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As a digital agency, we are right at the heart of the latest trends in digitalization strategies, marketing and new technologies. Here we write about what moves us, what we are doing and what's new at the agency.

Jakob Barth-Christner is Head of Digital Marketing & Channels at Brainlab and in this role is responsible for everything related to digital communication – from CRM measures to paid campaigns and the digital platform to the website. We caught up with him for a chat.
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Headless & effective: how the CMS of tomorrow works

Matthias Bierich
15. October 2024
1 min reading time
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    Modern Marketing Winners

    Matthias Bierich
    29. May 2024
    3 min reading time

    Expertise pays off. Courage too: After schalk&friends dared to reorganise internally in mid-2023 with a focus on the core areas of Consult, Code and Create, the agency is now one of the top 70 in the current hit list of German digital agencies.

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    Creative crisis? 4 tips that solve writer's block

    Porträt von Anna Thaler
    Anna Thaler
    28. March 2024
    3 min reading time

    Hello! <– Isn’t that a friendly, inviting introduction to this text? Do you perhaps even feel directly addressed, or, as they like to say in advertising jargon: “picked up”? Yes? How nice! It didn’t take much: Just a few weeks of throbbing headaches, gnawing self-doubt and anxious procrastination. In this...

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    Cookieless World - Why tracking is essential for companies

    Porträt von Alexander Reinhold, Geschäftsführer bei schalk&friends
    Alex Reinhold
    07. December 2023
    3 min reading time

    As modern marketing makers and experts in web tracking, we rely on qualified data for a successful digital marketing strategy and do not limit ourselves to tracking results. Cookieless tracking and thus the cookieless world is coming – and with it a change in the matter-of-factness with which data is...

How much isolation does remote work need? Can working from anywhere work? In this article, our colleague Gregor reveals why he achieves top performance at an altitude of 1865 metres - and where his favourite workplace in the world is.
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That's the pinnacle!

Porträt von Heng Liu
Heng Liu
21. November 2023
5 min reading time
schalk&friends expands its management team and brings Alex Reinhold, an experienced programming expert, onto the board. Why change is the only constant in his career - and which software he will be focussing on in the future.
Portrait of Alex Reinhold, who becomes Managing Director of schalk&friends
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Development at the highest level: Alex Reinhold becomes Managing Director

Porträt von Heng Liu
Heng Liu
17. October 2023
2 min reading time
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    Do we still need women's networks?

    17. July 2023
    3 min reading time

    Is it really the case that such events no longer bring any added value because we as women now have equal rights in working life? Are they counterproductive in times of diversity and inclusion, or have they at least fallen out of time? Judith Steiert, organiser of the schalk&ladies events, discusses the views of science, customers and partners in this article.

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    Do you know your digital maturity level?

    Matthias Bierich
    23. March 2023
    3 min reading time

    Do you know your digital maturity level? It tells you how digitalised your company is - and therefore how future-proof it is. The digital maturity level helps with this and therefore does not focus on a specific department or unit, but on success as a joint effort.

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    The end is near - for Universal Analytics

    Matthias Bierich
    10. March 2023
    1 min reading time

    Do you use Universal Analytics? From July 1, 2023, the platform will no longer process data. And it’s not worth waiting any longer. The sooner you switch to Google Analytics 4 – GA4 for short – the fewer disadvantages you will face.

“Nothing worth having is easy to get”: Theodore Roosevelt, from whom we borrowed this quote, already knew this – and you probably know it from your daily work too. In our view, the greatest asset worth having is trust. Because it is the basis for the success of every relationship...
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Building trust online: the three building blocks!

Matthias Bierich
28. July 2022
3 min reading time