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,且方式异于往常。在不确定的经济形势和不可预测的地缘政治背景下,削减成本并投资于绩效支出的传统策略仍在推行。然而,CFO们如今对营销的实际运作方式有了更深刻的理解,并对营销无效之处具备更敏锐的洞察力,因此他们提出了更具挑战性的问题。例如,Vayne