Webstages launches gift platform Quarantäne-Päckli.ch

Under the motto #VerschickFreude, the Zurich agency has compiled six different gift boxes and created its own Online store launched. In addition to encouraging packages such as Balkonien Deluxe, or the holiday package Birthday Lama, there are also not quite seriously meant packages such as the Wuhan Express for all lovers of black humor. Thanks to the personal handwritten greeting card, each Päckli becomes a heartfelt message to the next. The parcels are sent within Switzerland and to Lichtenstein.

Quickline waives call charges in April

The telecommunications company is offering its customers the cost of national fixed-network and mobile calls for free in April. This is in response to the current special situation with increased demand for information and communication.

Customers with a minute-based rate plan will have their domestic call charges waived, and consumers and business customers will be able to make unlimited calls from their cell phones and fixed networks to all Swiss fixed and mobile networks. In addition, Quickline will cover the costs for the streaming service Disney+ for two months. (SDA/swi)

Free e-learning platform from Bit Media

To support businesses and schools during the Corona crisis, e-learning provider Bit Media is introducing its E-learning platforms free of charge. In addition to virtual teamwork such as collaborating on documents over the Internet, the solution also enables the use of common software.

Weischer.Cinema launches solidarity action #HilfdeinemKino 

With this campaign, the cinema advertising marketer wants to help Swiss cinemas. On Hilfdeinemkino.ch, advertisers can donate and have their spots played in return. Film fans can support their favorite cinema by watching commercials and also by making a donation.

Free, secure video conferencing solution from Cyon

With the sudden shift of many workplaces to home offices, video conferencing has become almost indispensable for many. Services like Zoom in particular have received massive attention in recent weeks, but have repeatedly come under criticism for data protection and privacy reasons. That's why the Basel-based web hosting provider with "Meet" a free video conferencing option hosted on Cyon servers in Switzerland.

Springer supports intensive care units

Springer is now offering free access to books in the fields of intensive care medicine and pneumology. In this way, the scientific publisher wants to help hospitals train their staff so that they are sufficiently qualified for the coming weeks to competently care for the increasingly expected corona patients with a severe course.

Crowdfunding platform Crowdify reduces fees for Corona projects

CrowdifyRon Orp's crowdfunding platform, has launched its own Chanel for affected companies/organizations in response to the current Corona crisis and reduced its fees from 9 to 5 percent. According to Christian Klinner, this means that only the expenses incurred are passed on to the project initiators. In the last few days, 69 projects have been submitted for review. Crowdify is working at full speed to advise all project initiators despite the urgency and to prepare them optimally for the funding start. At the same time, Crowdify has released its paid workshop as a webinar to support as many interested parties and initiators as possible.

Zurich and San Sebastián establish film market

The Zurich Film Festival and the San Sebastián Film Festival show solidarity with the independent film industry and launch a new film market where projects stranded due to the Corona pandemic can be presented.

Both festivals support hard-hit independent cinema and show films from SXSW, Tribeca & Co. The market shows buyers from all over the world films that originally should have been shown at other festivals. It is thus intended to help independently financed projects find distributors.

Neighborhood help nationally organized with Citizen.Love

With the mobile optimized Platform Citizen.Love people looking for help and those willing to help can coordinate their help quickly and easily. The platform requires no registration, is easily accessible via the browser, and is a support and complement to neighborhood groups on Facebook and other social networks. It was launched by a group of volunteer developers, supported by the campaign organization Campax.

"It's important to us that even people with little understanding of technology can get help safely and easily. That's why we programmed Citizen.Love with a focus on usability and simplicity," said Manuel Frick, spokesman for the development group. "We are now working on being able to request help via SMS as well."

Free job platform for creatives

The One Club for Creativity.has the "COVID-19 Jobs Board." introduced. In response to the sudden volatility in the advertising and design industry caused by the corona virus, the organization aims to use the free service to connect job seekers with agencies, design studios, production companies and brands around the world to fill open positions. The platform is freely accessible to the entire industry around the world, and membership is also not required.

A thriller for Solothurn

Under the direction of Solothurn Tourism, the entire city of invent a detective story together. A few protagonists, a loose script and new facts every day - these are the ingredients for the crime story that continues to be written day by day. Every day, the team "Solo-thurn writes (crime) history" will announce clues, people or historical locations - on the website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

The campaign is intended to inspire and motivate people at home and provide some distraction from the daily routine currently dominated by the virus.

Drone pickup service for nursing home residents

As the first retirement home in Switzerland, the Riedhof - Leben und Wohnen im Alter, based in Zurich-Höngg, is offering residents a new drone drop-off and pick-up service as part of its digitalization efforts. The Riedhof is convinced that this offer will significantly improve the comfort of transportation for residents. The flights, which are controlled by qualified personnel, only take place in good weather.

What is also close to the heart of the Riedhof: Despite the current situation, or perhaps because of it, we should all not lose our sense of humor in these difficult times. In this sense: April, April - the residents of the Riedhof naturally remain on solid ground.

Free access to Gomagazine

Due to the prescribed home office, there is currently more time for reading and reflection. That's why the magazine "Go - take the lead" is giving away all previous issues for free digital reading until the end of May. Interested parties can download the issues read directly in the web browser or download it from the App Store and Google Play.

The editors would like to give some hope with the offer. The campaign lasts until May 29, when the next issue is published. The Basel West agency has been commissioned to produce the magazine.

Free home delivery service for people over 65 years old

In order to protect the particularly vulnerable risk group from the coronavirus, customers over the age of 65 can now order food and hygiene products by phone or e-mail at Coop City department stores and Coop supermarkets in various cities. Volunteers from the Swiss Red Cross SRC will deliver the order to their homes the next working day. The free delivery service will be offered in Bern, Olten, Zurich and Lausanne as a first step, with other regions to follow.

Communication tips and cultural offers for grandparents at home

The Corona virus forces people to retreat and separates grandparents from their grandchildren, among others. The Grandparents Magazine would like to accompany the older generation through this crisis with background reports and concrete tips on how to stay close from a distance.

Tips are regularly posted on Facebook on how families can stay in close contact thanks to various media. At Grandparents-magazine.ch a list of exchange opportunities is also maintained, which is constantly being added to. Also collected on the homepage are ideas to shorten time at home, such as streaming services, podcasts, online museum visits and many more.

Take hamburger buns, onions, burger sauce, ground beef patties, hamburger cheese, pickles, some fresh lettuce - and the "Big King Quarantine Edition" is ready. In collaboration with Buzzman France, Burger King implemented four out-of-home posters listing all the ingredients for the Whooper, the Big Fish, the Big King and the Steakhouse burger. Get to the spatula.

By the way, a look at the Twitter page of Burger King France is also worthwhile - even for those whose French skills have not grown beyond school level:

Photo: Screenshot Twitter.com/BurgerKingFR

Pop-up marketplace "Lädelishop" moves Swiss shops temporarily to the Internet

At Lädelishop.ch store owners can open a virtual shop and sell their products despite the lockdown - without a connection fee.

Behind the joint project are Susanne Suhner, Digital Sprout project manager, Raffaele De Giovanni, graphic and frontend designer, Arjuna Dean, managing director of Pixelpop and Gerhard Schriebl, owner of Digital Sprout.

Since the launch on Tuesday, more than 100 shops have already registered, offering a wide variety of items - from baby clothes and coffee mugs to leather goods and sporting goods.

Netzwoche gives away e-paper annual subscriptions

To ensure that everyone can read the print edition of Netzwoche at home, the editorial team is making the e-paper available free of charge for a whole year. There are no costs and there is no automatic renewal after one year - as is typical with trial subscriptions.

With the Registration everyone receives access to the current e-paper of Netzwoche as well as the opportunity to read the themed magazines such as IT for Health, IT for Gov, Finance & Insurtech or Cloud & Managed Services as an e-paper.

Hostpoint provides webshop solutions free of charge for six months

The E-commerce product is aimed primarily at SMEs and private individuals and is also suitable for customers with no prior knowledge. The Internet service provider wants to make a contribution in the current difficult phase and especially relieve small business, which is why it provides the first 6 subscription months free of charge.

JobCloud supports healthcare sector with free job ads

The Swiss healthcare sector is facing an unprecedented challenge. Due to the Corona crisis, there is an increasing shortage of personnel in the healthcare sector, which means that significant care bottlenecks are expected soon. In the context of the Action "Together we can do it!" supports JobCloud therefore hospitals, nursing facilities and medical practices to recruit medically trained staff such as doctors and nurses as quickly as possible in these challenging times.

To this end, vacant positions in the medical and healthcare sector that urgently need to be filled to combat the coronavirus are posted free of charge on the Jobs.ch and Jobup.ch portals. In addition, the companies have free access to thousands of applicant profiles and can contact suitable candidates.

Business.help.ch helps consumers and SMEs to maintain an overview

Due to the current situation, many businesses are closed or offer limited services. With Business.help.ch, Help.ch wants to provide a quick overview of businesses per location. SMEs can change their availabilities with a click and thus inform consumers about changes. In addition, current information, press conferences, point de press and the livestream of the Swiss Federal Council and the FOPH are displayed on the homepage.

Eastern Switzerland opens corona-free "séparée

At the moment, online media in particular are dominated by Covid19 reports. Even important contributions from other areas of life are literally drowned out. Eastern Switzerland is now responding to the request of numerous readers for less panic-inducing posts and is introducing a corona-free quiet zone.

In the "Séparée" all messages are published with the exception of those related to the virus. "Those who want to start the day without new news about the Corona crisis now have the opportunity with us by bookmarking our Séparée," says Marcel Baumgartner, Managing Director of Ostschweizer Medien.

COVID-19 chatbot for more efficient corporate communication

In the fight against the spread of misinformation, Isobar Switzerland offers a Chatbot which companies and organizations can use to efficiently and effectively communicate updated measures to contain the coronavirus to their employees and the community.

The chatbot can be applied to the intranet or external website and contains the official World Health Organization (WHO) questions and answers on the coronavirus, as well as any other content, protocols and FAQs that may be sought.

The digital agency is offering implementation and hosting free of charge for the next month - or as long as the virus is still considered a pandemic.

Vizner Borel shows that social distancing is en vogue

The Zurich agency sends a déjà vu greeting from the past for an elegant future. The agency's studio publishes work that was created without a commission - ideas and implementations on various current topics such as culture, politics, society or business.

#NowIsTheTime: Things that would be difficult to implement without Corona

Sister agencies Promokant and Kyo are launching the #NowIsTheTime social media campaign together. At least three times a week, the agencies post an article about what would be difficult or impossible to achieve without the current coronavirus crisis.

The agencies believe that the time for reminders is slowly coming to an end and that everyone should now know what is at stake. Instead, the campaign aims to encourage people to see the opportunities presented by the crisis and use the time wisely.

Mind bundles offers in Winterthur on Lokal-loyal.ch

In the current crisis, entrepreneurs are getting creative: within a very short space of time, regional businesses in Winterthur have established new sales channels so that customers don't have to do without what they are used to. Mind has now published these offers in the online directory Local-loyal.ch which has been online since Thursday.

For each company, it is clear how purchases can still be made under the current restrictions - whether via an online store, ordering by email, by phone or via WhatsApp or Instagram. At the same time, it is also clearly shown how the offer reaches the customer - here too, there are various options such as collection, delivery or postal delivery. Interested customers are continuously informed about selected offers via newsletters and Instagram.

Converto launches initiative for Swiss e-commerce

The Initiative is designed to help companies make their range of online products and services visible to the Swiss population simply, quickly and live. To this end, Converto is already working with the Swiss Mail Order Association VSV and Netcomm Suisse and the first webinars have already taken place.

Star TV invites you to an interactive house party with Pät Schreiber 

On Friday evening, viewers can watch from 8.15 to 10.00 pm via Houseparty-The event will take place in primetime via cell phone and computer to talk to Star TV media program director Pät Schreiber about the personal change of life during the coronavirus period. "Up to eight people can join the party in my living room at the same time. I'm really looking forward to exciting guests, authentic, unscripted with real stories and funny situations. I'm already getting the champagne ready for the first home party on TV."

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Small and fine - TBWA\Zurich supports SMEs

Many small businesses are particularly hard hit by the measures surrounding COVID-19. And there are around 500,000 SMEs in Switzerland. That's why TBWA\Zurich has decided to lend these companies a helping hand.

"We want to support companies that are in crisis and looking for help with free advice in marketing and communication. And for this we have developed a small digital campaign that targets entrepreneurs and marketing professionals of SMEs and offers free support. After all, we are also part of the Swiss economy and have a great interest in keeping the damage to all of us as small as possible and making solidarity tangible," says Matthias Kiess about the measure.

A platform for local business

On the Platform the local business from Liestal can publish its offer "despite Corona". Within just a few hours, countless SMEs came forward with delivery services, online stores and online seminars. Service providers such as yoga schools and carpenters also offer their services online.

A group of retailers from Liestal is now coordinating a poster campaign in the shop windows of the "Stedtli" together with Berchtold Marketing. In combination with a social media campaign, it is intended to draw further attention to the offer of help. Previously, the platform had already been launched in other communities as Laufen-bl.app and Allschwil.app. Other municipalities are currently being clarified. "The goal is to create a sustainable solution, especially for the Lädeli in small towns," says Rico Berchtold, owner of Berchtold Marketing.

Havas Switzerland creates guide for brands

In the current situation surrounding the Corona pandemic - and also in the period following it - many brands and companies are confronted with the question of how they should now behave during this time. Much will change and the impact of the pandemic will entail a rethink for brands. With a guideline in three phases, the agency tries to show what it considers important at the moment and for the future.

#zämädihei networks helpers and help-seekers from all over Switzerland

The Zurich agency TheIndustry has launched the platform. Both parties can register with address and contact details on Zamadihei.ch register. The project management then ensures contact and checks who is behind the registration. Over 600 people have already registered since the launch, and the first matches have already been made.

Rent a Pensioner instructs pensioners to stay at home

The platform's members are among the most vulnerable target groups during the coronavirus crisis. Now the organization has entered into a cooperation with Hilf-jetzt.ch and is giving pensioners a two-month subscription to Teleboy as an incentive to stay at home. In addition, they receive via Rentayoungster.ch Help with shopping or anything else.

Radio Zürisee is #withdirdihei

Zurich Radio has launched a channel reporting on how listeners have had to adapt their business and what new services and assistance have been launched these days. From the new home delivery service to voluntary neighborhood help - quick and uncomplicated. True to the motto "Do good and talk about it", #mitdirdihei aims to report, inspire, motivate and feed hope. Stories can be submitted free of charge via online form.

Telebasel launches Festival of Solidarity "Our Artists against the Crisis

Telebasel is supporting the regional culture and entertainment scene with the festival, bringing concerts, comedy and poetry in various formats into viewers' living rooms and onto their computers during the crisis. As part of the nonprofit project, Telebasel will be recording the performances of up to 15 artists in Basel's Arlecchino theater over the next few days and presenting them in full-length shows and shorter formats on all Telebasel channels.

In the first broadcast on Friday evening, Telebasel will show a colorful mix of music stars, comedians and newcomers for two hours.

Restaurants in Belgium are also closed until at least April 3. Among others, Burger King is also affected. In order to contain the spread of the coronavirus as best as possible, the fast food chain is also doing its part. One restaurant in Belgium has unceremoniously partially crossed out the claim "Home of the Whopper" on the building wall and rewritten it to call for "Stay Home".

In Israel, attempts are currently being made not only chocolate manufacturer, to contribute something to the fight against the corona virus. Tel Aviv-Jaffa-based OOH billboard operator Edri-8 is using a giant digital billboard on Tel Aviv's main thoroughfare to encourage residents to stay home. Namely, with the words "You Are Not Supposed to Look at This Billboard!" viewers are reprimanded for being in that location and reading the billboard instead of being isolated at home. After all, the company uses even more "presentable" words than Frankfurt's Florian Reifschneider with his #StayTheFuckHome hashtag - but the message is the same.

Remarkable when you consider that the company actually lives from this Reach and will probably suffer from the current crisis. But in times like these, health is more important than business. Kudos to Edri-8 and the agency responsible, M&C Saatchi.

Posters with the message "Become a Bünzli" and "Bünzli save the world" have been up all over Switzerland for around a week now (Werbewoche.ch reported). The umbrella organization of Swiss recycling systems, Swiss Recycling, is behind the campaign. The new cross-media campaign, which includes posters, TV, online and social media, aims to highlight the benefits of recycling and confirm good - not to say "coin-like" - recycling behavior. "Even though Switzerland is one of the leaders in recycling in Europe, there is still potential," explains Patrik Geisselhardt, Managing Director of Swiss Recycling. "Continuous awareness-raising work is important to encourage even more people to recycle in the long term."

Recycled song and top-class direction

The Swiss band Baby Jail kindly made their song "Tubel Trophy" available for the campaign. This was re-recorded with other musicians in collaboration with HitMill and now tells the story of a climate protection ignoramus who still believes that global warming is "fake news".

Swiss filmmaker and director Michael Steiner is responsible for the realization of the TV commercial.

Bünzli landing page

At Become-bünzli.ch you can take the Bünzli test. The test is designed to show in a humorous way how pronounced your own recycling behavior is and how you can improve even further. You can also declare your commitment to being a Bünzli. The platform is also a marketplace for recycling products: Here you can find suppliers and products of recycled materials and recyclables. Interested parties can search for product groups or simply scroll through the market and get to know companies and products. To purchase the products, you are directed to the supplier via the marketplace.

Thanks to recycling: home energy for almost 800,000 people 

Thanks in part to Greta Thunberg and the "Fridays for Future" climate protection movement, global climate protection is more topical than ever before. The concrete benefits of Swiss recycling systems can be demonstrated with a life cycle assessment: Recycling in this country achieves an environmental benefit equivalent to the residential energy needs of 790`000 people - that's the inhabitants of Zurich, Basel, Bern and Lucerne combined. Swiss Recycling works to raise awareness, because recycling conserves resources, saves energy, reduces CO2 pollution and creates secondary raw materials.

• Address: Steinentorstrasse 19, 4051 Basel
• Date of foundation: 1999
• Founders: Michael Gerber, Andreas Mesmer, Marco Rosenberg
• Current agency heads: Remo Brunner, Simone Fluri, Michael Gerber, Frédérique Mathys, Marco Rosenberg, Tommy Schilling
• Number of employees: 90
• Current clients: Coop, Feldschlösschen, University Hospital Basel, Swissmem, Basler Kantonalbank, TNW, BLT, Caritas, Economie Suisse, Psychiatrie Baselland, Baloise Session and many more.

Which campaign from the past twelve months are you particularly proud of?

To the integrated campaign for the environmental protection subscription of the tariff association of Northwestern Switzerland. A budget that we have newly won. And to our campaign for Coop's Sea Happy promotion, including the digital advertising materials produced in-house.

The most important campaign in agency history to date - and why?

There are two: On the one hand, the campaign with Roger Federer for Nationale Suisse. We had the courage to ask Roger Federer's management directly without consultation, even though there was no budget or other leeway. But we were then able to convince the client that this could be a very worthwhile investment. And so it was. On the other hand, the Hello Family pitch win from Coop was immensely important. We were able to help manage one of the most successful launches of a customer loyalty program.

The most offbeat place your creatives retreat to be creative?

The location is rarely decisive for us. Much more important is the exchange among each other and the right composition of the team. That is the basis for ideas to flourish.

What do you do when you have thought blocks?

Fan again and try to look at the whole thing from a new angle.

What is your agency philosophy?

Pasión y paciencia. This means that we want to work out good solutions for our customers with passion and patience. What may sound like a contradiction at first is the basis for success when the two values are properly balanced.

Mission Anniversary 2019: Tommy Schilling and Frédérique Mathys at the 20th anniversary of Valencia.

Why should talented people definitely come to work for you?

Because the Valencia family has a super team spirit and we look after the best client budgets. And last but not least, some of our team mates have become real couples. There are even Valencia babies.

How long do employees stay with you on average?

7 years.

How old is your youngest employee, and how old is your oldest?

Our apprentice Inès is 18, our senior copywriter Guillermo just turned youthful 58.

How high are the wages you pay compared to the industry average?

We are in line with the industry average.

What is the ratio between the best and the worst paid employee?

3 to 1.

Pay transparency: Do employees know among themselves who earns how much?

No.

How much overtime do you work on average per week?

We try very hard to organize ourselves so that we can do our work in the scheduled hours per week. These are not the same for all three companies - Valencia, Cab and Nueva - for historical reasons.

The office of the youngest Valencia subsidiary Nueva.

What benefits do you provide to compensate your employees for said overtime?

Overtime is of course remunerated in accordance with the law.

How long do you get maternity leave and how long paternity leave?

There we go by law.

Is home office allowed - and if so, how often?

No, only in exceptional cases. We want to be easily accessible for our customers. To this end, we believe that personal presence is immensely important in cooperation.

The Valencia Cantina with memory wall.

What is the current quota of women?

At Valencia, it's about 70 percent women. At Cab it is 5 percent and at Nueva 10 percent. That makes an average of around 50 percent women across the group.

Do you employ interns?

Yes, but only in consulting and with the web developers. In creation and realization we currently have four apprentices.

Do you organize team events?

Lots: ski trip, annual three-day trip to Valencia (or so), B2Run, fencing tournament, plus various aperitifs and meals.

Dressed up in Dresden: The last agency outing was to the Semper Opera House.

Do you have an agency dog or other mascot?

No. Because of allergies and the standard of hygiene.

Where do you drink your after-work beer?

In the in-house cantina or on the ramp in the backyard. And of course only Feldschlösschen!