Abstract (eng)
The master thesis discusses the transition of media in the fields of corporate communication in Web 2.0. The work was aimed to develop a content strategy for the OZ-Verlags-GmbH, a publishing company that focuses on creativity and handiwork, that wants to publish a corporate blog by end of october 2016. Concentrating on the central question “Which aspects have to be included in a content-strategy?”, five research questions were dealt with. The theoretical base of the thesis founds on terms such as corporate communication, content-strategy and corporate blog, that were equally argued. To further the scientific point of views, Zerfaß and his chain of corporate communication, the native approach of communication via storytelling and the uses-and-gratification benefit approach were used to underline essential points.
The empirical research includes a scientific analysis, contrasts relevant connections and aims to answer the research questions. This is done with the help of an interview, an online-survey and literature in general. As a result the work is partly about quantitative as well as qualitative evaluation. The questionnaire was standardized in parts and included 45 questions in total. In a time span of nine weeks 3.197 people participated in the survey. Out of 3.197 sheets only 2.282 questionnaires were completely answered, and thus could be considered. Both, data collection and evaluation were analyzed using the surveytool “surveymonkey”. The Investigation took place within the target group of the OZ-Verlags-GmbH. The sample was limited by the possibilities of spreading the survey. The survey was spread via the newsletter of the company (25.000 subscribers), the facebookpage of the german Mollie Makes magazine (22.000 subscribers) and as layer in 13.150 subscribtion copies of various magazines as well as advertisement with a print run of 672.000 in eleven different issues.
Interviewees were asked about media-related topics, such as media usage, corporate blogs, handiwork and content. Additionally the demographic data of all participants was inquired. The results show that the target group of OZ-Verlags-GmbH is feminine and about 30 years in age. The majority of the interviewees supports the idea of a corporate blog and insists on it´s user value.
Taking all results into account a content strategy for the corporate blog was created. As this strategy can merely be seen as a guideline for the OZ-Verlags-GmbH and does not match a completed content strategy, this result is proof of the complex demands of all those who want to conquer the World Wide Web are facing.
This work is of interest for all people that deal with the meaning of content, that are connected to corporate communication and corporate blogs.