Pod casting and the use of video in Blogs is on the increase as the demands on time demand less reading reading time for  lengthy Blogs and a preference for a quick sound bit or video clip.

Working in this medium also demands that Bloggers have a system of being able to quickly and easily manage their Blog information.

Here is how we use Mindlogik MediaNoteTaker to write a Blog article.

We use MindManager 2012 to create an outline of the article to be written.

We then write the content for the Blog article using the Topic Notes function.

Once written we use the inbuilt audio /pod cast recorder in Mindlogik MediaNoteTaker to record our podcast and attach the recording to the appropriate MindManager topic note.

If we are including a screen cast ,we use the Screen recording function of MediaNoteTaker to capture this. 

We then use Microsoft Live Movie Maker to edit this recording and then save this back to MindManager.

At this point we can review our article for active release on our Blog.

We then upload the completed screen cast to our YouTube Channel.

Time taken to do all of this =About 35 minutes.

 Software used to create this Blog article.

Mindjet MindManager 2012

Mindlogik MediaNoteTaker 2012

• MediaNoteTaker Screen Recorder
• MediaNoteTaker Map Snapper
• MediaNoteTaker Adio Recorder 

Download MindManager Map version of this Blog article.

 Writing and managing your blog in a few easy steps using MindManager and MediaNoteTaker 2012

One thing I learnt this year is that creating or developing a piece of software is the easy part of any development process! The hard part is getting it heard and known to a global user based related community!

As the company  Director/ Owner of Mindlogk Ltd I made the decision to put all of our support behind supporting Mindjet MindManager as our product of choice in teaching and coaching individuals and business teams how to work collaboratively and be more productivity in managing strategic and business projects. This also lead to our company moving in to the software development space.

 To date we have created two add-ins for MindManager. Mindlogik MediaNoteTaker 2012 a product well suited to e-learning in managing video and audio media and creating media hyper-linked Microsoft Word and PDF materials for teaching and student use.

Our other product MapFolderMaker 2012 is aimed at the record and knowledge management space providing an easy and visual way of creating folder and business structure taxonomies.

We have spent an inordinate amount of time 'learning the ropes' regarding the highs and lows of managing a software development life cycle and we are pleased with our result in having survived the economic roller coaster ride of 2011 with our sales for our add-ins increasing with each new feature added!

We are also pleased that our add-ins have been added to Mindjet's main website and this is what brings me back to my article. This created an Eurika moment in seeing the importance of creating global user brand awareness with a resultant huge jump in both website visits and sales of our add-in products.  

Creating market traction in an increasingly savvy Internet consumer and product competitive world is hard Yakka*.  Each day one gets bombarded with new social media techniques and tactics as well as sure-fire ways of increasing market share. So what to believe and how to best proceed?  How to get one's message out there? 

Our approach has been to develop a Marketing Plan using Mindjet MindManager to map out the social media avenues and platforms and then we have linked this to our our Blogging threads. The challenge is then to be able to use Social Media such as Twitter and Facebook to get our message out there to MindManager users in Cyberspace .  A bit of valuable Internet trivia gleaned from a Webinar I attended recently on social media is that the same amount of information produced from the beginning of recorded time to 2003 is produced every 47 minutes on the Internet ! And I want someone to read and take note of my Blog.  As they say in New Zealand Tui Beer ads - Year Right Mate !   On a more serous note- What I have come to realize is that people are  willing to read what one has to say - but it needs to speak to an interest and/ or a need. 

Below is a breakdown of Social Media MarketingTrends and they tell a visual story on where social media is happening.

Based on these statistics our company and anyone reading this article has an analytical  marketing platform from which to build their business marketing strategy. We presently  have 2695 New Zealand Business Clients using MindManager and our add-ins. The challenge facing us in 2012 is to use Social Media and statistical trends to  grow our New Zealand MindManager user base using a well formulated marketing strategy and good old hard Yakka!

We look forward to doing this in 2012~ we hope you will be part of this journey as well.

 * Yakka, term meaning "hard work". Originally from the Jagera Aboriginal language, it is now part of Australian/ New Zealand  English.)

We all have media scattered on our hard drives. How about developing a quick method or Managing your Media in MindManager?

The Triple M method is simple and easy to apply.

Download Map from Biggerplate

Download and install MediaNoteTaker 2012

 Mindlogik MediaNoteTaker 2012 Version 9.2.0

Mindlogik MediaNoteTaker 2012 Functions Map

Mindlogik MediaNoteTaker 2012 - Codec Installation Guide

Mindjet has released a free version of Mindjet MindfManager for Android and the reviews are very positive.There is a link at the bottom of this blog to download this for free. Enjoy !

 Functions and Features 

Use custom keywords to organize and sort your Mindjet files. Makes it easier to search for maps as well.

 Gesture Shortcuts 

Mindjet File Format Support (.mmap)

Read and save maps created with MindManager. Map attributes created in MindManager are preserved after editing in Mindjet mobile app 

Download from the Android Market Site

Mindlogik MediaNoteTaker 2012 for MindManager provides  e-Learning authoring functions making it  simple, easy  and affordable to create, edit, manage  and share e-Learning courses. The release of our  new MediaNoteTaker version  brings brand new enhancements for  course-creation and management. With these new enhancements, you’ll save time and energy while authoring your e-learning materials.

Mindlogik has been working hard at getting our new release of MedianoteTaker 2012 completed. The new version is packed with many new features. We have added and improved on seven new additions to the product. 

The new version also tightly integrates with Microsoft Paint and the new Microsoft Windows Live Movie Maker and Photo Gallery to provide an additional set of editing tools