Currently, the number of people that are starting a small business is growing up. In Rio de Janeiro is common to see lots of this kind of food trucks on the streets. To use an adapted wagon is cheaper than to open a store, this reason makes it so popular here. It is also important to know that the wagon is in a fixed place too.
Nevertheless, the small ones are usually not on the map, so as a Google Local Guide I’ve decided to change it and help these entrepreneurs to be found online. I walk for the streets looking for the small business that must be placed on the map.
I do it in steps, first I talk to the person responsible for the place to get all the information necessary in order to add it to the map, second I take pictures of the place, the menu, the food, all the visual information I can give for Google Maps users, lastly I experience the product or I talk to other customers to know their opinion. I really love doing this, it’s my hobby and it brings lots of positive things for my life. I’m meeting new people and sometimes making new friends, finding new places and services yet unknown and save people’s time making it easier to find hidden gems on the map.