What Local Guides means to me: Giving back, Learning and Networking.

My life took a major positive turn, from the moment I got involved in the local guides program, almost a year ago. I must say, the local guides program is a blessing. To me, being a local guide means giving back to society, while learning and building a network of valuable friends.

Through my involvement in the local guides program, I have made friends with more people from my country Cameroon, from diverse backgrounds that think like me. Through the friends I made, I have learned a lot of new things about being a local guide. I shared reviews and added missing places on google maps for fun. This was because, for every activity, google rewarded me with points and I found it interesting to keep going.

However, the moment I came in contact with the community of local guides, my life took a major positive turn. My confidence sat in because I finally found people that are as curious as I am. From that day, I decided to do the things I love, even when no one is watching.

I love the fact that being a local guide helps me, add value to the lives of many people. I have successfully put up about 5 businesses on the map to help their customers locate them, and allow them to share their business content on the free business profile by google maps.

I have also recommended a lot of people on where to go, and how to take certain decisions, based on my reviews. This program has given me the urge to learn new skills like street photography and video editing. These skills have added so much value to my life, and have given me a digital marketer reputation.

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Hi @Lorraine_Shu and welcome to Connect!

Thank you for sharing your first post! I just wanted to let you know that I have removed the French language tag of your post as it’s written in English. These type of labels are used so that posts in different languages can be found more easily by Local Guides who are speakers of these languages. You can learn more about language tags in the article: How do I find posts in my preferred language?.

Thank you very much for your help. I FEEL BLESSED.

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Hi @Lorraine_Shu

Nice application post.
I wish all of us the best for this application.

Hope to read you here very often and hope to see you in California.

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