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
首席财务官对营销部门提出了更高要求——且方式不同以往。在经济不确定、地缘政治背景不可预测的双重影响下,削减成本和投资效果营销的传统策略仍在持续。然而,首席财务官如今对营销的实际运作方式有了更深入的理解,并对其不足之处抱有更敏锐的直觉,因此他们提出了更具挑战性的问题。例如,Vayne