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3 Questions Your CFO Will Ask About Your Marketing Budget

3 Questions Your CFO Will Ask About Your Marketing Budget

A CFO asks, “What are we actually getting for our marketing spend? What’s the ROI”? The CMO fumbles. Most marketing leaders can defend a campaign, but few can defend a portfolio. This is not a reflection of competence. This is a matter of speaking different languages as the CFO, and the gaps between the two […]

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ADWEEK TV Advantage: World Cup Reveals 3 Marketing Lessons to Add a Real Kick

ADWEEK TV Advantage: World Cup Reveals 3 Marketing Lessons to Add a Real Kick

Samba helps ADWEEK dig into the data behind the trends of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Even Amidst AI, Brand Fundamentals Are More Indispensable Than Ever

Every professional discipline has its tenets, those foundations without which robust practices are replaced by short-termism and true expertise by loud performance. Medicine has its diagnostics, architecture has its load-bearing principles, legal has its precedents. Strip those away and what remains would be run on fragile bases.  Branding is no different. Beneath the business orientation, […]

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Organic SEO vs. Paid Ads: What’s the Difference?

Organic SEO vs. Paid Ads: What’s the Difference?

Clients often ask about organic SEO vs. paid ads and which works best. The answer varies based on your goals, website, and resources. In today’s competitive digital landscape, understanding the strengths of each approach can be the difference between simply appearing online and truly standing out. Often, combining both smartly yields the best results. This […]

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Brand Sovereignty: The Brand Assets Canada Keeps Losing but Does it Matter?

Brand Sovereignty: The Brand Assets Canada Keeps Losing but Does it Matter?

An investigative series examining Canadian brands shaped by foreign acquisition, private equity extraction, policy failure, and strategic mismanagement. From HBC to Crown Royal to MEC, here is what brand sovereignty means, and what it costs when we lose it.

3 Questions Your CFO Will Ask About Your Marketing Budget

A CFO asks, “What are we actually getting for our marketing spend? What’s the ROI”? The CMO fumbles. Most marketing leaders can defend a campaign, but few can defend a portfolio. This is not a reflection of competence. This is a matter of speaking different languages as the CFO, and the gaps between the two […]

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The Risks That Show Up Before EBITDA Moves

The Risks That Show Up Before EBITDA Moves

Investors and boards are disciplined about managing risk. Financial risk. Operational risk. Market risk. But when you step back and look at the research we have conducted over the past several months across 30 companies operating in vastly different environments, a different pattern starts to emerge. What we consistently see is that these human risks […]

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