What Does The Local Guides Program Mean To Me?

My name is Dmitry. I live in Kirov, Russian Federation. I am engaged in insurance, and for work I have to travel a lot in Russia. On business trips, Google Maps are very useful for me.
Now in more detail, how I got interested in Google maps and became a local expert on the city of Kirov. I left my first review in September 2018, while in the city of Vorkuta. The review was dedicated to the Central Department Store in the city of Kirov. The fact is that it was associated with a very funny story. We spent time with friends in August 2018. One of them did unexpected and very funny things, and every one of us was delighted with his shocking behavior. It was an unforgettable event. This is what prompted me to leave a review.

Later, I left feedback on all the organizations we visited that night.
After getting a positive response to my reviews, I started writing more of them at every opportunity. And I became completely interested in this occupation.
Returning to the topic of publication, I can say that Google Maps for me is:

  1. The ability to share with the audience your impressions of an institution or place, to show your creative skills and thus help people. I am happy to note places where there were bright events, where pleasant impressions were received, cool purchases were made, etc.being. In the most beautiful places of Russia, I also willingly leave reviews of local organizations in Google Maps;

  1. My reviews give me time and money savings. I get the favor of the owner of the company due to a good review, and sometimes a discount on a particular product or service. Time is saved of course due to what we visit after reading reviews and lists of verified organizations, offices, shops and so on;

  1. In addition, thanks to my work, I have a deeper knowledge of the geography of the Russian Federation, as well as being a local expert; I am interested in the history of my native land. I even created a list dedicated to the historical places of my hometown of Kirov;

  1. I am especially happy to take photos of unique places, beautiful sculptures, architectural masterpieces, and sometimes strange or funny objects, so I share my aesthetic pleasure and admiration;

  1. The appearance of lists in Local Guids in my opinion is very useful. My friends and especially new acquaintances are pleasantly surprised that I have a list of places that they also prefer to visit. Such things bring together as common interests and hobbies. For example, I was very pleased to know that one girl also prefers to go to the Kinomax cinema. And it also turned out that she had recently visited the city of Murom, Vladimir Region. I was there on a business trip in 2012. Both she and me visited the same ancient monasteries and the Oka River Embankment, dedicated to the Great Russian hero Ilya Muromets.

  1. It is very interesting to monitor the reaction to my activity as local expert. Of course, I’m pleased to receive grateful comments, likes, views on my reviews and photos. I even created a list of My highs.

All this gave me experience for my Internet project. I expect it to be successful.

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@DmitryKr nice Photos

@DmitryKr Хорошие фотографии, замечательный пост. Вы заинтриговали меня. Интересно, какие незабываемые действия Вашего друга в магазине заставили Вас стать местным гидом?

Желаю удачи с Вашим интернет-проектом.

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@OlgaKlimchik Благодарю за пожелания. Он выпил лишнего, и поэтому "творил чудеса

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@DmitryKr интересное начало :slightly_smiling_face:

Не забывайте указывать собеседника в комментарии, символ @ и имя, чтобы Ваш комментарий не был пропущен.

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@DmitryKr

Теперь я вижу уведомление :slightly_smiling_face:

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На сайте есть встроенный автоматический Переводчик (в верхнем правом углу экрана). Не забывайте добавлять языковый тег “Русский” в ваши публикации на русском языке, это поможет другим Местным Экспертам быстрее их найти.

@OlgaKlimchik ок! Вы столько всего полезного выслали. Очень приятно. Благодарю))

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Well done @DmitryKr and I hope that we are both successful and will meet at CL2020. By the way I liked your photos.