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Mind maps are diagrams drawn around a specific keyword to explore new ideas, thoughts and reflections. Mind map works like a spring of ideas to accomplish your tasks more efficiently. By connecting all your jobs, words and ideas to the core keyword through a pictorial representation, you will be able to visualize and analyze ideas.
Mind maps will also help you organize information to draw endless list of ideas. The connecting parameters of mind mapping diagrams will be classified into groups, branches and sections which flow in non-linear fashion. Mind maps are best fit for brainstorming sessions. You will be able to extend the philosophy from the core to the tail end.
Endless blog post ideas
A successful blogger has to fulfill the ever growing demands of a steady stream of visitors. New and timely blogs are essential to satisfy existing visitors and attract new visitors. Mind maps are very useful in carrying the task of generation of new ideas which in turn result in creation of new blogs.
You will be able to draw many illustrations from your core theme spreading through multiple branches and sub sections. There is no dearth of ideas to create new blogs by taking little effort in creation of mind maps and by using appropriate words, tasks, colors and tree structures.
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How to go with mind mapping?
Typically you can place your keyword in an elliptical shape and using 3 or more colors for the image. This forms part of the central part of your mind map. A number of branches can be connected to the core theme. Each branch will take a different color for easy identification and classification.
Tasks can be specified for each branch. For example, for one branch you can assign the niche blog topic that you are focusing for your blogging sphere. Another branch can take the style of blog that you want to present. You can use one branch to update with user’s choice or taste or response.
In this way you will have a general road map as well as a consistent visualization that will be updated periodically which lets you explore new ideas in an endless fashion.
Getting the most from mind mapping
In order to get best results from mind mapping diagrams, you should take special care in the preparation of the mind map. A quality mind mapping diagram will not only give quality ideas but will yield more by giving more number of thoughts and ideas.
Care should be taken in usage of symbols, usage of spacing between topics and usage of different sizes and shapes. Branch colors and borders can be used to differentiate topics easily. You can also user upper case letters, lower case letters and a wide variety of font sizes, types and colors.
Mind mapping software
There are mind mapping software applications which make your job easy. For example, you can use Mind Manager, Visual Mind, etc. The software will let you export data to another application. The software gives you complete flexibility in rearranging the branches, words and colors. You can save time and effort by using the software.
It is also possible to maintain large amount of database and you can effectively utilize other tools like spreadsheets, images, documents and various online resources.
Effectiveness of mind mapping
As pictures are 100 times better than words, pictorial representation of ideas will let you frame a virtual map in your brain. You brain can capture the facts at a fast pace and complex permutations and combinations are drawn in your mind yielding a large number of unique blogging ideas.
As per experts’ analysis, mind map lets you utilize both left and right human skills. Mind map also balances your mind and lets you tap more than 90% of your mental potential as per some analysts in the field.
Spend less gain more
With mind mapping you will spend less time but you will gain more impact. For example, you can take a list of 4 of your last blog postings on a piece of paper. Draw a circle for each of the blog posts. When you go through each of the blog posting, you can check again where you can extend or enhance the blog.
Simply draw a square around the circle with the new idea. If you are able to get 3 ideas for each of these 4 blog postings, you got a total of 12 new blog ideas within a span of few minutes. Here lies the power of mind mapping.
Have you tested the impact of mind mapping in generation of new blogging ideas?
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No doubt, mind mapping is a very useful technique to land new topic ideas for blogging but one needs to be careful not to repeat majority portion of the content already published for the keyword in the root tree from which new content ideas are drawn. They should be complimentary to each other and different from each other to work effectively.
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Hi Raj, I know what you mean. This could happen at the earlier stages of mind mapping. But as time passes on I think with practice this issue can be solved!
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OK now that I have unwrapped my tongue from my ear after trying to say the title of this post out loud (can anyone say Dr. Suess?
) I enjoyed reading it…
I love mindmapping, although I have to admit that it just gives me horrible memories of university LOL.
Admittedly there is nothing better (for me anyway) than the visual aid that a mindmap can bring – and the ideas it springs forth!?! yeah exactly.
on a side note – if any Dyslexic person reads this post title they are going to be awfully confused
PS: How fitting is my commentluv post LOL
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LOLs! Have you successfully unwrapped your tongue from your ear? Sure it will be a hard thing for those with Dyslexia!
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Very nice tips Jane
I always love mind-mapping as it’s a great way to come up with new ideas. And these tips can be applied to many other aspects of life not just blogging or working online.
Thanks for this great post. Have a nice day!
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You’re very welcome Duy, let me know how it goes while you make use of these tips!
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I agree with you and its like improving mind through working on it deeply and after that we get sharp mind.
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Great idea. One of the hardest parts of blogging is coming up with topics to write about on a regular basis. By taking some time to employ a strategy like this one, it’s likely that you will brainstorm some new ideas that you may not have though of otherwise.
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Nick, sure it is. Coming up blog post ideas is a challenging thing throughout your blogging career; not just when you’re a newbie but even when you are an established blogger! In fact, the pressure becomes more when you become an expert. People start expecting more and you need to deliver more. Mind maps do help at this stage a lot!
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mind mapping is a very important software. i know its importance because i was once again with the ideas and the moment i started using it, it helped me immensely
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Yes Tushar! Mind mapping is crucial. There are many software for doing this, which one you were using?
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Jane,
Mind mapping enables us to organize existing ideas and help us think of many more that we probably aren’t aware of at first. So very true my friend.
Very insightful article indeed.
Later..
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Adam, thanks a bunch for the insightful comment. Indeed not just for generating new ideas, mind mapping also helps to categorize existing ideas in a neat way!
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I love it.
I love mind mapping because it not only gives me idea for blogging but also for your daily life!
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I’ve learned something new here. Never knew about mind mapping and how to incorporate this into my blogging activity. I just blog about my topics. Thanks for the share.
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Mind mapping is very important..Its a very useful technique to land new topic ideas for blogging if one needs to be careful not to repeat majority portion of the content already published for the keyword in the root tree from which new content ideas are drawn.
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I like this topic a lot. Mind mapping helps someone to be able to organize his or her topics in a nice way and it can also help you to be more organized. I am sure any blogger reading this has benefited a lot from this post.
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I benefited with your mind mapping post for i am among those aspiring blogger.
This useful technique will help to generate new topic.
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I think a shortage of ideas is the main bloggers block and this looks like it might help tackle that issue.
Nice post thanks
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Your mind maping post is great. I will generate a lot of new content by using this. Thanks!