Custom gamified eLearning to drive sales.

How Twitch used gamified eLearning to drive ad sales.

Key Highlights

2.2x investment growth

from $310M to $750M

2.5x streamer growth

from 3.6M to 9M

“ELB Learning took a very complex set of learning challenges we had at Twitch and delivered a delightful experience that was a hit from day one. Can’t recommend them more!”

Gus Mura

Global Director, Sales Enablement

Client

Founded in 2005, Twitch has become the leading platform for live streaming, connecting millions of individuals worldwide through shared passions including gaming, music, sports, and beyond. Acquired by Amazon in 2014, Twitch continues to expand its global audience, delivering a highly interactive, community-driven experience that’s accessible across regions.

Challenge

As Twitch sought to expand its advertiser partnerships, the company identified a critical need: educating potential advertisers—and the Amazon sales agents who serve them—on the unique value of the Twitch platform.

Unlike traditional over-the-top (OTT) media services, Twitch offers a distinct live community experience, positioning itself differently in the digital advertising landscape. The challenge was to develop a training program that helped Amazon advertising representatives deeply understand this differentiation, internalize key messaging, and ultimately deliver confident, compelling elevator pitches to prospective advertisers.

The project demanded a careful balance. While Twitch’s brand exudes a fun, gamified spirit, the training needed to maintain a professional, globally appropriate tone. Humor doesn’t always translate cross-culturally. For that reason, Amazon’s corporate training style favors clarity and professionalism over entertainment. Furthermore, the training had to respect the time constraints of busy professionals, offering functional interactivity that deepened learning without adding unnecessary complexity.

Strategy & Solution

To meet this challenge, ELB Learning partnered closely with Twitch stakeholders to create a targeted, high-impact training experience for approximately one thousand Amazon sales representatives.

The strategy centered on adapting existing modules—originally designed for media agencies—and tailoring them to meet the unique needs of the Amazon sales audience. Three focused learning modules were developed, each emphasizing that Twitch is neither an OTT platform nor a traditional full-brand live platform. Establishing this distinction clearly and consistently across the course was critical to reinforcing the correct value proposition.

Rather than relying on humor, the course adopted an upbeat, news-anchor style tone: professional, engaging, and universally accessible. Interactivity was integrated thoughtfully throughout the experience, offering cognitive challenges and mini-games designed not merely to entertain, but to reinforce knowledge acquisition and application. Learners were actively engaged, with every activity designed to gauge understanding and prepare them to succinctly articulate Twitch’s differentiators in a 30-second pitch—a key objective of the program.

By aligning content, tone, and interactivity to both Twitch’s brand personality and Amazon’s professional training expectations, the course achieved a balance of functional fun, keeping learners engaged while delivering critical knowledge efficiently.

Results & Impact

Launched during the height of the global pandemic in 2020, the training program contributed to Twitch’s extraordinary growth trajectory. The platform’s number of streamers nearly doubled from 3.6 million in 2019 to 6.9 million in 2020, and continued to grow to 9 million by 2021.

Equally significant, advertiser investment surged from $310 million in 2019 to $750 million in 2020, reflecting increased confidence in Twitch’s platform and the effectiveness of the Amazon sales force in articulating its value.

Through strategic collaboration, thoughtful design, and outcome-focused interactivity, ELB Learning helped Twitch empower a critical sales channel, accelerating business growth and reinforcing Twitch’s unique position in the digital media ecosystem.

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