new one Connect,

Let me share some more helpful links with you which would be useful for your future posts on Connect.

  1. Your guide to Connect to make yourself comfortable and understand how to best use Connect.

  2. How do I write a post on Connect to discover how to write great content here on Connect.

  3. How do I follow the original content guidelines on Connect to make sure to follow the original contents guidelines here on Connect.

  4. For Uploading Photos on Connect, these links Uploading a photo on Connect

And How to tell a story through your photography.

Will be very useful for you.

If you need any help you can always refer to our Help Desk.

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Thank you for your compliments @TusharSuradkar , nice to meet you too :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hello All,

I am new to the connect platform where as I am Level 8 Local Guide. Please anyone can help out how to stretch this to further higher Levels ?

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Thanks @MashaPS for the Introduce Yourself thread July 2023.

It is always a delightful experience to come across a fresh tale each month featuring an exceptional Local Guide on Connect.

Hi @burakozkarakasli , nice to meet you :smiling_face:

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Hello @NawazKader36 &

Welcome to Local Guides Connect.

I want to let you know that

I m moving your post in a Ongoing Post : Introduce Yourself - August 2023. (Click on the Link)

Here you can follow the five prompts below and share your introduction In this thread including your photo (in landscape mode).

1.Name:

2.Location:

3.What I love about being a Local Guide:

4.My favorite thing to explore:

5.Fun Fact about me:

A landscape photo of you with a brief description we can use to write a caption.

I also wanted to recommend to you, check Your Guide to Connect for more information on what topics are discussed here,

&

how to choose topics for your posts , and many more

great tips.

Thank you :pray:

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@NawazKader36 bienvenido a Connect, si solo hay una forma de avanzar en al siguiente nivel y seguir colaborando con Google Maps con fotos,videos, reseñas de buena calidad, preguntas rápidas.

Si puede ir viendo en el foro Hu mucha información como mejorar las fotos, o las reseñas de un lugar.

Espero que haya sido de ayuda.

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Thank You for your kind support

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@NawazKader36 también recuerda que para otro local guide sepa que le contestaste algun post o respuesta debes “@” y saldrá el nombre a quién va dirigido, sino la otra persona no sabré de tu respuesta. Saludos :argentina:

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@KashifMisidia

1.Name: Nawaz Kader

2.Location: Dubai (UAE), Palakkad (Kerala, India)

3.What I love about being a Local Guide: Being a Local guide helps me to explore New places and allow me to support the community in what they can expect during their visit.

4.My favorite thing to explore: I Love exploring more new places and what they have to offer. I especially like to explore Historical places, Restaurants, Natural habitats.

5.Fun Fact about me: I love to travel within the country seeking for new places and where ever i find new attractive places, I don’t forget to post in Google Maps. By giving the random reviews and photos, I have achieved as Top 10% reviewers in Google from UAE. Would like to explore more inside and outside country places and come forward to the world with new places.

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Bohat Shandar @NawazKader36

MashaAllah :heart:

@KashifMisidia Thank you for your kind words

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Welcome @burakozkarakasli

We have crossed paths recently but please forgive me because I have forgotten where simply because of the number of Local Guides I have been conversing with in just the last few days. Notwithstanding, I have been to Istanbul several times and each time am fascinated by this city, once know as Constantinople!!!

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Nice to meet you too @KashifMisidia :slightly_smiling_face:

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Happy to hear that you had a great expreience in Istanbul, I also live there. Hope to see you next time you visit @AdamGT :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hello dear friend @burakozkarakasli

  • Introduce Yourself — May 2023

Welcome to LG Connect family.

Best Regards,

PrasadVR

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@PrasadVR

I’m trying to tell you this in a kind way, but really I think someone have to tell you that:

Please stop spamming Connect with the repeat message about joining the leaderboard, especially because when you say “I have seen your contribution to google maps, and your photos of food is very impressive”.

Just for your information, the last person you tagged here is a Google Moderator, and her profile in Google Maps is not public.

Just for you to know some of your contribution in Maps is impressive too, especially because in violation of the Local Guides rules.

Are you aware that all your 739 reviews are made private by Google Maps?

I would consider to improve that side first, don’t you agree?

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@burakozkarakasli Tebrikler kardeşim güzel işler çıkarıyorsun umarım birlikte daha güzel başarılarını kutlarız :blush: :facepunch:t2:

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