The city where I live is not as big as New York nor as glamorous as Paris nor as fashionable as Milan but there’s something special in it that makes me post photos and make reviews of the small businesses there.
Córdoba is a small city in the Southern part of Spain in the autonomous region of Andalusia. As most of you know, Andalusia is the “happiest, loudest and the most excentric” region in all Spain. You can see this is in the parties (fiestas), food, beverages, costumes and traditions. Córdoba is located in the interior so it’s not as famous a tourist spot like Malaga and Sevilla. We, many times get so busy with our daily lives that we forget to enjoy what our own city offers us. So, this is why I try to help the city to be known among the tourists and locals alike by posting photos of local shops, restaurants and bars and small business. I like to give them more chance to be seen and be known. I also contribute to cleaning the Maps by reporting close businesses and adding new ones. As an example of this, please take a look at the photo that I took of a local jewelry shop. It is not that beautiful and bright but it has more than 14K of views. So what’s in it? I guess people want to have a look what the shop is so to have an idea of what to expect when they go there. I mean we all are curious to see what the business you want to go to has before getting the car or bus to visit it. The other photo of a business selling educational items or products for kids has the same function and the effect is that it has picqued the curiosity of more than 45K views! I suppose the impact of these two photos (I took the screenshot because I don’t know how to link my photos to this article ;-)) say a lot on the growth of sales if not exposure to the public of these establishments.
These are the only two examples I can share with you but of course, I have lots of photos that show how amazing and beautiful are my subjects in my city. But for now, I’d like you to reflect on what the impact in your community and the world your contributions like reviews and photos can make through a simple gesture of sharing them in Google Maps.