HomeStarting a New Blog Mindmap By Marcos Detourist on June 15, 2009If you’re doing a complex task over and over, one way to help you do things more efficiently and help you remember key steps is making a mindmap about it. I’m currently starting to make a living out of blogging, and experimenting on starting new blogs to make my own little blog network. Starting a new blog takes some time and effort, and for it to become successful, bloggers have to be diligent in setting it up and promoting it. So I decided to systematize my workflow on starting new blogs by making a mindmap for it. Here’s how my first draft looks like:As I make more blogs, my “Starting a New Blog” Mindmap will also have more improvements and edits, which will enable me to carry over what I’ve learned from making previous blogs and apply successes to the next one.Further Reading: Increase Your Blogging Productivity through MindMappingDon’t leave yet. There’s more!Ambot-ah Major Redesign for 2010Getting the Perfect Travel Blogging WorkflowAmbot-ah wins “Best Travel Blog” at the 2010…Increase Your Blogging Productivity through Mind MappingMy Vote for Visayas Blogger's Choice Award - Explore IloiloIloilo Dinagyang Festival 2010 Next Week!Comments yen saysNovember 11, 2009 at 8:49 amHi Marcos,I’ve been following exploreiloilo for quite sometime now. We actually had your site as one of our media partners for “Bourbon Summer” (event). I was one of the members of Backtrack.Anyway, I usually get excited whenever I see/meet someone who’s blogging for business esp here in Iloilo. There’s just so much to share. I’ve been into internet marketing for almost 2 years now. But am not a blogger like you (not yet)…I hope we can do some collaborations in the near future.I use bubbl.us for mind mapping. Do you pay for that mind mapping tool that you use? chymera00 saysNovember 12, 2009 at 7:50 amAh, hello yen. Thanks gd for visiting Explore Iloilo. Wow, it’s great to read a comment on this post and meet someone doing mindmapping also. I was beginning to think that it was too geeky and OC.I am very open to collaborations, just drop me a message sa facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=591843752I’m using the paid version of Mindjet MindManager. pinaysolobackpacker saysJanuary 26, 2010 at 1:48 pmwow! I never expected blogging will be this complex if one plans to take it seriously. thnx for the info. chymera! =) i’m planning to upgrade my site too and create my own domain, u really inspired me. hehe I noticed ur using wordpress too, may I ask what do I need to buy/upgrade to be able to put ads on my wordpress blog? is it just the Add a Domain(registration and mapping) and Custom CCS? say I buy a domain at godaddy.com, how do i xfer it to wordpress? (did i use the right term? hihi ) sorry for the trouble chymera,i’m soo new to this blogging thing, i’ll highly appreciate any help u can give. thnx thnx po =) chymera00 saysJanuary 26, 2010 at 8:42 pmOo. may maganda talaga if you have your own domain since you can have more control on your blog.Yes I’m using wordpress. If you have a domain already, you will also need to have a web hosting plan ( mura lang sa hostfortes.com). Once you have the webhost, you can set up your godaddy domain to link to your host… then you install wordpress manually and configure everything manually. Hehe … medyo you will need to have a background in using FTP and HTML to set it up. pinaysolobackpacker saysJanuary 27, 2010 at 1:29 pmsalamat tlga. kahet pa super busy ka, tlagang you really take time to help. cge, try ko po yan khet mejo complicated. hehe. thnx again. you’ll be blessed. =) chymera00 saysJanuary 27, 2010 at 1:40 pmNo problem. Ikaw rin nga eh ^_^ EJ Juen Jr saysAugust 8, 2012 at 11:03 pmBro, bilib ako sa guide mo business plan talaga ang dating. Malaking tulong to sa tulad kong newbie blogger. Thanks. Marcos saysAugust 9, 2012 at 2:26 amThanks :) These days, I use Microsoft One Note for all my mindmapping needs :) Marcos saysAugust 19, 2012 at 8:07 pmThanks EJ. If you really want to grow your blog, you really have to come up with a good strategy. Sometimes it will feel like it’s too much work. When that happens, you have to remind yourself that you’re doing these things because you love to blog in the first place. All the other benefits are just secondary gain. Posting of new comments is disabled temporarily.Connect with Marcos on:Detourista.comMarcosDetourist.comFacebookInstagramTwitterDetourista.comDiscover more travel guides and blogs about the Philippines and beyond by Marcos DetouristChoose your next destination: Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
yen saysNovember 11, 2009 at 8:49 amHi Marcos,I’ve been following exploreiloilo for quite sometime now. We actually had your site as one of our media partners for “Bourbon Summer” (event). I was one of the members of Backtrack.Anyway, I usually get excited whenever I see/meet someone who’s blogging for business esp here in Iloilo. There’s just so much to share. I’ve been into internet marketing for almost 2 years now. But am not a blogger like you (not yet)…I hope we can do some collaborations in the near future.I use bubbl.us for mind mapping. Do you pay for that mind mapping tool that you use?
chymera00 saysNovember 12, 2009 at 7:50 amAh, hello yen. Thanks gd for visiting Explore Iloilo. Wow, it’s great to read a comment on this post and meet someone doing mindmapping also. I was beginning to think that it was too geeky and OC.I am very open to collaborations, just drop me a message sa facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=591843752I’m using the paid version of Mindjet MindManager.
pinaysolobackpacker saysJanuary 26, 2010 at 1:48 pmwow! I never expected blogging will be this complex if one plans to take it seriously. thnx for the info. chymera! =) i’m planning to upgrade my site too and create my own domain, u really inspired me. hehe I noticed ur using wordpress too, may I ask what do I need to buy/upgrade to be able to put ads on my wordpress blog? is it just the Add a Domain(registration and mapping) and Custom CCS? say I buy a domain at godaddy.com, how do i xfer it to wordpress? (did i use the right term? hihi ) sorry for the trouble chymera,i’m soo new to this blogging thing, i’ll highly appreciate any help u can give. thnx thnx po =)
chymera00 saysJanuary 26, 2010 at 8:42 pmOo. may maganda talaga if you have your own domain since you can have more control on your blog.Yes I’m using wordpress. If you have a domain already, you will also need to have a web hosting plan ( mura lang sa hostfortes.com). Once you have the webhost, you can set up your godaddy domain to link to your host… then you install wordpress manually and configure everything manually. Hehe … medyo you will need to have a background in using FTP and HTML to set it up.
pinaysolobackpacker saysJanuary 27, 2010 at 1:29 pmsalamat tlga. kahet pa super busy ka, tlagang you really take time to help. cge, try ko po yan khet mejo complicated. hehe. thnx again. you’ll be blessed. =)
EJ Juen Jr saysAugust 8, 2012 at 11:03 pmBro, bilib ako sa guide mo business plan talaga ang dating. Malaking tulong to sa tulad kong newbie blogger. Thanks.
Marcos saysAugust 9, 2012 at 2:26 amThanks :) These days, I use Microsoft One Note for all my mindmapping needs :)
Marcos saysAugust 19, 2012 at 8:07 pmThanks EJ. If you really want to grow your blog, you really have to come up with a good strategy. Sometimes it will feel like it’s too much work. When that happens, you have to remind yourself that you’re doing these things because you love to blog in the first place. All the other benefits are just secondary gain.