As a fun, fearless female and an obsessed with Johannesburg citizen I am an energetic local guide living in the very busy yet hip and happening Johannesburg, South Africa. I am extremely passionate about creating genuine and colourful yet thought provoking but still playful creative content on Google Maps. This makes future visitors to a place or special heritage site excited to go there as they plan or embark on their trip exploring and discovering the unknown. They can start to dream it in their heads already by my photos that have good lighting and advantageous angles as a city as great as Johannesburg with the rich cultures, bright and bold street graffiti and deep passionate history only deserves the best angles and views of the ‘City of Gold.’ Johannesburg is also known as ‘Jozi’ or ‘Joburg’ boasting its lush and green 10 million deep rooted colourful trees, surrounding the City exudes true natural beauty and promotes clean air. Keeping that in mind and that being said the pressure is on to make every review impressive and special. Answering questions helps confused travellers find their way and brightens their day, its a sense of caring for your community in a different, more digital way. As a small business Beauty Salon owner I always say to myself when reviewing other small businesses or places 'how would I feel about this review if it was written about my Beauty Salon?" Therefore I have made a pledge to myself to always make an effort to practice integrity whilst writing honest but kind reviews and every story and description with respect for my fellow friends, citizens, guides, different cultures and religions. Its all about keeping the rainbow community in mind and being sensitive about the impact that it will make. My local suburban interest is in reviewing local Hair Salons which feeds my industry as a Beauty Salon owner. At my Salon we don’t do hair as we do everything Beauty: Facials, Reflexology, Massage, Nails etc. The local Hair Stylists that I support vary and they often have only 1 or 2 small Hair Salons and rely heavily on creating a good reputation within the community for the people of the suburb to believe in their brand or outstanding service in order for them to be successful. Their passion for all things hair is their business breadline to their families and they spend countless hours standing in their trade to make their customers feel beautiful and often forgetting to give back to themselves. After a blow wave or colour session I love to add a picture or a generous review on their service as well as add some photos and description of the Hair Salon, the Hair Stylists that work there and Hair products used. It makes it easier for ‘Googlers’ and Google Map users to use a review to benefit their travel journey, transport options getting there, limited hours of business, for instance if it happens to be Voting Day for that country (our is next week Wednesday 8 May 2019.) Consumers as who might need a good haircut will benefit from using Google Maps to understand operational hours of the business as well as see past work done by the Hair Stylist via pictures or videos uploaded. Our current and future contributions on Google Maps will be the manuscripts of the past that make our villages, towns, cities and countries more understood and hugely powerful as ‘knowledge is power’ and honesty helps us learn from our trips. It is gratifying to think that the future generation will secretly appreciate the effort that was put into Google Maps. Adding to Google Maps is so much more that a rewards system or route guidance app but it is about getting to a location safely. Adding to Google Maps is adding to life, making an impactful blueprint for future local guides, globe trotters and the next generation. Lets stand together to make our cities and communities litter free, eco-friendly hubs that cocoons the precious future of life and heritage. We make a difference. #standtogether #localguidesconnect #johannesburgguide
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