You think you’ve completely learned a program, but after for a while, you realize there are many new features to adapt with next updates. And so it goes on and on. It creates mental exhausting. Effie, on the other hand, focuses on simplicity because the founders think you should concentrate on your thoughts. That’s why it offers a very user-friendly interface.

Without further ado, Effie is a simple, elegant, cloud-based mind mapping and writing software. From brainstorming to planning to writing, it aims to help you maximize your writing efficiency. With this tool, you can plan projects in advance, get things done, and bring your ideas to life.

It’s a great way to organize your thoughts anytime, anywhere. If you take reader-friendly notes, your mind will always stay fresh. It’s designed to keep your distractions to a minimum. For example, you can use shortcuts to help you focus on your thoughts and writing. That’s why it’s so easy to use and has a simple interface. Besides, if you want to write long texts, there are no extra loading time.

In this article, I’ll describe how Effie’s mind map feature helps with your outline.

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What’s a mind map?

Creating an outline haphazardly can be a time-consuming task. Sometimes, you may even lose track of what you’re doing. That’s why mind maps are the best way to organize your thoughts. With them, you can turn your ideas into visual maps that make it easier to understand, and share complex ideas. By organizing your ideas into different categories, you can put your thoughts in a coherent order. Plus, these practical diagrams also give you new ideas. One of the best tools to help you do this is Effie.

The mind map feature of Effie allows you to organize your thoughts. You can create a tree-like structure by connecting ideas. This helps you focus on the most essential points of your outline. Organizing your outline also makes it easier to find what you’re looking for.

Creating a mind map for your next topic’s outline with Effie

Let’s say you plan to write about “AI for content writing”. It’s a pretty complicated topic, so you need a good outline before writing. Otherwise, you can easily get off-topic. Also, writing without planning a topic takes hours. You want to save the time for the following papers. That’s why first create an outline with Effie.

How Effie's Mind Map Feature Easily Increases Your Productivity
This is an example draft of the outline. I listed my ideas about the topic.

Moreover, open your tablet to list your notes because when you write your content on Effie with your laptop, you can also check your outline on Effie with your tablet. With this way, you never have to switch screens (that always annoying me).

Then, click on the sign on the right corner to switch your list into a mind map.

How Effie's Mind Map Feature Easily Increases Your Productivity
This is the mind map. There are also different modes, which may increase your creativity.

As a result, you need more subheadings under different H₂. With this structure, you’ll create tasteful and valuable content.

How Effie's Mind Map Feature Easily Increases Your Productivity
This is the last mind map for your outline.

Therefore, you have an ultimate guide and various sub content, too. Everything is clearer.

Additionally, it’s possible to download it as a JPEG. So you can use it on X to write a flood about your topic because visualization makes it easier to understand for readers.

How to create a mind map on Effie

With Effie, all you need is one click, and your lists are instantly transformed into a mind map. There are five mind map modes. You can also edit the texts in your mind map directly. Changes you make are automatically displayed in your list. You can also drag and drop the boxes to different places on your map. Oops, did something wrong? Never mind. Undo your actions with CTRL + Z. At the end, you can download your mind map as a JPEG file.

Clean interface, easy-to-use feature… What do I expect more?

Effie’s emphasis on simplicity is one of the features I really like. I don’t need a complicated program to take my notes or create outlines. It’s enough for me to edit a text with a few changes.

Also, I love its mind map feature. When thinking about complex topics, sometimes you can get lost in research. At that point, creating a mind map can help you figure out how to proceed. By looking at the whole topic in a big window, you can see your wrong and right steps. This visualization will help you stay calm and save time at work.

All in all, it’s a super effective tool, even for now. I don’t see any need for additional features. The only limitation of the software is that you can’t add checkboxes to your to-do lists. Also, it would be great if you could add some icons to your text. Yes, you can copy any icon from an emoji website and paste it into your content, but it’s very time-consuming. Besides, I’d like to change the colors on my mind map to match my brand colors on social media.

I’d love to see this feature in Effie. I’m sure they’ll add practical updates in the future without complicating the tool. But it still rocks! Finally, this tool with mind mapping feature is a powerful resource for writers, marketers, and anyone who wants to work smarter, not harder.

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