Digiday·2026-03-04

‘The conversation has shifted’: The CFO moved upstream. Now agencies have to as well

CFOs are demanding more from marketing — and not in the usual way. The familiar playbook of squeezing costs and investing in performance spend is still in motion, driven by an uncertain economy and an unpredictable geopolitical backdrop. But CFOs now are asking harder questions driven by a better grasp of how marketing actually works, and a sharper instinct for where it doesn t. For example, Vayne

首席财务官(CFO)对营销部门提出了更高的要求——而且方式不同以往。在不确定的经济形势和变幻莫测的地缘政治背景下,削减成本和投资效果营销的传统策略仍在沿用。但如今,首席财务官们对营销运作方式有了更深入的理解,并对营销无效之处有着更敏锐的洞察,因此他们提出了更尖锐的问题。例如,Vayne