- 2020年10月19日How artificial intelligence takes over parts of PR work

AI in PR: How do PR experts see the development?
A survey conducted by news aktuell and Faktenkontor asked 415 PR professionals for their opinion on the three areas…
- 2020年6月29日Add Color to Concrete

Real Estate Communications
PR for real estate projects should always be focused on ensuring that clients sell properties. Our clients sell luxury…
- 2020年5月18日Demand is increasing

Corona Crisis Communication
The communications departments and agencies of companies are currently facing special challenges. The German newswire “News Aktuell” has investigated…
- 2020年3月24日Home office is the way to go

Coronavirus: We continue to work without any limitations!
Like many other companies, we have been working from home since 17 March 2020. This does not change anything…
- 2020年3月19日What readers and writers should consider now

Communication in times of Corona
Corona dominates the media, the serious and the untrustworthy. Important news mixes with fake news on our smartphone display….
- 2020年3月19日Present products optimally with the help of PR measures

Corona virus: What to do if the fair is cancelled
Due to the worldwide development of the corona virus, the trade fair industry is also facing difficult times. Due…
- 2020年2月19日“PESO” is short for Paid, Earned, Shared & Owned Media.

What is “PESO” and what does it do?
PESO is short for Paid, Earned, Shared & Owned Media. Over the last few years, the term has become…
- 2020年1月20日Trend towards e-paper

IVW: Print media circulation figures continue to fall
The figures published in mid-January 2020 by the Information Community for the Determination of the Distribution of Advertising Media…
- 2020年1月8日Half-full or half-empty?

All you need to know about framing
The importance of dealing with framing should not be underestimated. Every statement or word has an impact on the…
- 2019年12月23日2019 – 2059

The world of communication and PR in the future
In 2019 we celebrated #IC40YEARS. But everybody can look back. Our anniversary is first and foremost a milestone on…
- 2019年11月13日An important part of the fourth industrial revolution

Does the future of PR work lie in artificial intelligence?
A trend that will become even more important in the coming years is artificial intelligence in all areas of…
- 2019年11月6日Who are the most important opinion leaders for PR professionals?

Media transformation
The classic print media are still losing circulation, while special interest titles are gaining in importance. The influencer hype…
- 2019年7月25日Print vs. Online

German daily newspapers defy the digital trend
The trend is for digital and against print. Nevertheless, there is an exciting counter-movement in Germany at the moment….
- 2019年6月4日Tips based on 40 years of PR experience

Drafting PR Case Studies
After 40 years of agency history, there are some key learnings I’d like to share on one of still…
- 2019年2月20日How PR agencies achieve results

DesignRush lists Industrie-Contact under global top 25 PR firms
The agency platform DesignRush.com has now listed Industrie-Contact among the “Top 25 PR Firms” worldwide. In addition, in a…
- 2019年1月18日Our most loyal customer for 25 years

Hanseatisches Schlackenkontor
The Hanseatische Schlackenkontor (HSK) was founded in 1994. The task of the Kontor is to market the ash resulting…
- 2018年8月14日How does PR for Industry 4.0 work?

Industry 4.0 and the Challenge for Communication
The term “Industry 4.0” was presented to the public for the first time in 2011 at the Hannover Messe….
- 2018年1月26日The Female Company

Burda Bootcamp
Ann-Sophie Claus and Sinja Stadelmaier, two former IC trainee students, have ventured into self-employment and founded The Female Company….
- 2018年1月16日Non-word of the year

Alternative Facts
The current ignore word of the year consists of two words: “alternative facts”. It was first used by Trump…
- 2017年5月18日A wasted opportunity more often than not

Press work at trade fairs
Only a fraction of exhibitors use the press service as a way to gain exposure: One of the reasons…
- 2017年1月27日Changhong is sponsor of FC Augsburg

Second half of Bundesliga season for IC and Changhong
The electronics producer Changhong is continuing its brand and quality campaign in Germany. The core objective of the Chinese…
- 2016年12月12日Focus on customers

Why EOP should replace the PESO model
Communication professionals should focus on EOP rather than PESO and focus more on the customer instead of the media…
- 2016年8月1日Credibility of media and PR sector at risk

Improper practices in Austria’s PR industry
According to horizont.at, the PR Ethics Council has begun with a call for an open discourse on “forbidden practices…
- 2016年1月18日Print and/or Online?

What clients expect from a PR agency today
Something is changing. And very rapidly. Our clients, especially the recent additions, want to have another type of PR…
- 2011年9月8日Performance Measurement of Public Relations Services

Get rid of the ad value equivalent?
Several German PR agencies have newly rejected the ad value equivalent (AVE) as method to measure PR. This resulted…