Hi! I'm now researching the possibility of using mind mapping for marketing tasks. If one can share his ideas about this? It seems to be a great way for information visualization, for instance we can make visual persons and relations between them, or put in proper order marketing data. I've started with this article: http://www.mind-pad.com/solutions/contact-map/contact-mind-map.htm and I'm now researching the posibility of using Mind Mapping. If one can suggest some tool? Mind Manager, Mind Pad ... ? Nice idea and nice graphics used. Kate, Thank you!!
I use mind mapping extensively for my marketing strategies and it can really help you give a jump start to creativity. I wrote an article for several of my classess that use mind mapping at: http://www.gsinet.org/mindmap.htm as you can see my preference is for Visual Mind 7, but I must admit that my wish list for enhancements is long.
Thank you for your posts! I’m going to research desktop tools for mind mapping. In fact, I like Mind Pad much with it’s contact map: http://www.mind-pad.com/solutions/contact-map/contact-map-big.gif -- great idea I think. I’m now going to download some popular mind mapping software and do a little research about features/pricing. I hope I’ll post some info here soon! Kate
OK, I’ve spent few days to researching mind mapping tools carefully. So here are my thoughts: 1) I like Mind Pad for it’s custom topics, such as Contact. It allows create topics with custom properties. Also, it’s inexpensive (costs 129$) and has nice interface. 2) Mind Manager is a market leader. Most Fortune 500 companies use it. One of the most expensive (costs 229$). 3) FreeMind – open source. I do agree that it’s not as polished as Mind Pad and Mind Manager, but it’s free to use. Other tools: ConceptDraw, Visio, … most of them are as expensive as Mind Manager and also fully features, but not known much as a good mind mapping tool. I’m not really experienced in evaluating mind map tools, but I still cannot decide whether I should buy pretty-good and in-expensive Mind Pad or Fortune Companies’ choice - Mind Manager. Kate
Who is going to be paying for it? If its not you, there is safety in numbers (Fortune 500) These guys supposedly have a version of Mind Manager for less than the List price of Mind Pad (though TuCows Street price for the latter is $60, so I guess there is still a differential) Being cheap by circumstance, though not by nature, I'd use the free one until I could demonstrate I'd earned enough using mind mapping techniques in general to pay for for a more costly variation.
I have an idea and many different files and notes , which related to an idea. Project is growing, but all my documents are confusedly sqandered in folders and on papers. I nedd organize my work, for example with a some mindmap, which worked as a virtual desktop. Have you been confronted with such troubles and how l can solve my problem? Sorry for my English, I am from Ukraine.