Swalay Muhammad's video: Local Guide Pakistan Google Maps Crowd Source Google Lens Suno FM 89 4

Team Local Guide Pakistan Interview on Radio Suno FM 89.4 with Host Ali Ahmad Jaan Guest Swalay Muhammad Kashif Misidia Mohammad Bilal day before I received a call from Pakistan's famous and Largest FM Radio Station "Suno FM 89.4", I was surprised and excited at the same time because they wanted to do a Live Session to share knowledge about the Local Guides Program with their audience. And the Anchor who is also a Local Guide Name " Ali Ahmed Jan", told me that they wanted to do a session for two hours, and want to share complete information about about the Local Guides Program, Google Maps Contributions, Local Guides Connect, Google Maps Helping Small businesses, Google Street View, Accessibility, and and Related topics. We reached the FM Radio station just before the time, because the traffic situation was terrible due to the Pakistan Premier League Cricket matches in Karachi. So it was the very first experience for all of us (Me, Swalay Muhammad & Muhammad Bilal) because we never had a live session in any Live show or especially me, I never visited any Radio or TV Or any Media studio. At the start we were a bit nervous, but then we started sharing our knowledge like we are used to do in front of people (as we usually do in our Knowledge Sharing Meet-ups) I became too excited because I wanted to share everything at once but my fellows and teammates explained everything steps by step (Thanks to Muhammad Bilal & Swalay Muhammad) We started with a complete Introduction to the Local Guides Program, and the first thing was Google Maps reviews, it was my job to share my knowledge with the Audience. I told them that your Google Maps reviews should always be detailed. Write like a story about how you feel there, And be sure to let people know about both the pros and cons of this place And always make sure that the review you are writing also includes something about Accessibility facilities for Differently abled people. And I also told you that the pictures you upload should never be duplicated, Do not upload your selfies and friends or family group photos to Google Maps, And if you see facilities for people with different abilities on the spot, capture it on your camera and upload it for sure. Swalay Muhammad, who is a wonderful 360 Photographer, shared some great tips regarding 360 Photography by mobile phones. Further, we also discuss how necessary a street view is for any country. Bilal Shaikh, an enthusiastic Local Guide from Karachi described two important topics Local Guides Meet-ups and promoting tourism by Local Guides Connect forum. Further, he shared some pictures of our previous Local Guides Meet-ups in different cities with Anchor RJ Ahmad Ali Jaan, who really appreciate the great efforts of the Local Guides Community around the world. The most important topic for us was Promoting Small Businesses by Google Maps. We discussed this importance together and we got many live calls in which people were asking how they can digitize their business, how they can add their businesses on Google maps? And what are the benefits if they do so? We answered the calls by guiding them that if they add their businesses on Google maps, and then claim this business by Google my Business, they can get a free website, where they can promote their products, and they can appear on Google search, as I did for my business because I m also a small business owner, and often I receive calls from the people who search products by Google and land on my Shop's Google Maps profile. Overall it was a great experience, We had some great feedback through Suno FM's official Page and (as Anchor was checking the audience numbers by their server) because this program was On Air from 80 different stations of Pakistan, and it was funny when I asked him "Kiya 500 Log hamain sun rahey hongey?" (Will there be at least 500 people listening to us?) He laughed and said it could be in thousands not in hundreds. But still, we don't know the real feedback, but we did this amazing job as a responsible citizen and Local Guides, to create more awareness in our country regarding wonderful benefits (not financial) to contribute to the Local Guides Program.