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LAUNCHfest Come to DOMAINfest — PITCHfest and

LAUNCHfest Come to DOMAINfest — PITCHfest and

Two business competitions coming to DOMAINfest conference.

DOMAINfestOversee.net wants to know, “what would you do to develop Planners.com?”

That’s just one of ten domain names contestants in DOMAINfest Global’s LAUNCHfest can submit a development plan for. Contestants submit a plan for developing one of the domain names, and pitch it to a panel of expert judges during the January contest. The winner will get to go through with their plans by leasing or buying the domain name. If they opt to lease the domain, they won’t have to pay for the first year of lease payments.

DOMAINfest will also feature PITCHfest, where entrepreneurs can present their innovative product to a panel of judges and show attendees. This is a great way for any firm releasing a fresh internet marketing or domain product to get an early boost. It reminds me of the popular DEMO and TechCrunch 50 conferences. A winner will be selected by the judges and audience using real time text message voting.

The conference included a similar program at its January 2007 conference called FastPitch.

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