Episode 24 - "A Primer on the Marketing Chief Financial Officer Position & Why You Might Consider it for Your Organization"

A CMO Confidential interview with Tyler Bluth, VP of Finance at Ancestry, former brand manager and Marketing CFO. Tyler outlines how the position can reduce friction between marketing and finance and the key elements required for success. Key topics include constructing a marketing scorecard, eliminating the "asymmetry of information," his belief that teams should "adjust the spending, not the measures," and why this position should be internally sourced. Listeners will also hear about what he learned from being a facial care brand manager and how he not so triumphantly introduced packaging that was viewed as "filled with urine." 

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