Kirschner breaks down the key to engaging digital content. He says marketers face a big challenge as audiences fall into small pockets. The recent Facebook newsfeed change drives home the fact that to engage an audience, you have to be able to reach people on a direct, micro level, he adds.
Greenfly works with Fortune 100 brands including MLB, which uses the company as a workflow tool to activate the right people to share the brand’s story. Green says that as a player, he always loved tech. The former all-star explains that social media’s impact on the game has been big, and players know they can leverage their brand online.
As a former advisor with the FCC, Kirschner comments on the impact of net neutrality. The decision is a mistake, he says. He adds that one of the key drivers for Greenfly’s success has been equal access to the internet. Kirschner explains that anything enabling internet service providers to dictate winners and losers will negatively impact smaller companies.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that the majority of iPhones sold in the U.S. in the current fiscal quarter will be sourced from India, while iPads and other devices will come from Vietnam as the company works to avoid the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on its business. Apple’s earnings for the first three months of the year topped Wall Street’s expectations thanks to high demand for its iPhones, and the company said tariffs had a limited effect on the fiscal second quarter’s results. Cook added that for the current quarter, assuming things don’t change, Apple expects to see $900 million added to its costs as a result of the tariffs.
Visa is hoping to hand your credit card to an artificial intelligence “agent” that can find and buy clothes, groceries, airplane tickets and other items on your behalf.
Skift Editor-In-Chief Sarah Kopit discusses how summer travel plans remain uncertain for most as many international travelers are leery to travel abroad. Watch!
