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	<title>Comments on: Why Zynga Should Worry About the Laffer Curve</title>
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		<title>By: Quora</title>
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		<dc:creator>Quora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Now that Facebook Credits are moving out of beta, and that Facebook will be requiring all game developers to only use FB Credits for payments beginning July 1, what can game publishers do to avoid ceding payment control to FB in exchange for revenue?...&lt;/strong&gt;

1. Use FB-based games to promote non-FB games. Farmville for Facebook can promote Farmville for iPhone, which can monetize differently. 2. Monetize through ads rather than virtual goods--or through SCVNGR-style &quot;virtual actions&quot; (&quot;Watch this thrilli...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Now that Facebook Credits are moving out of beta, and that Facebook will be requiring all game developers to only use FB Credits for payments beginning July 1, what can game publishers do to avoid ceding payment control to FB in exchange for revenue?&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>1. Use FB-based games to promote non-FB games. Farmville for Facebook can promote Farmville for iPhone, which can monetize differently. 2. Monetize through ads rather than virtual goods&#8211;or through SCVNGR-style &#8220;virtual actions&#8221; (&#8220;Watch this thrilli&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks interesting article. Zynga does now have it&#039;s fingers in a lot of different big games. With the membership of those it is near guaranteed it have many more successes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks interesting article. Zynga does now have it&#39;s fingers in a lot of different big games. With the membership of those it is near guaranteed it have many more successes.</p>
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