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MindManager Tips
Membership site owners who use Mindjet’s MindManager 7.0 Pro for Windows can benefit from the MindManager tips I’ve included in my recent 4-page, illustrated, Customizing MindManager newsletter. These tips work with recent versions of MindManager for Windows. Users can gain a significant increase in efficiency by customizing their MindManager installation.
Customizing MindManager describes a 3-step [...]

Time management tip for membership site owners
One of the most common causes of delays in launching a new membership site is the common mistake error of trying to do too many things at once.
Mindjet’s MindManager 7.0 Pro mind mapping program has a built-in Task Info feature that makes it easy for you to identify and [...]

Yesterday, Mindjet’s new website went live, containing details and pricing for Mindjet Connect, a new hosted service that permits collaborative online map creation and editing. This announcement has important implications for information marketers in general, and membership site owners in particular. Mindjet Connect offers a way for membership site owners to create additional premium membership [...]

One of the biggest MindManager tips I can offer is for membership site owners to use mind mapping software, like Mindjet’s MindManager 7.0 Pro, to plan their blog and membership site’s content and better manage their time. Now, MindJet Connect allows maps to be created and shared online, in a real-time environment. Tasks that are [...]

New to the Windows version of MindManager 7.0 Pro is the Ribbon interface which improves access to MindManager’s most frequently used commands. There’s also a Customizable Quick Access Toolbar which allows you to add and–then–rearrange your most frequently used icons. You can easily add, remove, or rearrange the tools in the Quick Access Toolbar.
Here are [...]

Membership site owners using Mindjet MindManaer 7.0 to plan their site’s content and marketing can save a lot of time using Mindjet’s keyboard shortcuts. MindManager’s eyboard shortcuts save time and eliminate unnecessary use of the mouse to open menus and select commands. One of the most powerful MindManager keyboard shortcut, the one I use [...]

As I described during my Content Catalyst presentation at Tim Kerber’s and Ryan Lee’s Membership Site Owner Bootcamp, I highly recommend mind mapping as a way of getting more done in less time. At Published & Profitable, for used mind mapping to create my Write Your Way to Success list-building incentive. I also use [...]

Membership site owners tend to be heavy mind mapping users. This is because membership site success requires a constant stream of new and relevant content. Mindjet’s MindManager makes it easy to plan and prioritize site content.
The traditional layout for mind maps involves topics organized around the center, however, there are occasions when an Organization [...]

Membership site owners who use mind mapping software programs like Mindjet’s MindManager 7.0 Pro can use a CTRL + D keyboard shortcut instantly switch between Collapsed and Expanded views of their maps.
Simply hold down the CTRL key while pressing the key for the character D. This will cycle your map between Topics only, Topics with [...]

More and more membership site owners are discovering the value of mind mapping, using software programs like Mindjet’s MindManager 7.0.  Mind maps help membership site owners prepare content and update plans for their site, as well as write more effectively in less time. Download a free 21-day trial here.
One of the best places to familiarize [...]