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)正对营销提出更高要求,且其方式已不同以往。在不确定的经济形势和不可预测的地缘政治背景下,削减成本并投资于效果类支出的传统策略仍在沿用。然而,如今的CFO们正提出更具深度的问题,这源于他们对营销实际运作方式的更深刻理解,以及对营销无效之处更敏锐的洞察。例如,Vayne