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
首席财务官们对营销提出了更高要求,且方式已不同于往常。在经济不确定性和地缘政治背景不可预测的双重驱动下,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的实际运作方式有了更深刻的理解,并对营销无效之处有着更敏锐的洞察,因此他们提出了更具挑战性的问题。例如,Vayne