I’ve been being Local Guide for six months. It’s not a long time being Local Guide but It means a lot for my life. I love being Local Guide for some reasons. The first reason is I can help my closed friends and relatives to promote their new business by adding their places in Google Maps. At that evening, my friend came to my house with unhappy face. I asked what had happened to him. He said that he had just opened Meatball Restaurant but only few customers who had visited his restaurant since the opening. I offered him to add his restaurant in Google Maps with some interesting photos and I wrote the good feedback. You know, it really works. I did it too for my best friend who started to open parfume shop. Being Local Guide is really helpful.
Second, I can share my experience through the reviews of some places that I’ve ever visited, especially in my hometown. I was not a Local Guide before, I never gave reviews or feedback for the places. However, I use Google Maps for searching the reviews and finding the place. I do need the information before going to new place. I realize that sharing the information by giving trusted reviews is really useful for others. That’s why I decided to be Local Guide for sharing my experience by giving detailed reviews such as price, taste, condition of place, impression, route, and service. Local Guide program means sharing to me because sharing is caring.
The last is Local Guide program means influencing others to visit wonderful places. Since I have been Local Guide, I am interested in City Tour. I invite my mother to travel by public transportation. My mother and I visited one city to another. I decided to visit some places in the centre of a city as Google Maps recommended. We didn’t know the place before, we only used Google Maps as our guide and it really works. We can reach those wonderful places. I like to visit Museum, historical places, park, traditional market, library, and public area of a city. You can get a lot of knowledge by visiting those places. After I visited a places, I always gave detailed reviews so that I can influence the people to visit those wonderful places.
Local Guide program means a lot for my life. It is very useful not only for me but also for my dearest persons around me.