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)对营销部门的要求正在提高,且方式不同以往。在不确定的经济形势和不可预测的地缘政治背景下,削减成本和投资效果营销的传统策略仍在执行。然而,如今的CFO们对营销运作方式有了更深入的理解,并能更敏锐地洞察其不足之处,因此提出了更具挑战性的问题。例如,Vayne