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

首席财务官们正对营销提出更高要求,且方式异于往常。在不确定的经济环境和变幻莫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沿用。然而,如今的首席财务官们对营销运作机制有了更深入的理解,并对营销失效之处有着更敏锐的洞察,因此他们开始提出更具挑战性的问题。例如,Vayne