Janet Fouts

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Loca for Local at SXSW

Janet Fouts

You know that or you wouldn’t be reading my blog. The ones that get the most votes will be finalists for selection in the 2011 SXSW. Jason Sutherland from Peninsula Shops , Alejandro Reyes from Sacramento Marketing Labs and Ryan Kuder from Bizzy.com. We’re not going to go on and on about how wonderful social media is.

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Why aren’t there more women in open source (and what are you gonna do about it?)

Janet Fouts

The list below might give you an idea of what women are working on now, and find a little inspiration on these blogs and the projects too! Google Summer of Code (apply for mentorship March 28, 2011!). I’m honored to be moderating a panel with a few of these amazing women for SDForum’s Tech Women’s Program.

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I’ve Got a Job for You

Janet Fouts

Drop a link to your blog, twitter stream or any RSS feed into Wordle and see how the word cloud produced relates to your brand. Start 2011 with a clean slate and only people you really care about in your networks and you’ll be ready to roll. This can be a very sobering experience for some. Is your message being delivered?

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What was the most important thing you learned about social media this year?

Janet Fouts

FYI profile images link to Twitter and names link to blogs or websites. Since time is precious, it’s essential to create a system for repurposing your best blog content so you can syndicate it to multiple platforms in multiple formats (text, audio and video). My word for 2011 is endeavor. Michael Martine. Chuck Hester.