As Discord heats up as a marketing channel for game publishers, the platform has undergone a rebrand in a bid to bring more brands and marketers into the fold.
Discord’s brand refresh, announced on May 29, included now using a darker shade of purple. Earlier this year, the company announced a new app developer kit intended to make it easier for developers to integrate their games and apps directly into Discord, as well as the rollout of Quests, or limited-time advertisements that encourage users on Discord to play and share specific games in exchange for in-game rewards.
“Going through this process was not just a bunch of marketers sitting in a room,” said Mike Polner, Discord’s global head of marketing. “We spent a lot of time talking to people who use Discord, and the consistent theme that really came up was, ‘How do you use Discord, and what are you using it for? What can we make better?’”
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