We all know that small businesses need more support to make a difference, mainly due to the Coronavirus:microbe: outbreak all around the world 
.Therefore, I decided to organize a virtual meetup dedicated to supporting small businesses in Turkey 
as soon as reading @KatieMcBroom 'spost about small businesses.
Local Guides from Turkey were invited to talk about their stories about the favorite small businesses on Google Maps. The meetup was open to everybody, but the meetup language was in Turkish. Fourteen active local guides from different provinces of Turkey attended the meetup via Google Meet on April 18, 2020.
We talked about the ways a small business can do differentiate itself in the days of the pandemic. We also had a surprise guest speaker who is a local guide and a small business owner at the same time. As a life coach and a personal trainer 
, Atakan told us about how to stay motivated at the corona days at home, and the ways he’s using Google Maps to differentiate his business.
It was great to see that the local guides Turkey community is so active, and everybody is hoping to see each other face to face after the pandemic days 
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Hi, @RiyaM & @TheEagleEye thanks for liking my post
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It was again a great experience especially during these days that we can not socialize outside. It makes me feel good to see and talk with these people who are hopeful about our new lives and new business styles. Thank you Mr. Parmaksız, as you say I am awaiting the time when we discover new places all together.
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@SemraKiziltan Thanks for your comment 
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Unfortunately during the covid-19 much of small business collapsed and closed , @myparmaksiz I really hope everything getting better Amin .thank you for sharing your virtual meet-up love read all smiling face turkey local guides , greetings from them
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Hi @Nyainurjanah , Thanks for your kind words. As you said, small businesses in Turkey having bad times due to the pandemic. Most of them closed their stores due to government bans, and especially consumers tend to cook their meals on their houses, therefore, most of the restaurants and coffee houses in Istanbul have already been closed 
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Thanks @Zeynepp , next time
you should join our virtual meetup as well
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So sadly @myparmaksiz almost happening to small business from all arround the world , so let’s keep strength each others for fast this time .
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@Nyainurjanah @You’re right. Now it
is time to strengthen the relations with the SMBs.
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