Your List should always be something you find useful!!! If it’s useful to YOU chances are good that someone else will find it useful as well. I did this one for a Photowalk that I hosted prior to Connect Live 2018
Give it a fun name! Something descriptive but not too dry. A sense of humor will get people to give it a try!
If you have photos of the places you’re listing, upload them to Maps and the place BEFORE you create your list. You’ll want your images there for step.
Once you have a nice list of around 15+ places, use the Edit option to select a “hero image” from all of the photos for the place on Maps! Your own image should be the best choice, if it’s a place you have been to. Otherwise, select something that makes YOU want to visit!
Use the “comment” field in the Edit option for each place to write a 1 or 2 line review of why you have this place on your list. If you haven’t yet been, write why you want to go!!! It will serve as a great reminder.
Don’t forget to write up a nice description for the entire list! If you’re going use any hashtags, this is where they go! #LetsGuide is a good one to start with.
Make sure that the “Sharing Options” are set to “Public” if you would like people to be able to find your list and make use of it. You can make lists for your own personal use as well and keep those set to “Private”.
SHARE your best lists!!! Share them with your community and anywhere else that someone might find them and get some benefit from that information!
Continue to maintain your lists! Anyone can follow your Public lists and will love getting updates as you discover new places to add!
I hope this will help you to create your own awesome Lists! If you have one you’re particularly proud of, please share it in the comments below! If I like it, I’ll Follow!
@KimberlyAnnG It’s very useful for beginners who create lists on Google Maps, like me; especially the tips about the title, the description, the hashtags and if is a public or private list.
@KimberlyAnnG it sseems that hashtags will be on the lists on the near future. I am unsure about what # to use. There are so many and are so diverse to highlight the same. Probablely the next step will be that here in the community they recommend a sort of monthly hashtags
I have been putting hashtags into my descriptions in anticipation of a possible launch! I got a lot of lists so I don’t want to have to go and edit them all when it does happen. I always try to include #LetsGuide as well as some descriptive hashtags. I think the key there will be to limit how many you end up using. Think five or six is probably plenty.
I remember that the hashtag will not be translated if they are in a list or in an opinion written in a language other than English, for example. For this reason, I believe that using them in one or two universal languages would work; So, if my list is in French, I should use a hashtag in French and a similar one in English. I do not know if using hashtags helps visitors to a new place to find public lists that can benefit them.
@Shrut19 thank you for reminding me about this post!!! I’d forgotten all about it but YES!!! This post is especially appropriate for anyone considering a Connect Live 2019 application!!!
Good luck with your application! Connect Live is a life changing experience and I’ve been so lucky to have gone to all three prior years! Happy to pass along what I think is helpful.
Thanks,it’s great but it should be correct & authentic because few are permanent & few keeping changing so it is all Local guide duty to inform &make changes.
For eg 1) We had a big TV showroom in our area,I didn’t go that way for months saw there another shop is open.
It’s a good idea to go back and periodically review your Lists on Maps. You can do that from your computer, you don’t have to go out and check every place individually.
I will often go back and look through my lists. Anything that has been marked as “permanently closed” is deleted.
