Reflection: Mind Mapping Tool

Challenge

Being a culinary enthusiast and a food fanatic ever since I was a child, I always thought of staring

up a new food venture. But every business and success starts with baby steps, so did I. I created a

food blog on Instagram and Wordpress website. At first it was challenging for me, with no prior

experience in the online platform and building a website, no professional camera and no idea of

how all this blogging thing works. I was intimidated while creating the account, thinking whether

I will fit in the food blogging industry or not, can I gather enough followers and can I grow and

achieve my goals or not.

All these were going in my head, until I came up with my own ways to create and write content to

attract viewers on my food blog named Tabs Table. And it all happened because of my serious

level of brainstorming, mind mapping, online researches and inspirations from the greatest chefs

in the world.

Selection

Now speaking about the tool selection to achieve the goal I met. I selected Mind Mapping Tool

to bring my objective in reality. Besides, I use this mind mapping tool while doing my projects

and assignments and this is most effective and successful tool I could ever use. It greatly

helps/helped me to reach my target and finish my tasks. As we know, mind mapping is about using

visual diagrams to show the relationship between ideas from our mind and information. My ideas

were about aesthetic food presentation, Instagram feed layout, Wordpress website layout, food

photography, recipe write up, and content writing and so on. Using my to-do lists and sticky notes,

I pictured in my head and notebook of how my food blog will display to my viewers and what

categories I will be posting. Hence mind mapping was a great help in taking my blog to another

level!

Application

So to apply this mind mapping tool I used note taking technique to guide me what I am going to

achieve in the coming weeks of my blog. I brain stormed new recipes and customized them to

make my own with secret twists, visualized how my website and Instagram feed will look like

with designs and themes, researched about keywords, hashtags and mentions to get more traffic

and followers. After weeks of mind mapping, I executed the plan. I created content and post with

details about the type and origin of food with few sense of humours, vibrant colour background,

effectively used the photography and editing skills, customized themes in Wordpress website and

Instagram.

Insight

Moving on to the insights, I would say it was success using this mind mapping tool.  I gained new

followers amounting to 700 plus, my viewers of Wordpress website increased, my Instagram food

blog reached placed and gathered traffic and got many positive feedbacks and reviews from other

food bloggers both locally and international. Also got invitations for collaborations and food

tasting from local restaurants and bloggers. I also improved my content writing in which viewers

and readers can find it interesting to read, and thankfully I got great feedbacks and appreciations

regarding my content writing.

Approach

As I achieved this small goal, I have a plan to take my culinary journey to another level. Keeping

my mind mapping tool in hand, I also intend to use the Learning Launch tool in future. As we

know Learning Launch process is used to grow a business, I will be using it for the same reason. I

hope to grow my blog into a business, maybe an online food delivery or a restaurant. This is how

I will be doing differently by using the Learning Launch tool because it gives a business an

opportunity and has potential growth, it is also less risky and affordable way of testing new ideas

and bringing innovation.

I would like to thank Coursera for this exciting and engaging course which I believe will greatly

help in my food blogging journey. Much needed for the techniques and tools to use for design

innovation, it was a great learning experience.


Reflection : Mind Mapping Tool Challenge Being a culinary enthusiast and a food fanatic ever since I was a child , I always thought of staring up a new food venture . But every business and success starts with baby steps , so did I. I created a food blog on Instagram and Wordpress website . At first it was challenging for me , with no prior experience in the online platform and building a website , no professional camera and no idea of how all this blogging thing works . I was intimidated while creating the account , thinking whether I will fit in the food blogging industry or not , can I gather enough followers and can I grow and achieve my goals or not . All these were going in my head , until I came up with my own ways to create and write content to attract viewers on my food blog named Tabs Table . And it all happened because of my serious level of brainstorming , mind mapping , online researches and inspirations from the greatest chefs in the world . Selection Now speaking about the tool selection to achieve the goal I met . I selected Mind Mapping Tool to bring my objective in reality . Besides , I use this mind mapping tool while doing my projects and assignments and this is most effective and successful tool I could ever use . It greatly helps / helped me to reach my target and finish my tasks . As we know , mind mapping is about using visual diagrams to show the relationship between ideas from our mind and information . My ideas were about aesthetic food presentation , Instagram feed layout , Wordpress website layout , food photography , recipe write up , and content writing and so on . Using my to - do lists and sticky notes , I pictured in my head and notebook of how my food blog will display to my viewers and what categories I will be posting . Hence mind mapping was a great help in taking my blog to another level ! Application So to apply this mind mapping tool I used note taking technique to guide me what I am going to achieve in the coming weeks of my blog . I brain stormed new recipes and customized them to make my own with secret twists , visualized how my website and Instagram feed will look like with designs and themes , researched about keywords , hashtags and mentions to get more traffic and followers . After weeks of mind mapping , I executed the plan . I created content and post with details about the type and origin of food with few sense of humours , vibrant colour background , effectively used the photography and editing skills , customized themes in Wordpress website and Instagram . Insight Moving on to the insights , I would say it was success using this mind mapping tool . I gained new followers amounting to 700 plus , my viewers of Wordpress website increased , my Instagram food blog reached placed and gathered traffic and got many positive feedbacks and reviews from other food bloggers both locally and international . Also got invitations for collaborations and food tasting from local restaurants and bloggers . I also improved my content writing in which viewers and readers can find it interesting to read , and thankfully I got great feedbacks and appreciations regarding my content writing . Approach As I achieved this small goal , I have a plan to take my culinary journey to another level . Keeping my mind mapping tool in hand , I also intend to use the Learning Launch tool in future . As we know Learning Launch process is used to grow a business , I will be using it for the same reason . I hope to grow my blog into a business , maybe an online food delivery or a restaurant . This is how I will be doing differently by using the Learning Launch tool because it gives a business an opportunity and has potential growth , it is also less risky and affordable way of testing new ideas and bringing innovation . I would like to thank Coursera for this exciting and engaging course which I believe will greatly help in my food blogging journey . Much needed for the techniques and tools to use for design innovation , it was a great learning experience .