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.
Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after they joined in a massive merger that created one of the biggest food companies on the planet. One of the companies will include brands such as Heinz, Philadelphia cream cheese and Kraft Mac & Cheese. The other will include brands like Oscar Mayer, Kraft Singles and Lunchables. When the company formed in 2015 it wanted to capitalize on its massive scale, but shifting tastes complicated those plans, with households seeking to introduce healthier options at the table. Kraft Heinz's net revenue has fallen every year since 2020.
About 780,000 pressure washers sold at retailers like Home Depot are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada, due to a projectile hazard that has resulted in fractures and other injuries among some consumers.
President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie ahead of the board considering the largest railroad merger ever proposed.
Ford is recalling more than 355,000 of its pickup trucks across the U.S. because of an instrument panel display failure that’s resulted in critical information, like warning lights and vehicle speed, not showing up on the dashboard.
